Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
989 CXUS53 KLOT 011819 CLMORD CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 119 PM CDT MON APR 01 2024 ................................... ...THE CHICAGO-OHARE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1871 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 88 03/29/1986 LOW -12 03/04/1873 HIGHEST 73 03/03 70 03/31 LOWEST 24 03/18 12 03/18 AVG. MAXIMUM 52.9 47.0 5.9 46.0 AVG. MINIMUM 35.1 31.0 4.1 31.6 MEAN 44.0 39.0 5.0 38.8 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 3.0 -3.0 1 DAYS MIN <= 32 13 19.9 -6.9 15 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.2 -0.2 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 5.58 1922 MINIMUM 0.29 1910 TOTALS 3.59 2.45 1.14 3.80 DAILY AVG. 0.12 0.08 0.04 0.12 DAYS >= .01 10 10.8 -0.8 16 DAYS >= .10 8 5.5 2.5 10 DAYS >= .50 2 1.4 0.6 2 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.4 -0.4 1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.91 03/08 TO 03/08 1.19 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 23.1 1926 TOTALS 1.0 5.5 -4.5 1.8 SINCE 7/1 22.2 37.1 -14.9 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0 DAYS >= 1.0 1 2.0 -1.0 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 1 03/10 24 HR TOTAL 1.0 03/22 TO 03/22 1.2 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 642 808 -166 802 SINCE 7/1 4330 5277 -947 MM COOLING TOTAL 0 2 -2 0 SINCE 1/1 0 2 -2 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.7 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 31/020 DATE 03/05 31/240 03/26 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 47/260 DATE 03/16 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.66 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 4 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 16 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 11 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 62 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 4 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 5 RAIN 6 LIGHT RAIN 12 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 1 LIGHT SNOW 3 SLEET 0 FOG 10 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 3 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. NO RECORDS SET OR TIED FOR MARCH 2024. $$