Streak of sub-70 degree days ends
...STREAK OF SUB 70 DEGREE DAYS COMES TO AN END...
A STREAK OF HIGH TEMPERATURES STAYING BELOW 70 DEGREES CAME TO AN
END TODAY AT BOTH ROCKFORD AND CHICAGO. OCTOBER 21ST IN THE FALL OF
2007 WAS THE LAST DATE THAT BOTH ROCKFORD AND CHICAGO WENT ABOVE 70
DEGREES FOR A HIGH TEMPERATURE WHEN THEY BOTH TAGGED 80 DEGREES.
THE STREAK ENDED TODAY AS ROCKFORD CLIMBED TO 76 DEGREES AND
CHICAGO-OHARE REACHED 73 EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON.
FOR ROCKFORD...THIS WAS THE 14TH LONGEST STREAK IN THEIR HISTORY OF
SUB 70 DEGREE DAYS. THE LONGEST WAS A STREAK THAT WENT FROM OCTOBER
14TH 1960 AND LASTED FOR 204 DAYS UNTIL THE HIGH TEMPERATURE REACHED
73 DEGREES ON MAY 6TH 1961.
FOR CHICAGO...THIS WAS THE 20TH LONGEST STREAK IN ITS HISTORY OF SUB
70 DEGREE DAYS. THE LONGEST WAS A STREAK THAT WENT FROM OCTOBER
11TH 1873 AND LASTED FOR 203 DAYS UNTIL THE HIGH TEMPERATURE REACHED
70 DEGREES ON MAY 7TH 1874.
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A STREAK OF HIGH TEMPERATURES STAYING BELOW 70 DEGREES CAME TO AN
END TODAY AT BOTH ROCKFORD AND CHICAGO. OCTOBER 21ST IN THE FALL OF
2007 WAS THE LAST DATE THAT BOTH ROCKFORD AND CHICAGO WENT ABOVE 70
DEGREES FOR A HIGH TEMPERATURE WHEN THEY BOTH TAGGED 80 DEGREES.
THE STREAK ENDED TODAY AS ROCKFORD CLIMBED TO 76 DEGREES AND
CHICAGO-OHARE REACHED 73 EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON.
FOR ROCKFORD...THIS WAS THE 14TH LONGEST STREAK IN THEIR HISTORY OF
SUB 70 DEGREE DAYS. THE LONGEST WAS A STREAK THAT WENT FROM OCTOBER
14TH 1960 AND LASTED FOR 204 DAYS UNTIL THE HIGH TEMPERATURE REACHED
73 DEGREES ON MAY 6TH 1961.
FOR CHICAGO...THIS WAS THE 20TH LONGEST STREAK IN ITS HISTORY OF SUB
70 DEGREE DAYS. THE LONGEST WAS A STREAK THAT WENT FROM OCTOBER
11TH 1873 AND LASTED FOR 203 DAYS UNTIL THE HIGH TEMPERATURE REACHED
70 DEGREES ON MAY 7TH 1874.
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