![]() ![]() ![]() Maximum wind gusts for February 24, 2016. The Champaign site registered a maximum gust of 35 mph in a location with many trees and buildings.įorecast totals from right before the storm, according to the National Weather Service. After the latest snowstorm, the city has seen a winter’s worth of snow in the past three weeks alone. The maximum wind gust in our Illinois Climate Network was 54 mph at Bondville, an exposed site just west of Champaign (last figure). If February in Chicago feels particularly snowy, you're right. As a result, the snow was partially melting throughout the day as it fell. In addition, the soil temperatures at 2 inches were just above freezing as well (third figure). What happened? First of all, temperatures remained at or just above freezing during most of the event – right around 32 to 34 degrees in Champaign and Decatur. However, the storm track was forecasted accurately. The core area received 3 to 5 inches of snow, compared to the forecasted amounts of 6 to 10 inches. Daily snow observations from GHCN stations are available using the pulldown menus below to select the state, month, and year of interest for either snowfall. foghazedrizzlelight rainmoderate rainheavy rainfreezing rainsleetsnow grainslight snowmoderate snowheavy snowhailthunderstorm The hourly observed weather, color coded by category (in order of severity). In addition, there were 2 to 4 inches of snow accumulation in far northern Illinois. The amounts turned out to be less than what was forecasted (second figure) by the National Weather Service. On the afternoon and night of Monday, February 11, a mix of wintry precipitation produced two tenths to one half inch of ice accumulation in portions of northern Illinois, including the Chicago metro area, and far northwest Indiana. Here are the snowfall totals from the February 24th storm that struck central Illinois. ![]()
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