Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
874 CXUS53 KLOT 011819 CLMMDW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 119 PM CDT MON APR 01 2024 ................................... ...THE CHICAGO-MIDWAY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1928 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 86 03/21/2012 03/29/1986 LOW -7 03/08/1943 HIGHEST 74 03/03 70 03/31 LOWEST 26 03/18 13 03/18 AVG. MAXIMUM 53.9 47.6 6.3 46.5 AVG. MINIMUM 36.6 31.7 4.9 31.9 MEAN 45.3 39.6 5.7 39.2 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 2.5 -2.5 1 DAYS MIN <= 32 11 17.6 -6.6 15 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.1 -0.1 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 5.64 2009 MINIMUM 0.33 1958 TOTALS 4.00 1.88 2.12 2.04 DAILY AVG. 0.13 0.06 0.07 0.07 DAYS >= .01 11 9.9 1.1 16 DAYS >= .10 9 5.0 4.0 9 DAYS >= .50 3 1.0 2.0 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.2 -0.2 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.13 03/04 TO 03/05 0.41 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 602 788 -186 794 SINCE 7/1 4151 5112 -961 MM COOLING TOTAL 0 2 -2 0 SINCE 1/1 0 2 -2 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.1 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 36/250 DATE 03/26 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 49/280 DATE 03/16 49/250 03/26 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) 59 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 6 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 3 RAIN 4 LIGHT RAIN 13 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 1 LIGHT SNOW 5 SLEET 0 FOG 11 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 2 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$