Cold Wave Will Grip the Area Through this Weekend into Early Next Week
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DURING THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY...THE TEMPERATURE AT CHICAGO/OHARE HAS
ONLY FALLEN BELOW ZERO 3 TIMES SINCE 1996. ROCKFORD HAS EXPERIENCED
THAT DEGREE OF COLD ONLY 7 TIMES DURING THE SAME PERIOD. WITH SUB
ZERO TEMPERATURES EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND...HERE IS A LOOK BACK
THROUGH THE RECORDS HIGHLIGHTING THE HOW MANY TIMES WE HAVE SEEN
FEBRUARY TEMPERATURES BELOW ZERO DURING THE LAST 11 YEARS.
ROCKFORD OHARE
2006 FEB 17... -4
18... -11 -7
2004 FEB 4.... -3
2003 FEB 9.... -3
FEB 25... -5 -2
2001 FEB 1.... -1
2.... -6 -2
1996 FEB 1.... -13 -8
2.... -21 -16
3.... -24 -19
4.... -19 -14
5.... -4
6.... -5
ROB HANDEL
METEOROLOGIST
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