Highlights for Quincy, Ill., area weather for 2011
Created by gbwhig on May 25, 2011
Last updated: 12/30/11 at 06:46 PM
Tags: weather
The same year that brought “snowmaggedon” across much of Illinois, including a record 22-inch snowstorm in February in the Quincy area, is ending with a whimper, weather-wise. Temperatures are above normal, there’s been more rain than snow and public works directors couldn’t be happier. The mild weather has been a boon for cash-strapped cities that have hardly touched their salt supplies or snow-removal budgets. Both Quincy and Adams County highway crews have only deployed once this fall and winter, after a Dec. 6 dusting that caught many motorists off guard. Quincy City Engineer Jeff Steinkamp said city crews are typically deployed 15 times per year, with six or seven of those usually in the books by now. “That means we’re not using as much salt, the wear and tear on the equipment and overtime,” he said. “This is good news for the city.” Adams County Engineer Jim Frankenhoff agreed. “Just wear and tear and the overtime costs are the primary issues,” he said. The city of Quincy currently has about 3,000 tons of rock salt in supply, which is the maximum capacity of its salt storage building. The county has 2,500 tons of rock salt ordered, as well as some remaining from last winter. Both pay in the low $60 range per ton for rock salt.
Missouri cropland is so dry in some areas from last summer's extreme heat and lack of rainfall that University of Missouri researchers said the state would need 13 feet of snow this winter to make up for it.
http://www.whig.com/story/16368400/farmers-need-big-winter-rainy-spring-to-make-up-for-drought
Emergency personnel were busy responding to traffic mishaps Dec. 6 as the first snow of the year caught many drivers unaware.
http://www.whig.com/story/16199888/first-snow-turns-icy-several-cars-slide-off-roads-two-rollovers-occur
November 2011 Weather Facts Average daily high: 54.8 degrees Normal: 50.9 degrees Average daily low: 37 degrees Normal: 32.5 degrees Average temperature: 45.9 degrees Normal: 41.7 degrees Total rainfall for month: 4.33 inches Normal: 3.1 inches Total precipitation through first 11 months of 2011: 30.71 inches Normal: 33.41 inches Following are the daily high and low temperatures and precipitation for November as recorded at Lock and Dam 21. Readings are taken each day at 6 a.m. and reflect the weather activity for the previous 24 hours. Day High Low Prcp 1 59 37 0 2 76 42 0 3 53 41 .46 4 43 36 .89 5 56 33 0 6 58 39 0 7 64 53 .09 8 56 49 1.25 9 50 41 .29 10 50 35 0 11 45 28 0 12 63 27 0 13 63 40 0 14 71 47 0 15 65 40 0 16 67 36 0 17 44 29 0 18 47 28 0 19 60 37 0 20 68 35 0 21 43 35 0 22 45 43 .20 23 44 41 .10 24 45 37 0 25 68 28 0 26 64 44 .02 27 56 39 1.04 28 39 35 0 29 39 31 0 30 42 25 0
Firefighters responded to two fires stirred by strong winds Friday in Quincy, with no injuries reported at either one.
The Quincy Fire Department responded to a structure fire at about 1:35 p.m. Friday in an attic of a home at 513 Sycamore. Officials believe the blaze might have been caused by a flue on the outside of the house from an indoor wood-burning stove being knocked over by the gusting wind.
The Tri-Township Fire Department responded to a fire early Friday afternoon on the bluff behind the R.L. Hoener Co. along South Eighth Street.
Firefighters said brush on the bluff started burning when flames from trash being burned by R.L. Hoener employees were carried by the wind to the bluff.
Tri-Township firefighters blocked traffic on Eighth Street at the site for a time while firefighters battled the blaze.
http://www.whig.com/story/16079902/firefighters-battle-house-brush-fires-stirred-by-fridays-winds-in-quincy
The U.S. Department of Agriculture designates 44 counties in Illinois — including Adams, Brown and Hancock — as natural disaster areas because of losses caused by drought and excessive heat that began July 1.
