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Weather Almanac For March 20th

Updated: March 19, 2013

Weather Almanac For 3/20

This Day In Weather History

1976 - East central Illinois had a very violent tornado move along a 63 mile path.  The tornado first touched down just southeast of Decatur and moved east-northeast to near Danville.  The town of Sadorus (Champaign County) was the hardest hit.  Total damage was $2 million as 13 homes, 7 mobile homes, and another 25 houses were damaged beyond repair.  At the time the tornado hit Sadorus the tornado was 1/2 mile wide and had multiple vortices within the main tornado funnel.  Philo also had several homes destroyed and Downtown Ogden took a direct hit from the tornado with $1 million in damage reported. 

1996 - A winter storm moved acorss southeast Illinois on the 19th and 20th and 11 inches of snow was left behind in some places.  A semi-truck in Clark County near Casey skidded out of control and slammed into an overpass, killing the driver.  The truck was carrying a chlorine compound, requiring nearby buildings to be evacuated as a precaution. 

Temperature Information


Averages
Records

High
Low
High
Low
Champaign-Urbana 52 31 82 (2012) 6 (1906)
Danville 54 33 83 (2012) 10 (1965)
Decatur 55 34 83 (1921) 6 (1906)
Effingham 54 33 81 (2012) 13 (1965)
Springfield 54 34 82 (2012) 10 (1965)

Sunrise/Sunset For 2013


Sunrise
Sunset
Champaign-Urbana 6:56 AM 7:05 PM
Danville 6:54 AM 7:03 PM
Decatur 6:59 AM 7:08 PM
Effingham 6:57 AM 7:06 PM
Springfield 7:02 AM 7:11 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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