Goose Lake Weather - Garden Weather Information

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Goose Lake Area - Morris, IL USA

Updated: Wed, 10-Mar-2010 6:50pm CST

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The Goose Lake Weather station is located in USDA plant hardiness zone 5a. The predominant soil types are 69A—Milford silty clay loam, and Bryce, shale substratum-Calamine silty clays.

Interested in determining the soil types in your backyard? Check out the USDA/NRCS Web Soil Survey page.

Sunrise	Sunset	Available Daylight Hours
6:11 AM	5:55 PM	11:44

Soil Information

Last updated:03/10/10 6:50 PM

Soil Temperature¹	Soil Moisture²	Frost Depth³
4 inch: 47.0°F Max:47.0°F Min:41.0°F	4 inch: 8.0 cb	0 inches
12 inch: 41°F	12 inch: 8.0 cb
24 inch: 38°F	24 inch: 3.0 cb
36 inch: 39°F	36 inch: 3.0 cb

¹Daily maximum and minimum 4 inch soil temperatures since midnight.
²Soil moisture is measured in centibars(cb).
Note: When the soil moisture sensor is frozen, it will read approximately 200 cb.
³Read manually from a frost tube.

Centibar Reading	Soil Condition
0-10	Saturated Soil. Occurs for a day or two after irrigation.
10-20	Soil is adequately wet (except coarse sands which are drying out at this range)
30-60	Usual range to irrigate or water (except heavy clay soils). Irrigate at the upper end of this range in cool humid climates and with higher water-holding capacity soils.
100-200	Soil is becoming dangerously dry for maximum production.