Station list
05540060 KRESS CREEK AT WEST CHICAGO, IL
LOCATION.--Latitude 41°51'23", longitude 88°12'15", in NW¼NW¼ sec.22, T.39 N., R.9 E., Du Page County, Hydrologic Unit 07120004, on left downstream side of bridge at intersection of Wilson Street and Joliet Road, 0.5 mi south of West Chicago, and at mile 0.5.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--April 5, 1986 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, 6.88 in., July 17, 1996 but may have been greater during periods of missing record.
MAXIMUM FOR WATER YEAR 1998.--Maximum, 2.69 in., July 3, 1998.