| 2026-10-02 | 7:30 AM | 0.55 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | Reporting now at 10:00 AM however did measure at my regular time. |
| 2026-09-15 | 7:30 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | The gauge was completely dry at my normal time this morning. However it does look like the predicted rain is on the way. |
| 2026-09-13 | 7:30 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | My gauge was completely dry this Sunday morning. I could not get the app to work this morning and a couple of days ago on the other cellphone I I have been using for a long time for CoCoRaHS reports. I will be entering some Multi-Day reports tomorrow morning on this other cellphone to cover the past couple of weeks. |
| 2026-08-15 | 7:30 AM | 0.12 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | A little additional rain of 0.12 inches has fallen since yesterday morning's amount of 1.10 inches reported today for yesterday on a separate report this morning. Although we are a few days after the severe storms and tornadoes went through the towns in this area I did include some storm damage details on yesterday's report. Power was out when I arrived home early Tuesday afternoon and is still out on my block this morning. That is something to be expected from storms including a derecho and tornadoes leaving widespread devastation throughout the suburban area. So the power still out is similar to the August 2020 derecho when our block was out 10 days. That is just what happens although I thank God for the constant work of ComEd and multiple other utility companies working everywhere doing what they can to restore power. |
| 2026-08-14 | 7:30 AM | 1.10 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | I am entering this report on Saturday, August 15, for yesterday, August 14. There was severe flooding and severe tree damage area-wide last Tuesday afternoon and evening from the severe storms. However thank God thankfully there was very minimal damage right here in my area. A couple of tree branches about 10 feet long and 3 inches thick had fallen off of my tree in my front yard and were in the parkway by the time I arrived home early Tuesday afternoon. Several tiny and very tiny twigs were scattered here and there throughout my yard and a few on the roof. There were way larger branches and small and large trees and trunks of multi-trunked trees fallen up and down my street, Lakewood, and throughout Park Forest. No flooding remaining this morning. |
| 2026-06-25 | 7:30 AM | 0.63 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | I did receive the watches and warnings over NOAA Weather Radio yesterday afternoon and evening. I did bring my Midland portable with me to a Bible study yesterday evening. Thankfully where we were all at in Glenwood miles from where I live in Park Forest it did not get severe. However after the end of the study on the way home there was some torrential rain we went through. When I got home there were some very large puddles in low spots in the front and back yards like sometimes happens. This morning they are less so I have reported Minor Flooding. However I am surprised the gauge this morning was only the 0.63 instead of way more like the rain a day or so ago that I did put yesterday on my Multi-Day report. It is good that you have the ability to make notes to document unusual conditions or results. |
| 2026-06-21 | 7:30 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | The gauge is completely dry at my normal observation time just like yesterday. Also just like yesterday no precipitation observed here. |
| 2026-06-19 | 7:30 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | The gauge is completely dry like expected from the dry weather predicted. No precipitation either fallen or observed in the last 24 hours. |
| 2026-06-18 | 7:30 AM | 2.37 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | Thankfully the tornado warning last night on NOAA Weather Radio was for an area north far away from here. However like predicted on the NWS Chicago Weather Story we did get a few hours of continuous rain during the day while the large area of rain and storms moved through here. I was not surprised to see my gauge measured 2.37 inches within the last 24 hours. I actually thought it would have been even more based on the minor yard flooding I had by late last night. Large puddles in many low spots in the front and back and side yards. |
| 2026-06-11 | 7:30 AM | 1.06 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | There were some severe storm warnings on NOAA Weather Radio yesterday evening like predicted for the weather expected on the NWS Chicago Weather Story yesterday. Thankfully no damage here although a couple of rounds of thunderstorms with large lightning did occur. |
| 2026-05-15 | 7:30 AM | T | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | A very slight amount of water was in the bottom of the gauge less than even half of an hundredth of an inch. However not completely dry like when there has been no rain at all. So I am reporting a Trace for Gauge Catch. |