http://www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA/newsReleases?area=newsroom&subject=landing&topic=edn&newstype=ednewsrel&type=detail&item=ed_20111102_rel_0150.html
OCTOBER 2011 Weather Facts AVERAGE DAILY HIGH 70.6 degrees (Normal: 66.3 degrees) AVERAGE DAILY LOW 45.5 degrees (Normal: 43 degrees) AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 58 degrees (Normal: 54.7 degrees) TOTAL RAINFALL FOR MONTH 1.06 inches (Normal: 2.5 inches) TOTAL RAINFALL FOR YEAR 26.38 inches (Normal: 30.31 inches) Following are the daily high and low temperatures and precipitation for July as recorded at Lock and Dam 21. Readings are taken each day at 6 a.m. and reflect the weather activity for the previous 24 hours: Day High Low Prcp 1 70 46 0 2 65 41 0 3 70 38 0 4 75 38 0 5 83 45 0 6 83 51 0 7 84 54 0 8 86 62 0 9 85 58 0 10 82 53 0 11 78 52 0 12 80 62 .22 13 71 57 .28 14 71 52 0 15 65 46 0 16 70 45 0 17 67 43 0 18 56 41 .49 19 51 43 T 20 49 40 0 21 50 40 0 22 54 38 0 23 62 41 0 24 76 47 0 25 76 46 0 26 82 37 .03 27 83 57 .02 28 82 33 0 29 59 32 0 30 61 33 0 31 61 38 .02
Quincy Park District officials expect the majority of the cleanup from the late June windstorm to be completed soon. “By the end of this week or early next week, we will be able to transition into other projects” — projects that have been on hold since the cleanup began, Director of Parks Ed Seger said. The straight-line winds that reached gusts of almost 80 mph the night of June 26 and morning of June 27 ravaged many areas of the city, including most of the district’s 28 parks. Director of Business Services Don Hilgenbrinck said preliminary damage estimates from insurance adjusters total $146,900, with a few more reports still to come. Hilgenbrinck said the Park District’s insurance will cover all replacement costs involving damaged or destroyed items such as shelters, fencing, restrooms, and other buildings and physical properties. Cleanup costs through July 31 total $52,648, which include equipment rentals, tree service firms contracted to assist Park District workers, and overtime for district maintenance personnel. — By Steve Eighinger
AVERAGE DAILY HIGH 92.7 degrees (Normal: 88.0 degrees) AVERAGE DAILY LOW 71.9 degrees (Normal: 65.5 degrees) AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 82.3 degrees (Normal: 76.8 degrees) TOTAL RAINFALL FOR MONTH 1.06 inches (Normal: 3.89 inches) The average temperature in July at Lock and Dam 21 was 82.3 degrees, or 5.5 degrees above normal. At Quincy Regional Airport, meanwhile, the average temperature was 81.7 degrees, or 5.4 degrees above normal, according to the National Weather Service in St. Louis. Following are the daily high and low temperatures and precipitation for July as recorded at Lock and Dam 21. Readings are taken each day at 6 a.m. and reflect the weather activity for the previous 24 hours: Day High Low Prcp 1 93 61 .13 2 94 61 0 3 98 61 0 4 90 76 .05 5 85 71 0 6 88 69 0 7 84 65 0 8 91 68 .01 9 87 68 0 10 90 67 0 11 95 73 0 12 96 73 0 13 96 71 .37 14 96 66 0 15 87 66 0 16 91 71 0 17 88 73 0 18 95 74 0 19 95 76 0 20 97 78 0 21 98 77 0 22 99 77 0 23 96 79 0 24 98 78 0 25 85 75 .35 26 93 75 0 27 96 74 0 28 97 77 0 29 100 80 0 30 85 76 0 31 90 73 .15
As Mother Nature turns up the heat, most residents of the region won’t have to worry about the electric company turning off their power.
Many of the utilities in West-Central Illinois and Northeast Missouri have policies in place that prohibit shutting off electricity when temperatures are in the 90s or the National Weather Service is warning of excessive heat — in other words, during the kind of prolonged heat that has gripped the region.
http://mobile.whig.com/story/news/Heat-Utilities-072011
Scorching heat across the Midwest prompts special actions to help people stay cool as heat indexes soar well above 100. In Quincy, cooling centers are being opened, and special reduced admission rates are being imposed at Park District pools as a way to encourage area residents to cool off.
http://mobile.whig.com/story/news/Beat-The-Heat-071911
Thunderstorms with strong winds and damaging lightning whipped through parts Adams County, Pike County, Ill. and northeast Missouri Tuesday afternoon. Windows were knocked at stores at the Huck Finn Shopping Center in Hannibal, Mo.
http://mobile.whig.com/story/news/Area-Thunderstorms-071311
AVERAGE DAILY HIGH 85.5 degrees (Normal: 83.8 degrees) AVERAGE DAILY LOW 63.8 degrees (Normal: 60.9 degrees) AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 74.7 degrees (Normal: 72.4 degrees) TOTAL RAINFALL FOR MONTH 7.14 inches (Normal: 3.26 inches) TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 2011 23.4 inches (Normal: 17.38 inches) Following are the daily high and low temperatures and precipitation for June as recorded at Lock and Dam 21. Readings are taken each day at 6 a.m. and reflect the weather activity for the previous 24 hours: Day High Low Prcp 1 84 59 0 2 84 58 .64 3 80 69 .64 4 92 72 0 5 95 67 .20 6 92 68 0 7 97 71 0 8 97 72 0 9 91 75 0 10 88 68 .02 11 88 63 .15 12 88 58 0 13 88 58 .03 14 88 58 .90 15 88 58 .65 16 80 61 0 17 86 61 0 18 81 65 .50 19 86 65 .63 20 86 67 .02 21 87 66 .06 22 84 66 0 23 73 65 0 24 72 59 0 25 79 59 0 26 78 59 1.2 27 80 65 1.5 28 80 62 0 29 81 60 0 30 92 62 0 41 0
A large tree snapped at the base at 13th street just north of Washington blocking 13th street — and many other streets in the city — from a storm that swept through Quincy, Ill., after midnight June 27, 2011
http://addins.whig.com/blogs/betweenthelens/2011/06/27/massive-storm-of-june-2011/
John Simon, director of the Adams County Emergency Management Agency, said some of the heaviest hit areas in the county are in the Camp Point and Clayton area.
