September showers, falling temperatures

Fall arrived in Grundy County last month, bringing cooler days and noticeably less sunshine.
The Grundy County Emergency Management Agency’s [GCEMA] weather data division reports the average daily temperature for September was 65 degrees, roughly 10 degrees cooler than the preceding month. The highest daily temperature for the month was recorded at 86 degrees on Sept. 3 and the daily low of 40 degrees was posted Sept. 19.
Grundy residents saw a significant increase in precipitation as 3.62 inches of rain fell on the county. The highest 24 hour liquid precipitation amount was posted at .72 inches on Sept. 6. In that one day of rain, the county received almost as much as it during the entire month of August. That rain event resulted in just over 1-inch of rain in the Coal City area.
GCEMA reports there were 10 days with measurable precipitation and the September showers brings the total precipitation for the year to 30.15 inches, about five inches shy of the total rainfall at this same time last year.
The monthly weather report also clocks daily wind speeds and the peak wind gust for the month was posted on Wednesday, Sept. 30 at 33 miles per hour.
The county’s monthly weather report is complied by the GCEMA’a weather division from data collected and records on file at its offices located in the Grundy County Administration Center, 1320 Union St., Morris.