| 2026-05-08 | 7:30 AM | T | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | I observed a very slight amount of rain on the windshield yesterday afternoon on my way back from a restaurant a few towns away from my home. This morning I have a slight amount of rain in the bottom of the gauge that measures a little less than a hundredth of an inch. So I have a Trace to report this morning. |
| 2026-04-24 | 7:30 AM | 0.01 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | Enough in the gauge to be the 0.01 that I am reporting. Slightly less and I only would have had a Trace. |
| 2026-04-16 | 7:30 AM | 0.33 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | Some thankfully minor storms through my immediate area yesterday evening and night produced the 0.33 of rain in my gauge this morning. There were many warnings and watches on NOAA Weather Radio sometimes almost overlapping each other that kept moving through northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin and northwest Indiana. Thankfully the worst areas of storms did not pass through right here. |
| 2026-04-10 | 7:30 AM | 0.22 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | Just a little rain in the gauge. According to the NWS Chicago Weather Story we may be getting rain and storms at times in the next few days. So I am trusting we are spared anything really severe. I always have my NOAA weather radio for Warnings, Watches, and Advisories, however Weather Story is really good for forecasts for sure. |
| 2026-04-09 | 7:30 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | The gauge is completely dry again like yesterday so far. Also no precipitation observed. |
| 2026-04-05 | 7:30 AM | 0.13 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | A small amount of rain, 0.13 inches, was in the gauge at my normal time. Was in a hurry to catch my ride to church this morning and then busy. So am reporting now. Some good news: I am using a different phone this morning for this report on the app downloaded directly from mobile.cocorahs.org and this keyboard does have a decimal point. Steve my state coordinator might remember when my other phone months ago no longer had a decimal point when a different keyboard came up. That made it very difficult to make my reports. That app was downloaded from your mobile site like this was, however the keyboard changed to one like the one for phone calls with numbers and a dash. So thankfully this phone has the correct keyboard for your mobile app and seems to be working correctly. |
| 2026-04-04 | 7:30 AM | 1.28 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | This morning a little less rain in the gauge from the past 24 hours than it had yesterday. Larger puddles than before scattered across my front and back yards. Scattered drops of rain falling at time of measurement. Yesterday rain started a little after my measurement time instead of like today. |
| 2026-04-03 | 7:30 AM | 1.37 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | Scattered small puddles in low areas of the back yard so I checked the Minor Flooding on this report. The 1.37 inches of rain in the last 24 hours is about what I expected from some times of rain and some times of torrential rain. Although I always have NOAA Weather Radio for my primary way for Warnings, Watches, and Advisories for many years I do look at Weather Story on the NWS Chicago website for forecasts. Also listening at times to the forecasts on the weather radio in addition to any alerts. So I kind of expected a lot of rain from these times of storms. Thankfully no damage right in my area. |
| 2026-04-02 | 7:30 AM | 0.17 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | A little rain in the gauge within the past 24 hours. |
| 2026-04-01 | 7:30 AM | 0.93 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | Unlike yesterday morning when my gauge was unexpectedly completely dry, this morning my gauge had in it kind of what I expected. Yesterday's rain at times was torrential with streams of water out of the downspouts under pressure. Not the full 2x3 size of each downspout, however it was about 1/3 of that size and going a distance out. This morning there are a few small puddles in the back yard in some low areas and there were more yesterday. So I have checked Minor Flooding to cover those. This time the storms warned about on NOAA Weather Radio did reach our area although thankfully there was no damage right here. |
| 2026-03-31 | 7:30 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | Absolutely completely dry in the gauge this morning! Not even a single drop in it. I was very surprised since I expected at least a trace or actually a little more than that. The multiple warnings and watches on NOAA Weather Radio were originally north of me however eventually they did include Cook and southeast Cook where I am. I did check at my normal time of 7:30 AM however I am reporting now after 9:30 having time now to type these notes on my cellphone. I think these notes today are more important than other times since my situation this morning is so unusual I think. |
