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Weather Almanac For March 19th

Updated: March 18, 2013

Weather Almanac For 3/19

This Day In Weather History

1948 -
Illinois' 6th deadliest tornado on record affected areas in and just east of the St. Louis metropolitan area. The tornado traveled from Alton east to Bunker Hill, in far southern Macoupin County. 33 people lost their lives, and 449 were injured. Half of Forestburg and 80% of Bunker Hill were damaged or destroyed. The parent storm produced another violent tornado further northeast, from near Litchfield to Moweaqua. Much of the damage from this storm was 3 miles northwest of Litchfield, and 3 miles southeast of Morrisonville. No deaths were reported from this particular tornado.

Temperature Information


Averages
Records

High
Low
High
Low
Champaign-Urbana 51 31 81 (2012) 1 (1923)
Danville 53 33 81 (2012) 6 (1934)
Decatur 55 33 83 (1921) 1 (1923)
Effingham 54 33 80 (2012) 11 (1965)
Springfield 54 33 81 (2012) 2 (1923)

Sunrise/Sunset For 2013


Sunrise
Sunset
Champaign-Urbana 6:58 AM 7:04 PM
Danville 6:55 AM 7:02 PM
Decatur 7:00 AM 7:07 PM
Effingham 6:59 AM 7:05 PM
Springfield 7:03 AM 7:10 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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