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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
100 PM CDT SUN DEC 1 2013

...A LOOK BACK AT THE CLIMATE FOR METEOROLOGICAL FALL 2013 FOR
CHICAGO AND ROCKFORD...

AT CHICAGO...THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE FALL SEASON WAS
61.6 DEGREES WHICH IS 0.2 DEGREES BELOW THE 1981 TO 2010 AVERAGE.
THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 43.6 DEGREES WHICH IS 0.4 OF A
DEGREE ABOVE NORMAL. THE MEAN TEMPERATURE FOR THE SEASON WAS 52.6
DEGREES WHICH IS 0.1 OF A DEGREE ABOVE NORMAL.

A TOTAL OF 7.78 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION WAS RECORDED DURING THIS
PAST FALL...WHICH IS 1.73 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THERE WAS ALSO A
TOTAL OF 0.9 OF AN INCH OF SNOW THAT WAS RECORDED AT OHARE WHICH
IS 0.5 OF AN INCH BELOW NORMAL.

ONE SIGNIFICANT RECORD WAS TIED DURING THE FALL MONTHS WHEN THE HIGH
REACHED 95 DEGREES ON SEPTEMBER 10. THIS TIED THE OLD RECORD SET IN
1983 FOR THAT DATE.

AT ROCKFORD...THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 61.7 DEGREES WHICH IS
0.2 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 40.6
DEGREES WHICH IS 0.5 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE MEAN TEMPERATURE FOR
THE SEASON WAS 51.2 DEGREES WHICH IS 0.3 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL.

A TOTAL OF 6.88 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION WAS RECORDED DURING THIS
PAST FALL...WHICH WAS 1.72 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. IN ADDITION...A
TOTAL OF 1.0 INCH OF SNOW WAS RECORDED WHICH IS 0.8 OF AN INCH BELOW
NORMAL.

TWO SIGNIFICANT RECORDS WERE TIED IN THE FALL MONTHS OF 2013 AT
ROCKFORD.
THE HIGH OF 96 DEGREES ON SEPTEMBER 10 TIED THE RECORD HIGH
SET IN 1931 FOR THAT DATE.
THE LOW OF 23 DEGREES ON OCTOBER 25 TIED THE RECORD LOW SET
IN 1987 FOR THAT DATE.

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