http://www.whig.com/story/news/Hopf-Storm-damage-062711
Motorists on eastbound U.S. 36 drive past toppled exit signs to Shelbina, Mo., and other northeast Missouri towns Monday afternoon outside Shelbina, Mo. The National Weather Service later termed the storm in Shelbina as a tornado.
http://addins.whig.com/blogs/betweenthelens/2011/06/page/2/
At least 26,000 people in West-Central Illinois are without power as a wind storm leaves behind massive damage in Quincy and the surrounding area. Residents are urged to stay inside during cleanup effort.
http://mobile.whig.com/story/news/Storm-062711
Average daily high: 72.7 degrees Normal: 74.7 Average daily low: 53 degrees Normal: 51.3 Average temperature: 62.9 degrees Normal: 63.0 Total rainfall for month: 3.58 inches Normal: 4.61 inches Total precipitation for 2011: 16.26 inches Normal: 14.12 inches Following are the daily high and low temperatures and precipitation for May as recorded at Lock and Dam 21. Readings are taken each day at 6 a.m. and reflect the weather activity for the previous 24 hours. Day High Low Prcp 1 76 50 .02 2 54 46 0 3 58 39 0 4 52 36 0 5 63 39 0 6 66 39 .04 7 72 45 0 8 81 54 0 9 80 55 0 10 88 66 0 11 92 70 0 12 87 66 0 13 87 63 0 14 73 52 .05 15 53 48 .47 16 53 43 .43 17 62 43 0 18 65 44 0 19 74 49 0 20 69 55 0 21 79 55 0 22 83 63 .60 23 86 55 0 24 77 61 0 25 82 61 1.11 26 72 52 .82 27 60 49 0 28 65 48 0 29 68 59 .04 30 89 65 0 31 89 72 0
A strong, rotating line of rapidly moving thunderstorms spawned dozens of reports of tornadoes along the Kansas-Missouri border before moving deeper into Missouri. Tornado warnings were issued across West-Central Illinois and Northeast Missouri, and some limited damage was reported across the region. John Simon, director of the Adams County Emergency Management Agency, saw the tornado warnings that had been issued for Adams County Wednesday afternoon by the National Weather Service. However, it was the eyes on the ground that convinced him not to activate the warning sirens.
http://mobile.whig.com/story/news/NEMO-Tornado-Reports
AVERAGE DAILY HIGH 63.9 degrees (Normal: 64.8 degrees) AVERAGE DAILY LOW 43.9 degrees (Normal: 40.8 degrees) AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 53.9 degrees (Normal: 52.8 degrees) TOTAL RAINFALL FOR MONTH 4.22 inches (Normal: 3.48 inches) TOTAL PRECIPITATION TO DATE FOR 2011 12.68 inches (Normal: 9.51 inches)
Perfect. Simply perfect.
Those were the thoughts of many as the 2011 Dogwood Parade marched down Maine.
http://mobile.whig.com/Dogwood-Stuff-050111
Hannibal's Emergency Management Agency stepped up street closures downtown in response to flooding along the Mississippi River.
http://mobile.whig.com/Hannibal-Flood-Brief--SUN
Flood levels inch close to major levels at several Mississippi River towns. The National Weather Service expected the Mississippi River to crest at 23.5 feet by April 25. Hannibal, Louisiana and Clarksville in Missouri are already seeing river stages more than 5 feet above flood stage, and the water is rising. Even Cape Girardeau in southeast Missouri is reporting a river level a couple of feet over flood stage.
http://mobile.whig.com/Flood-Preparations-042211
MoDOT temporarily closed Route 136/61 at Alexandria, due to high water from heavy rain received north of the area. The road on the east side of the bridge also is being closed by Iowa DOT.
http://mobile.whig.com/Road-Closing2011-04-20T10-29-20
Canton, Mo., installed its floodgates in the face of a rising Mississippi River.
