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000 NOUS43 KILX 301625 PNSILX ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-020000- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1125 AM CDT THU APR 30 2009 ...A LOOK AHEAD AT MAY CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA... NORMALS ARE FOR THE PERIOD 1971-2000. ...TEMPERATURES... SPRINGFIELD PEORIA NORMAL HIGH/LOW 74/53 73/51 MAY 1 NORMALS 69/48 68/46 MAY 31 NORMALS 79/58 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 2 1 HIGHS 32 OR BELOW 0 0 LOWS 32 OR BELOW 0 0 LOWS 0 OR BELOW 0 0 ...PRECIPITATION... NORMAL LIQUID EQUIVALENT 4.06 4.17 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 126 159 NORMAL COOLING 84 64 ...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 ABOVE OR BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION -- EQUAL CHANCES OF ABOVE OR BELOW NORMAL # - LAST OF SEVERAL OCCURRENCES $$