Was January 2006 the Warmest January Ever for Chicago and Rockford?
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
900 AM CST WED FEB 1 2006...ADDED MIDWAY DATA
...ABOVE AVERAGE JANUARY IS ONE OF THE TOP 5 WARMEST EVER FOR THE
AREA AND WARMEST EVER FOR MIDWAY...
EVERY DAY IN THE MONTH OF JANUARY RECORDED ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES
AT BOTH CHICAGO-OHARE AND ROCKFORD. FOR CHICAGO...THE MINIMUM
TEMPERATURE DIPPED INTO THE TEENS ONLY TWICE DURING THE MONTH. THIS
IS THE SECOND LOWEST AMOUNT IN THE RECORD BOOKS FOR CHICAGO.
THE FOLLOWING ARE THE TOP 5 FEWEST OCCURRENCES OF
TEMPERATURES BELOW 20 DEGREES:
YEAR TIMES
1) 1880 1
2) 2006 2
3) 1933 3
4) 1891 4
-) 1932 4
-) 1934 4
-) 1990 4
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR JANUARY AT CHICAGO MIDWAY AIRPORT WAS
THE WARMEST ON RECORD AT 36.5 DEGREES. AT CHICAGO-OHARE, THE
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR JANUARY WAS 35.8 DEGREES.
THIS RANKED AS THE THIRD WARMEST JANUARY EVER FOR CHICAGO
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR JANUARY AT ROCKFORD WAS 33.5
DEGREES. THIS RANKED AS THE SECOND WARMEST JANUARY EVER FOR
ROCKFORD. THE FOLLOWING IS A RANKING OF THE TOP 5 WARMEST MONTHS IN
CHICAGO AND ROCKFORDS HISTORY.
...MIDWAY...
YEAR AVE TEMP
1) 2006 36.5
2) 1933 35.2
3) 1990 34.9
4) 1989 34.4
5) 2002 33.8
...CHICAGO...
YEAR AVE TEMP
1) 1880 39.8
2) 1933 36.7
3) 2006 35.8
4) 1990 33.9
5) 1932 33.6
...ROCKFORD...
YEAR AVE TEMP
1) 1933 33.9
2) 2006 33.5
3) 1944 30.1
4) 1934 30.1
5) 2002 30.0
$$
HALBACH
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