Public Information Statement
Issued by NWS Central Illinois

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
930 AM CDT MON APR 30 2012

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

NORMALS ARE FOR THE PERIOD 1981-2010.


...TEMPERATURES...        SPRINGFIELD           PEORIA
NORMAL HIGH/LOW           75/53                 73/52
  MAY  1 NORMALS          70/48                 69/47
  MAY 31 NORMALS          79/57                 78/56

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  4.24                  4.33
  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 1923/1966
  LEAST MONTH TOTAL       0.0                   0.0
  GREATEST 24-HOUR        0.6 ON 5/2/1929       0.1 ON 5/8/1923
                                                0.1 ON 5/8/1966

...DEGREE DAYS /BASE 65/...
NORMAL HEATING            125                   148
NORMAL COOLING            84                    67

...FREEZE DATES...
AVERAGE LAST FREEZE       APRIL 13              APRIL 19
LATEST LAST FREEZE        5/10/1966             5/25/1925


CLIMATOLOGICAL OUTLOOK FOR THE NEW MONTH:

   TEMPERATURE ---- EQUAL CHANCES OF BELOW AND ABOVE NORMAL
   PRECIPITATION -- BELOW NORMAL

# - LAST OF SEVERAL OCCURRENCES

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JRP