Salt Creek Park Forest Preserve : Salt Creek

Wood Dale, Illinois, United States

Observed by
Tom Kubica

Observed on: Wed, 10 Jan 2024 11:33:00 -0600
Testers Tom Kubica
Associated with:
National Great Rivers : Winter Chloride Watch
Lat: 41.9546929
Lng: -87.988193

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Chloride ppm 328.0

Air temperature °C 1.2

Water temperature °C 4.2

Ice off

Since: 2024-01-10

Weather

Current weather

cloudy
windy

Complete overcast, winds at 15 MPH. Snow on ground from Tuesday.

Weather in previous 24 hours

cloudy
rainy
windy

Wet snow and rain throughout most of the day. Windy and cloudy all day.

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Notes

Took a resample today as recommended to do occasionally. Same reading. Calling it a "6" on both test strips.
Took a photo of the Test site.
Wildlife:
2 squirrels, deer tracks but no deer sited.
2 Blue jays, 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker, 48 Canadian geese(9 in the Creek, the rest in fly bys overhead), 4 Mourning Doves.