The gates at the north city limit, installed early Wednesday afternoon, closed off the northern section of Missouri Supplemental Route B/Business 61. That road will remain closed until further notice.
http://www.whig.com/story/news/Canton-Floodgates-042111
A family near Center, Mo., was busy cleaning up on the morning of April 10 after high winds tied to a Sunday night storm took down two buildings on the farm.
http://mobile.whig.com/story/news/storm-damage-041111
Average daily high: 52.5 degrees Normal: 52.1 Average daily low: 33.7 degrees Normal: 30.1 Average temperature: 43.1 degrees Normal: 41.1 Total rainfall for month: .91 inches Normal: 2.93 inches Total precipitation for 2011: 8.46 inches Normal: 6.03 inches
A federal disaster declaration has been issued for 59 Missouri counties, including eight in Northeast Missouri, that were affected by the paralyzing winter storm that hit the region last month.
President Barack Obama granted Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon's request for a disaster declaration, which allows eligible counties and local governments, as well as the state at large, to seek federal funds for disaster-related emergency response, snow removal and recovery expenses.
http://mobile.whig.com/story/news/Snow-Storm-Disaster-Declaration-032411
Adams, Pike, Brown and Hancock counties are among 60 statewide that have been declared federal disasters area by President Barack Obama in the wake of February's blizzard.
http://mobile.whig.com/story/news/Illinois-Storm-Disaster-031811
Federal Emergency Management Agency spokesmen visited Quincy on March 14 to promote Flood Awareness Week and urge the purchase of flood insurance.
http://mobile.whig.com/story/news/FEMA-Flood-risk-031511
Average daily high: 37.8 degrees Normal: 40.0 Average daily low: 19.8 degrees Normal: 20.6 Average temperature: 28.8 degrees Normal: 30.3 Total precipitation for month: 6.37 inches Normal: 1.74 inches Total precipitation for 2011: 7.55 inches Normal: 3.1 inches
Heavy thunderstorms across the region Feb. 27 night damaged property and felled power lines in several communities in Northeast Missouri, but no injuries have been reported.
http://mobile.whig.com/story/news/NEMO-Storm-Damage
Old Man Winter left what might be a final calling card Thursday night.
Snowfalls of 4 to 8 inches blanketed West-Central Illinois and Northeast Missouri only a few days after spring-like temperatures had gripped the region.
http://mobile.whig.com/story/news/Weather-022511
Adams County spent just over $67,000 on snow removal during and after this month's snowstorm.
Adams County Engineer Jim Frankenhoff said it cost $67,068 for labor, equipment and materials between Feb. 1 and 4.
http://mobile.whig.com/story/news/County-Snow-Removal-021611
The dust is finally settling on the murky question of exactly how much snow fell in Quincy during the great blizzard of 2011.
Over the course of last week, published and broadcast reports listed the snowfall total anywhere from 13.5 inches to as much as 27 inches.
Finally stepping in as the final arbiter is the National Weather Service, which reports -- once and for all -- that snowfall in Quincy and Adams County on Tuesday and part of Wednesday ranged from 18 to 22 inches.
http://www.whig.com/story/news/Snow-Record-020611
Hannibal strives for normalcy two days after historic snowstorm
http://mobile.whig.com/story/news/Hannibal-Digs-Out-Story
Traffic picks up and more offices and businesses open as the region enters the recovery phase after Feb. 1st's historic snowfall.
“In a 24-hour period, it is amazing to see how much progress has been made from the blizzard,” said Jeff Steinkamp, Quincy’s interim director of Central Services.
http://mobile.whig.com/Snow-removal-plan-of-attack-020311
Historic 18-inch snowfall triggers state of emergency in Adams County
http://mobile.whig.com/story/news/snowstorm-babies-020311
Quincy Mayor John Spring announces a snow emergency for the city, and Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn activates the Illinois National Guard ahead of a snowstorm forecast to bring more than a foot of snow to the state.
http://addins.whig.com/blogs/betweenthelens/2011/02/02/sights-of-historic-2011-snowstorm/
The region braced for what could be a monstrous snowstorm, with emergency management officials reminding citizens the most important thing is to be prepared.
John Simon, director of the Adams County Emergency Management Agency, said to expect the worst, which the National Weather Service indicates will translate into the area receiving up to 18 inches of snow, accompanied at some point by high winds, drifting and icy road conditions.
http://mobile.whig.com/Snowstorm-013111
AVERAGE DAILY HIGH 29.4 degrees (Normal: 33.7 degrees) AVERAGE DAILY LOW 14.2 degrees (Normal: 16 degrees) AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 21.8 degrees (Normal: 24.9 degrees) TOTAL RAINFALL FOR MONTH 1.18 inches (Normal: 1.36 inches) TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR FIRST MONTH OF 2011 1.18 inches (Normal: 1.36 inches)
Quincy and the surrounding area digs out after a morning winter storm dumps from 4 to 7 inches of snow.
http://mobile.whig.com/story/news/Weather-011111
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