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Public Information Statement

National Weather Service Lincoln IL

Issued by National Weather Service Chicago IL

304 PM CDT Tue Apr 30 2024



...A LOOK AHEAD AT MAY CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA...



Normals are for the period 1991-2020.



...TEMPERATURES...        SPRINGFIELD           PEORIA

Normal high/low           76/54                 74/53

  May  1 normals          71/49                 69/48

  May 31 normals          80/59                 79/58



Month record high         101 on 5/31/1934      104 on 5/31/1934

Month record low          28  on 5/10/1966      25  on 5/10/1966



Normal occurrences of...

  Highs 90 or above       1                     1

  Highs 32 or below       0                     0

  Lows  32 or below       0                     0

  Lows   0 or below       0                     0



...PRECIPITATION...

Normal liquid equivalent  4.52                  4.69

  Greatest month total   11.81 in 1899         11.49 in 1915

  Least month total       0.32 in 1934          0.47 in 1934

  Greatest 24-hour        4.20 on 5/26/1893     5.52 on 5/18/1927



Normal snowfall           0.0                   0.0

  Greatest month total    0.6 in 1929           0.1 in 1966#

  Least month total       0.0                   0.0

  Greatest 24-hour        0.6 on 5/2/1929       0.1 on 5/8/1966#



...DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65)...

Normal heating            111                   135

Normal cooling            112                   88



...FREEZE DATES...

Average last freeze       April 13              April 19

Latest last freeze        5/10/1966             5/25/1925



CLIMATOLOGICAL OUTLOOK FOR THE NEW MONTH: 



   Temperatures --- Above Normal favored

   Precipitation -- No favored trend -- Use Climatology



# - Last of several occurrences



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