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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05531300                         SALT CREEK AT ELMHURST, IL



LOCATION.--Latitude 41°53'12", longitude 87°57'34", in SW1/4NW1/4 sec.11, T.39 N., R.11 E., Du Page County, on left bank at upstream side of the Illinois Prairie Path Bikeway bridge in Elmhurst, and at mile 20.1.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 16, 1989 to March 31, 1996 and December 4, 1996 to current year.

GAGE.--An 8-in.-diameter, unheated, tipping-bucket rain gage

REMARKS.--Snowfall-affected data can result during cold weather when snow fills the rain-gage funnel and then melts as temperatures rise. Snowfall-affected data are subject to appreciable errors.

MAXIMUM FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum recorded, 3.45 in., May 9, 1990 but may have been greater during periods of missing record.

MAXIMUM FOR WATER YEAR 1998.--Maximum, 2.92 in., September 7, 1998.
RAINFALL, IN INCHES, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1997 TO SEPTEMBER 1998
DAILY TOTAL VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
1 0.00 0.06 0.04 s0.11 0.11 0.00 0.21 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00
2 .00 .00 .00 s.05 .00 s.02 .00 .02 .00 .00 .00 .00
3 .00 .10 .14 .44 .00 s.03 .00 .03 .07 1.30 .23 .10
4 .17 .00 .00 .30 .00 s.12 .00 .02 .00 .00 1.48 .00
5 .00 .15 .00 .47 .00 .00 .00 .13 .08 .00 2.24 .00
6 .00 .24 .00 .35 .00 .02 .00 .20 .03 .00 .13 .46
7 .00 .00 .00 .10 .00 .00 .88 2.26 .00 .15 .36 2.92
8 .00 .00 .00 s.20 .00 1.07 .46 .07 .12 .00 .11 .00
9 e.15 .00 s.08 s.02 .00 s.20 .03 .00 .69 .00 .00 .00
10 e.00 s.03 s.55 .00 .06 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
11 e.00 .00 s.10 .00 .79 .00 .00 .00 1.37 .00 .00 .00
12 e.00 .00 .00 .00 .01 .00 .00 .02 .00 .00 .00 .00
13 e.49 .00 .00 .00 .00 s.06 .29 .02 .00 .00 .00 .00
14 .00 s.13 s.05 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .75
15 .00 s.01 .00 .00 .00 s.01 .08 .00 .00 .00 .00 .03
16 .00 .00 .00 .00 .46 s.01 .57 .00 .35 .00 .00 .00
17 .00 .00 .00 .00 .29 .77 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
18 .00 s.22 .00 .00 .03 .32 .00 .00 1.04 .00 .00 .00
19 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .11 .00 .00 .00 .52 .00 .00
20 .00 s.08 .00 .00 .03 .00 .67 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
21 .00 s.01 .00 .00 .00 .00 .07 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
22 .00 .00 .15 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .03 .11 .03 .00
23 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .15 .00 .00 .00 .00
24 e.18 .00 s.12 .00 .08 .00 .00 .63 .00 .00 .41 .00
25 .00 .00 s.28 s.01 .00 .00 .07 .00 .00 .00 1.19 .07
26 1.23 .00 .00 s.29 .01 .00 .34 .00 .55 .00 .00 .00
27 s.29 .44 .00 s.16 .09 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
28 .06 .02 .00 s.26 .01 .17 .07 .61 .36 .00 .47 .00
29 .00 .18 .00 s.13 -- .00 .32 .04 .09 .00 .00 .07
30 .00 .01 .00 .00 -- .04 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .57
31 .00 -- .00 .00 -- .92 -- .00 -- .00 .00 --

TOTAL 2.57 1.68 1.51 2.89 1.97 3.87 4.06 4.20 4.79 2.08 6.65 4.97
s Snowfall-affected precipitation
e Estimated


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