Station list
414843088042500 MORTON ARBORETUM NEAR LISLE, IL
LOCATION.--Latitude 41°48'43", longitude 88°04'25", in SE¼NE¼NE¼ sec.3, T.38 N., R.10 E., Du Page County, on the roof
of the main office building of Morton Arboretum near Lisle.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--June 3, 1989 to November 1, 1991 and July 18, 1997 to current year.
GAGE.--A 6-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, 2.28 in., September 1, 1989 but may have been greater during
periods of missing record.
MAXIMUM FOR WATER YEAR 1997.--Maximum recorded, 1.36 in., August 12, 1997.
MAXIMUM FOR WATER YEAR 1998.--Maximum, 2.21 in., estimated, May 7, 1998.