| 2026-03-27 | 7:30 AM | 0.48 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | Rain and wind began late yesterday afternoon. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch for a wide area including me was on my NOAA Weather Radio at home when I arrived home shortly after the rain and wind started. Then a little while after I arrived home a Severe Thunderstorm Warning was issued over NOAA Weather Radio for Southeast Cook where I am at in Park Forest. Although thunderstorms started in my area a while after thankfully right here they were not severe. Thunderstorms kept moving through my area during the evening and night like I expected from the NWS Chicago Weather Story and also their radar. Although NOAA Weather Radio has always been my primary source for many years for Warnings, Watches, and Advisories, their website specially the radar display are very valuable to me as a trained spotter. |
| 2026-03-21 | 7:30 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | Like yesterday morning no precipitation of any kind either fallen or observed within the last 24 hours. The gauge is still completely dry and no snow or any kind of winter precipitation anywhere on the ground or pavements. |
| 2026-03-20 | 7:30 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | Like yesterday morning no precipitation of any kind either fallen or observed within the last 24 hours. The gauge is still completely dry and no snow or any kind of winter precipitation anywhere on the ground or pavements. |
| 2026-03-19 | 9:30 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | No precipitation of any kind either fallen or observed within the last 24 hours. Every trace of snow disappeared by yesterday afternoon. No new snow or any kind of winter precipitation by this morning. |
| 2026-03-11 | 9:30 AM | 0.96 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | There were multiple Tornado Warnings and Severe Thunderstorm Warnings issued on my NOAA Weather Radios late yesterday afternoon, yesterday evening, and into the night. NOAA Weather Radio has been my PRIMARY source for Warnings, Watches, and Advisories since I was first aware of it in the 1970s. All these were expected thanks to Weather Story on the NWS Chicago website Monday and yesterday. I am not mentioning all this for any credit to me, just that people like the NWS reviewing this report would know the way I receive severe weather information immediately when issued by the NWS through the air, not subject to power or internet or cellphone outages. It's a great system for public safety if people use it. |
| 2026-03-07 | 7:30 AM | 3.06 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | An amazing amount of rain fell, mostly within the hour after it started late yesterday afternoon. At 5:40 PM yesterday I measured the 2.20 that I reported in the comments on the Significant Weather Report that I entered yesterday a little while after I measured. I had to put it in the comments instead of Gauge Catch for the reason I explained in the comments yesterday. Please check yesterday's comments for the reason since it seems to be a permanent problem with my phone. I am able to get around the problem on the Daily and Multi-Day reports since they have a default value for Gauge Catch of 0.00 with a decimal point instead of NA like the Significant Weather Report. By this morning it was up to the 3.06 that I am reporting. The Minor Flooding that I described yesterday in the Significant Weather Report has disappeared by this morning like I expected it would. So this morning there is nothing remaining of it described yesterday. Sorry about the long delay between measuring and reporting. I think comments are helpful like it said in the MOTD a long time ago, or maybe by then it had changed to The Squall Line. It sometimes takes a while to get back to my phone after measuring and on my phone it takes many minutes to type the details. I think it is worth it however. |
| 2026-03-06 | 7:30 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | No precipitation of any kind within the last 24 hours either fallen or observed. |
| 2026-03-05 | 7:30 AM | 0.11 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | |
| 2026-02-27 | 7:30 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | All snow completely disappeared about a couple of days ago from all of the front and back yards. It had completely disappeared from pavements before finally clearing completely from my yards. No precipitation of any kind fallen or observed within the last 24 hours. |
| 2026-02-19 | 7:30 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | The gauge was completely dry this morning at my normal observation time. I am entering this report now having taken the observation at my normal time however had to leave right after. |
