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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 1989 to March 1996 and December 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, 3.45 in., May 9, 1990, but may have been greater during periods of missing record.

MAXIMUM FOR CURRENT YEAR.--Maximum, 3.11 in., October 17, 1998.
RAINFALL, IN INCHES, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1998 TO SEPTEMBER 1999
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
1 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.19 0.83 0.00 0.00
2 .60 .00 .00 s.01 .20 .17 .00 .00 .03 .00 .00 .00
3 .00 .03 .00 .00 .01 .00 .00 .00 .00 .01 .00 .00
4 .00 .13 .00 .00 .00 .00 .19 .04 .00 .00 .00 .00
5 .92 .00 .00 .00 .03 .00 .05 .05 .00 .00 .00 .00
6 .15 .00 1.10 .00 .00 .00 .05 .32 .25 .00 .00 .00
7 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 s.01 .00 .02 .15 .00 .28 .00
8 .00 .07 .00 .00 .00 .00 1.40 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
9 .00 .40 .00 .00 .00 .00 .13 .00 .00 .65 .05 .00
10 .00 .80 .00 .00 .00 s.41 .17 .00 .03 .00 .00 .00
11 .00 .00 .00 .00 .36 s.01 .02 1.50 1.60 .00 .00 .00
12 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .31 .32 .00 .36 .19
13 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 1.86 .00 .09 .03
14 .01 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
15 .03 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 1.04 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
16 .00 .00 .00 s.65 .05 .00 .45 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
17 3.11 .00 .00 .52 .00 .00 .01 .74 .00 .45 .00 .00
18 .24 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .14 .07 .00 .00 .16 .00
19 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .11 .95 .04
20 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .19 .00 .00 .04 .00 .00
21 .00 .00 s.01 .90 .00 .00 .12 1.11 .00 .59 .01 .00
22 .00 .00 .00 .54 .00 .00 1.48 .03 .74 .00 .00 .00
23 .00 .00 .00 .97 .00 .00 .50 .47 .32 .13 .53 .00
24 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .01 .00 .14 .00
25 .00 .00 .00 .01 s.09 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .30 .00
26 .00 .00 .00 .00 .26 .00 .00 .00 .00 .01 .00 .00
27 .60 .00 .00 .00 .23 .00 1.28 .00 .18 .00 .00 .46
28 .01 .00 .00 .00 .06 .00 .03 .00 .07 .00 .00 e1.76
29 .13 .00 s.01 .00 -- .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 e.12
30 .02 .49 .00 .00 -- .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
31 .00 -- .00 .00 -- .00 -- .01 -- .01 .00 --

TOTAL 5.82 1.93 1.12 3.60 1.31 0.60 7.25 4.67 6.75 2.83 2.87 2.60
s Snowfall-affected precipitation
e Estimated


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