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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.


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