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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
1155 AM CDT SAT JUN 1 2013

...A LOOK BACK AT THE CLIMATE FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 2013 FOR
CHICAGO AND ROCKFORD...

AT CHICAGO...THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 71.2 DEGREES WHICH IS
1.2 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 50.7
DEGREES WHICH IS 2.4 DEGREE ABOVE NORMAL.  THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
FOR THE MONTH WAS 61.0 DEGREES WHICH IS 1.9 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.
4.96 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION WAS RECORDED WHICH IS 1.28 INCHES ABOVE
NORMAL. NO SNOW WAS RECORDED...WITH JUST A TRACE AS NORMAL.

NO RECORDS WERE SET OR TIED AT CHICAGO FOR THE MONTH OF MAY.

AT ROCKFORD...THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 73.0 DEGREES WHICH
IS 1.2 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.  THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 51.1
DEGREES WHICH IS 2.7 DEGREE ABOVE NORMAL.  THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
FOR THE MONTH WAS 62.1 DEGREES WHICH IS 2.0 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.
3.14 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION WAS RECORDED WHICH IS 0.88 OF AN INCH
BELOW NORMAL. NO SNOW WAS RECORDED...WITH JUST A TRACE AS NORMAL.

ONE RECORD WAS TIED IN THE MONTH OF MAY AT ROCKFORD WHEN THE HIGH
TEMPERATURE ON MAY 14 REACHED 92 DEGREES. THIS TIED THE RECORD
FOR THE DATE SET IN 2007. THE 59 DEGREES WARM UP FROM THE LOW OF 33
DEGREES ON THE MORNING OF MAY 13 TO THE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 92
DEGREES IN THE AFTERNOON OF MAY 14 IS THE LARGEST EVER ONE DAY WARM
UP IN MAY AND TIED FOR THE SECOND LARGEST EVER ONE DAY WARM UP IN
ANY MONTH IN ROCKFORD.

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