| 2026-02-14 | 7:30 AM | NA | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | Except for a very few very slight streaks of snow in one part of the back yard the snow is completely gone everywhere. The very slight streaks are where the shadow of the house falls. The back yard is on the north side of my home and takes longer to melt specially where the shadow falls. Yesterday morning the shadow area was a solid patch of snow with the rest of the back yard clear and all of the front yard clear. So I reported the less than 50 percent however not yet 0 as a Trace on the Multi-Day report for yesterday that I entered this morning. However this morning I am considering the yard completely clear for the purpose of remaining Snowpack since the streaks are way less than 1 percent of the back yard with the front yard completely clear. The shadow of the house creates an anomaly where it takes days to completely clear after the rest of the back yard and all of the front have been clear for days. |
| 2026-02-06 | 7:30 AM | NA | 0.1 | NA | 1.3 | NA | | A scattering of graupel of different sizes from tiny to slightly larger makes up the 0.1 of New Snow. That on top of the 1.2 of Snowpack yesterday now gives 1.3 of Snowpack. The scattering of New Snow had large melted areas on pavement like driveway and sidewalks however not all melted on contract. |
| 2026-01-31 | 7:30 AM | NA | 0.2 | NA | 1.5 | NA | | A very slight amount of new snow this morning. I measured a few spots to get the average of 2/10 of an inch that I have of New Snow. I remember the NWS Chicago Weather Story yesterday mentioned bands of snow and more near the lake than farther away. Also three windows of snowfall with the third to occur this morning. There were a few flurries falling at the time I was measuring the New Snow and Snowpack. The Snowpack yesterday had decreased to 1.3 inches from the 1.6 of several days ago. It has been kind of cold for several days so it seems like less melting of the Snowpack than usually when it decreases a little each day. I did not do a melt of the Gauge Catch for the same reason like before. Since I have not emptied it in many days it would not be only the past 24 hours. So I have set the Gauge Catch at NA like the SWE for New Snow and Snowpack. |
| 2026-01-25 | 7:30 AM | NA | 1.5 | NA | 2.1 | NA | | The New Snow is 1.5 inches measured in a few spots. The Snowpack that had been 0.6 inches for a few days in the really cold temperatures is now up to 2.1 inches this morning. I always measure a few separate spots for New Snow and for Snowpack to try to get a correct measurement. There are usually very small differences within a few foot area so I measure to get the average. Since I have not melted and measured the gauge for a few days now I have entered NA for Gauge Catch since whatever is in it would be more than the past 24 hours. |
| 2026-01-19 | 9:30 AM | NA | 0.6 | NA | 1.6 | NA | | The last couple of days and still this morning have been very cold like predicted. The Snowpack yesterday morning of 1.0 inches was frozen then and now measures 1.6 like I am reporting. However the 0.6 of New Snow that is on top of the Snowpack I did measure separately on pavement that was completely clear yesterday morning. I always measure several spots separately for New Snow and Snowpack to try to get a correct average of each instead of only one spot in each of the two areas. |
| 2026-01-10 | 8:00 AM | 0.15 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | All liquid in the gauge like expected again from the above-freezing temperatures again including overnight. A little rain at time of measurement. No snow anywhere for days and none falling yet today however there is a possibility later. I check the NWS Chicago Weather Story every day for forecasts and other weather information. |
| 2026-01-09 | 7:30 AM | 0.63 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | All liquid in the gauge like expected from the above-freezing temperatures the past few days including this morning. Still a little windy this morning like predicted on the NWS Chicago Weather Story yesterday. Was very windy yesterday afternoon and evening like predicted. Flash flood warnings over NOAA Weather Radio yesterday evening for some areas mostly away from me in south Cook, however then within minutes including all of Cook. The rain the few times I looked yesterday afternoon and evening was heavy however not a downpour at those few times. So thankfully right here I did not get the flash flooding occurring elsewhere. The high winds once they had started yesterday continued through the evening and night. |
| 2026-01-01 | 7:30 AM | NA | 0.6 | NA | NA | NA | | Did not check the gauge this morning for a reason so I am reporting it NA. I measured the average of several spots on pavement that were clear by last night to get 0.6 for New Snow this morning. With drifting and melting and wind yesterday I do not have a measurement of Snowpack. Without a snowboard of existing snow to average since the lawn is so variable in height I am reporting NA for Snowpack. However I estimate it at 1.0 which actually was also the amount of New Snow yesterday. So yesterday's new plus existing snow by this morning looks the same as yesterday's New Snow itself was. |