CHARLESTON, ILLINOIS

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Precipitation

Station:(111436) CHARLESTON
From Year=1896 To Year=2012
Precipitation Total Snowfall
Mean High Year Low Year 1 Day Max. >=
0.01 in.		 >=
0.10 in.		 >=
0.50 in.		 >=
1.00 in.		 Mean High Year
in. in. - in. - in. dd/yyyy
or
yyyymmdd		 # Days # Days # Days # Days in. in. -
January 2.45 9.78 1950 0.00 1986 2.65 18/1949 9 5 2 1 6.1 32.1 1996
February 2.11 5.82 2011 0.10 1947 2.70 27/1997 8 5 1 0 4.4 24.0 1908
March 3.44 10.63 1945 0.40 1910 4.16 14/1922 10 7 2 1 2.9 16.0 1978
April 3.85 9.81 2011 0.22 1971 3.55 07/2006 11 8 3 1 0.2 4.0 1957
May 4.28 11.59 2002 0.52 1911 4.66 07/2002 11 8 3 1 0.0 0.0 1901
June 4.06 13.98 1957 0.66 1936 6.50 28/1957 10 7 3 1 0.0 0.0 1902
July 3.99 10.10 1987 0.08 2012 5.18 21/1973 8 6 3 1 0.0 0.0 1902
August 3.29 10.41 1981 0.33 1929 4.49 29/1951 8 5 2 1 0.0 0.0 1902
September 3.40 14.14 1926 0.12 1979 6.00 09/1926 7 5 2 1 0.0 0.0 1902
October 3.14 9.33 2001 0.18 1908 3.61 07/1982 8 5 2 1 0.0 1.0 1913
November 3.21 11.57 1985 0.18 1904 2.75 17/1958 9 6 2 1 1.1 10.6 1975
December 2.71 8.33 1990 0.00 1955 2.87 30/1990 9 6 2 1 4.1 17.4 1950
Annual 39.92 56.03 1927 25.40 1914 6.50 19570628 108 73 27 10 18.8 44.4 1977
Winter 7.28 18.39 1950 1.52 1963 2.87 19901230 26 16 5 1 14.6 46.1 1996
Spring 11.57 23.38 2002 4.35 1914 4.66 20020507 32 22 8 2 3.2 16.0 1978
Summer 11.34 24.26 2000 2.79 1984 6.50 19570628 26 18 8 3 0.0 0.0 1902
Fall 9.74 21.23 1926 3.56 1953 6.00 19260909 24 16 7 3 1.1 10.6 1975
Table updated on Oct 31, 2012
For monthly and annual means, thresholds, and sums:
Months with 5 or more missing days are not considered
Years with 1 or more missing months are not considered
Seasons are climatological not calendar seasons
Winter = Dec., Jan., and Feb. Spring = Mar., Apr., and May
Summer = Jun., Jul., and Aug. Fall = Sep., Oct., and Nov. 






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