Description: Substation meteorological records comprising observations of temperature, amount and type of precipitation, predominant wind direction for volunteer-monitored weather stations throughout Illinois, taken as part of the Cooperative Observer Program from 1887 to 1948. Records for 1862-1874 for Ottawa, IL from the Smithsonian Institution's Register of Meteorological Observations are also included.
Stations reporting in at least one of the 1887-1948 volumes are listed below, as transcribed during a condition review of the volumes in 2015:
Albion, Aledo, Alexander, Alito, Altamont, Alton, Anna, Annawan, Antioch, Arlington Heights, Ashland, Ashton, Astoria, Atlanta, Atwood, Aurora, Austin College, Barry, Beardstown, Beason, Beaton, Belvidere, Bement, Bentley, Benton, Beulon, Bloomington, Bluffer, Bluffs, Bradford, Braidwood, Brandon Road Lock, Brookport, Brush Hill, Bushnell, Camargo, Cambridge, Camp Point, Canton, Carbondale, Carlinville, Carlyle, Carmi, Carrollton, Casey, Catlin, Cazenovia, Cedarville, Centralia, Chandler, Chandlerville, Channahon, Charleston, Charlesville, Chemung, Chenoa, Chester, Chicago Airport, Chicago Heights, Chillicothe, Cicero, Cisne, Cissna Park, Clarksville, Clear Creek, Clinton, Coatsburg, Cobden, Colchester, Coles, Congerville, Cordova, Cullom, Dakota, Danville, Decatur, Dixon, Dresden Island, DuQuoin, Dwight, Earlville, East Peoria, East St. Louis, Eberle, Eddyville, Edwardsville, Effingham, Elgin, Elgin Observatory, Elizabethtown, Elliottstown, Ellsworth, Elsah, Equality, Estonia, Evanston, Ewing, Fairfield, Fairmount, Fairview, Fandon, Flora, Fort Sheridan, Frederick, Freeport, Friend Grove, Fulton, Fulton Lock and Dam #13, Galatia, Galena, Galesburg, Galva, Geneseo, Gibson City, Gilman, Gladstone, Gladstone Lock and Dam #18, Gladstone Lock and Dam above Burlington, IA, Glendale, Glenwood, Golconda, Golden, Grafton, Grand Chain, Grand Tower, Graphton, Grayville, Greenup, Greenville, Gridley, Griggsville, Halfway, Hallidayboro, Hardin, Harrisburg, Havana, Hennepin , Hennepin Water Treatment, Henry, Herod, Herrin, Herrin's Prairie, Highland Park, Hillsboro, Hoopeston, Hospital (Kankakee County), Hudson, Hutsonville, Illinois City, Irishtown, Iron, Jackson, Jacksonville, Jerseyville, Joliet, Jordan's Grove, Kankakee, Kankakee City, Keithsburg, Kewanee, Kishwaukee, Knotville, Knoxville, La Grange, La Harpe, La Salle, Lacon, Lake Forest, Lanark, Lawrence, Lawrenceville, Le Roy, Lexington, Lincoln, Livingston, Loami, Logan, Louisville, Mackinaw, Macomb, Mahomet, Makanda, Manchester, Manteno, Marengo, Marion, Marseilles, Marshall, Martinsville, Martinton, Mascoutah, Mason City, Mattoon, McHenry, McLeansboro, Medora, Melrose, Melvin, Merriam, Metropolis, Milington, Minonk, Moline, Moline Airport, Monmouth, Monticello, Montrose, Morgan Park, Morris, Morrison, Morrisonville, Morse, Mound City, Mount Morris, Mt. Carmel, Mt. Carroll, Mt. Olive, Mt. Pulaski, Mt. Sterling, Mt. Vernon, Muscatine, IA Lock and Dam #16, Nashville, Neponset, New Athens, New Boston, New Boston Lock and Dam #17, New Burnside, New Canton, New Haven, New La Grange, Newark, Newton, Nunda, Old Du Quoin, Olney, Oneida, Oquawka, Oregon, Oswego, Ottawa, Palastine, Palestine, Pana, Paris, Paw Paw, Paxton, Payson, Pearl, Pekin, Peoria, Peotone, Perry, Peru, Petersburg, Philo, Piper City, Plain Hill, Pleasant Hill, Plum Hill, Polo, Pontiac, Prairieville, Princeville, Quincy, Quincy Lock #21, Rantoul, Raum, Red Bud, Reynolds, Richland, Richview, Richy[?] (McHenry County), Riley, Rileyville, River Rainfall, Roberts, Robinson, Rochelle, Rochester, Rock Island, Rockford, Rose Hill, Round Grove, Rushville, Salem, Savanna, Scales Mound, Scottfield, Scuba Mound[?] (Jo Daviess County), Shawneetown, Shelbyville, Shobonier, Sidell, Sparta, Springfield, Springfield Airport, St. Charles, St. Elmo, St. John, St. Johns, St. Peter, Starved Rock, Staunton, Sterling, Stockton, Strawn, Streator, Sullivan, Sumner, Sycamore, Table Grove, Taylorville, Three Mile, Three Oaks[?] (Perry County), Tilden, Tiskilwa, Toulon, Tuscola, Unidentified station (Carroll County), University of Chicago Observatory, Urbana, Utica, Vandalia, Vernon, Vienna, Virden, Walnut, Wapella, Warren, Warsaw, Wataga , Waterloo, Waterman, Watseka, Waukegan, Waverly, Wellington, West Frankfort, Wheaton, Wheeling, White Hall, Willow Hill, Winchester, Windsor, Winnebago, Woodstock, Yale, Yorkville, Zion,