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Public Information Statement National Weather Service Chicago IL 909 AM CST Fri Mar 1 2019 /1009 AM EST Fri Mar 1 2019/
…A Look Back at the Climate for Meteorological Winter (December -February) 2019 for Chicago and Rockford…
At Chicago, the average high temperature for the winter season was 33.7 degrees, which is 0.1 degree above the 1981 to 2010 average. The average low temperature was 19.7 degrees, which is 0.6 degrees above normal. The mean temperature for the season was 26.7 degrees, which is 0.3 degrees above normal.
A total of 8.09 inches of precipitation was recorded during this past winter, which is 2.32 inches above normal. There was a total of 28.6 inches of snow recorded at Chicago, which is 0.5 inches above normal.
Records established or tied during the winter months:
December: None
January:
Record daily snowfall of 5.0 inches on the 28th
Record daily lowest minimum temperature of -23 degrees on the 30th
Record daily lowest maximum temperature of -10 degrees on the 30th
Record daily lowest minimum temperature of -21 degrees on the 31st
Tied record daily lowest maximum temperature of 1 degree on the 31st
February:
Record daily highest minimum temperature of 39 degrees on the 3rd
At Rockford, the average high temperature was 31.1 degrees, which is 1.1 degree below normal. The average low temperature was 16.2 degrees, which is 0.1 degrees below normal. The mean temperature for the season was 23.7 degrees, which is 0.5 degrees below normal.
A total of 8.96 inches of precipitation was recorded during this past winter, which was 4.20 inches above normal. In addition, a total of 35.3 inches of snow was recorded, which is 6.1 inches above normal.
Records established or tied during the winter months:
December: None.
January:
Record daily precipitation of 0.53 inches on the 7th
Record daily lowest minimum temperature of -21 degrees on the 26th
Record daily lowest minimum temperature of -15 degrees on the 27th
Record daily snowfall of 4.0 inches on the 28th
Record daily lowest minimum temperature of -25 degrees on the 30th
Record daily lowest maximum temperature of -13 degrees on the 30th
Record daily lowest minimum temperature of -31 degrees on the 31st
Low temperature of -31 degrees on the 31st is coldest temperature on record at Rockford
February:
Record daily highest minimum temperature of 37 degrees on the 3rd
Record daily precipitation of 0.80 inches on the 5th
Record daily precipitation of 0.69 inches on the 7th
Record daily precipitation of 1.15 inches on the 23rd
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