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The WILI Weather Calendar
14/WILI has published an Eastern Connecticut Weather Calendar each year since 1988. The calendar is written, researched, and prepared by WILI's resident "weather weenie", Wayne Norman. Some of the calendar's features include:
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Willimantic's sunrise and sunset, and Connecticut's normal and record highs and lows for each day of the year.
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Significant weather anniversaries and trends, and astronomical notes.
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Photos of WILI personalities and local scenes.
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An Atlantic hurricane tracking map, a cloud chart, and a wind chill chart
The 2008 WILI Weather Calendar has more information than ever before. Get yours for $5.00, two for $8 and three for $10.
Copies of the WILI Weather Calendar are available at the WILI offices Monday through Friday from 9 AM-4:30 PM, or can be obtained by mail by sending an additional $2.00 to cover postage to:
WILI Weather Calendar
720 Main Street
Willimantic, CT 06226
For more information about the WILI Weather Calendar, call (860) 456-1111. Some back issues are also still available.
It's just one more indication that WILI takes the weather seriously. Here's the cover of the 2007 calendar:
Here's the cover of the 2006 calendar--a shot taken by WILI's Wayne Norman on Eagleville Lake:
WILI has had a full time staff of meteorologists since 1977. The forecast is heard twice during most hours, seven days a week. Each weekday morning, WILI's Wayne Norman conducts live interviews with Tim Root at 6:40am, 7:40am, and 8:40am, which go much deeper than just the forecast.
WILI Meteorologist Tim Root
Tim Root in 1975 at the Barnum Show "Champions on Parade" He's on the right with the cymbals. In the center is Pat McNally from New Haven.
WILI has been a leader in up-to-date, accurate weather information for eastern Connecticut since 1977.
Mike Leona provides the mid-day and afternoon weather reports.
Mike Leona
Anita Sauer occasionally fills in on the morning shift.
Anita Sauer (green and blue striped scarf) and others with The Weather Channel's Jim Cantore during a snowstorm in Albany
Our first staff meteorologist was the immensely popular Norm MacDonald, who passed away in 2002. To see a tribute to "Uncle Normie," click here .
WILI's Wayne Norman is a frequent visitor to New Hampshire's Mount Washington, home of "The World's Worst Weather." To see Wayne at the summit in winter conditions, click here.
Wayne's childhood home in Hollywood. That's not snow--it's HAIL! Wayne is peeking through the living room window. He can't play in the hail--he has chickenpox!
Connecticut had severe flooding in October 2005 after twelve inches of rain fell over nine days. To see photos of that flooding, CLICK HERE.
June 9 was the anniversary of the deadly Worcester Tornado in 1953. To view a slide show of photos from that storm, click here .
WILI listeners submitted photos from the December 17, 1973 Ice Storm which crippled Connecticut. To see the photos, click here .
WILI's Wayne Norman with our former morning meteorologist Mike Solomon in the 2004 WILI Boom Box Parade . Wayne is the parade's Grand Marshal. Armed with a squirt gun, Mike was "partly cloudy with a chance of showers."
UConn Structural Engineering Professor Howard Epstein wrote an off-beat essay about hurricane names. To read the piece, click here. (Adobe reader required)
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