000 CDUS43 KILX 050638 CLISPI CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 130 AM CDT SUN JUL 5 2009 ................................... ...THE SPRINGFIELD IL CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 4 2009... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1879 TO 2009 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 71 424 PM 105 1936 86 -15 77 MINIMUM 65 1159 PM 49 1967 65 0 60 AVERAGE 68 76 -8 69 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.81 3.00 1981 0.12 0.69 T MONTH TO DATE 0.83 0.48 0.35 1.30 SINCE JUN 1 8.47 4.25 4.22 8.79 SINCE JAN 1 25.72 18.24 7.48 28.71 DEGREE DAYS COOLING YESTERDAY 3 11 -8 4 MONTH TO DATE 15 44 -29 22 SINCE JUN 1 309 293 16 302 SINCE JAN 1 425 396 29 350 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (140) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 97 500 PM LOWEST 87 600 AM AVERAGE 92 .......................................................... THE SPRINGFIELD IL CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 86 103 1936 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 51 1997 1915 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JULY 5 2009..........SUNRISE 536 AM CDT SUNSET 830 PM CDT JULY 6 2009..........SUNRISE 537 AM CDT SUNSET 830 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$