Sunday, March 1, 2020

Public Information Statement for McHenry Co., IL

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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Chicago IL
134 PM CST Sun Mar 1 2020 /234 PM EST Sun Mar 1 2020/

...A Look Back at the Climate for Meteorological Winter (December,
January, February) 2019-2020 for Chicago and Rockford...

At Chicago, the average high temperature for the winter season
was 38.1 degrees, which is 4.5 degrees above the 1981 to 2010
average. The average low temperature was 24.7 degrees, which is
5.6 degrees above normal. The mean temperature for the season was
31.4 degrees, which is 5.0 degrees above normal.

A total of 5.12 inches of precipitation was recorded during this
past winter, which is 0.65 inches below normal. There was a total
of 18.6 inches of snow recorded at Chicago, which is 9.5 inches
below normal.

Records established or tied during the winter months:

December:
* Record daily maximum temperature of 61 degrees on the
26th.
* Record daily highest minimum temperature of 47 degrees on
the 29th.
* Record daily precipitation of 0.93 inches on the 29th.

January: None.

February:
* Record daily maximum temperature of 52 degrees on the
2nd.


At Rockford, the average high temperature was 36.9 degrees, which
is 4.7 degrees above normal. The average low temperature was 21.4
degrees, which is 5.1 degrees above normal. The mean temperature
for the season was 29.2 degrees, which is 5.0 degrees above
normal.

A total of 4.82 inches of precipitation was recorded during this
past winter, which was 0.06 inches above normal. In addition, a
total of 19.9 inches of snow was recorded, which is 9.3 inches
below normal.

Records established or tied during the winter months:

December:
* Tied record daily maximum temperature of 55 degrees on the
24th.
* Record daily maximum temperature of 59 degrees on the
25th.
* Record daily maximum temperature of 56 degrees on the 26th.
**Tied for 10th warmest December on record with 32.6 decrees.

January:
* Tied record daily snowfall of 3.0 inches on the 24th.

February:
* Record daily minimum temperature of -10 degrees on the
14th.

One Top Ten Seasonal Record:
**Tied 8th warmest winter on record since 1906 with 29.2 degrees.
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