About This Station
Goose
Lake Weather is located in Grundy
County about 7 miles southeast of Morris, IL in Goose Lake
Township. The station is powered by a Davis Vantage Pro2+ weather
station. Data for this site is collected from the weather station
using the Weather
Display Software. The station consists of an anemometer,
automated rain gauge and a thermo-hydro sensor situated in optimal
positions for highest accuracy possible. In addition, the VP2+ records solar radiation and ultraviolet radiation (UV)
which allows for the calculation of indices such as sunburn time, evapotranspiration and others.
The webcam is an Axis 207W wireless IP network cam.
This website was created as a resource for residents in the Morris/Coal City area. The weather station is privately owned and operated as a hobby and should not be considered an official source for weather data. We are not affiliated with nearby Goose Lake State Park but enthusiastically recommend you visit!
Goose Lake Weather Station History |
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| October 1999 | A Davis Weather Monitor II was installed. |
| March 2005 | The Davis WeatherLink datalogger and software was installed on a Pentium 4 PC dedicated to weather data collection. |
| April 2005 | Joined the Citizens Weather Observer Program and began uploading data to CWOP. Station ID is KC9DNQ-3. |
| May 2005 | Purchased and installed Weather Display software. I've since added WD related applications including Weather Display Live and MesoMap Live. |
| November 2005 | Goose Lake Weather website created! The first web site to provide realtime weather info for the area. |
| February 2006 | GooseLakeWeather began uploading data to Weather Underground. Station name is KILMORRI2. |
| October 2006 | A wireless Davis Vantage Pro2 Plus was installed and is currently undergoing testing. Plans are to switch to this station for all weather data in the Spring of 2007. In addition to temperature, humidity, pressure, and wind data, this station also records ultraviolet radiation (UV) and solar radiation. |
| January 2007 | GooseLakeWeather site gets a new look! |
| May 27, 2007 | Switched weather stations to the new Davis VP2+. You will now see solar and UV data. |
| June 2007 | Updated the graphs page. 6/29/07...Added a new weather blog page. |
| July 2007 | Added image on front page from new webcam. |
| November 2007 | Added a link to a new weather calculator and a link to the latest IL winter road conditions. |
| January 2008 | Added streaming live NOAA Weather Radio Station WXK-24 from Odell, IL. |
Future Projects
I hope to add the following information to the page in the coming months: (funds and time permitting of course!)- Real time Lightning Data for Grundy county
- Soil Temperatures
About This Website
GooseLakeWeather.com is powered by:
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In addition, Goose Lake Weather runs the following recommended programs:
VirtualVP and StartWatch available from SoftWx
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