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Weather Almanac For March 15th

Updated: March 14, 2013

Weather Almanac For 3/15

This Day In Weather History

1938 - A violent tornado touched down in the St. Louis Metro area 5 miles southwest of Belleville and moved north ot O'Fallon.  60 homes were destroyed in Belleville, where 8 people were killed and 52 injured.  Two more people were killed in O'Fallon.  Glass from a gas station was carried 2 miles.  The tornado's roar could reportedly be heard for 10 mintues before the storm struck.

Temperature Information

Averages
Records

High
Low
High
Low
Champaign-Urbana 50 30 81 (2012) 4 (1890)
Danville 51 32 82 (2012) 12 (1993)
Decatur 53 32 79 (2012) 14 (1979)
Effingham 52 32 82 (2012) 11 (1993)
Springfield 52 32 83 (2012) 11 (1969)

Sunrise/Sunset For 2013

Sunrise
Sunset
Champaign-Urbana 7:04 AM 7:00 PM
Danville 7:02 AM 6:58 PM
Decatur 7:07 AM 7:03 PM
Effingham 7:05 AM 7:01 PM
Springfield 7:10 AM 7:06 PM


Some information gathered from the National Weather Service and other government agencies. Data for averages are based on 1981 to 2010 averages. Record highs are based on different times of record. Here are when records stared for each observation point: Danville; 1895, Decatur; 1893, Effingham; 1951, Springfield; 1879, Urbana; 1888.

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