Summer 2008 Climate Data for Chicago and Rockford

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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
800 AM CDT SUN SEP 1 2008

...A LOOK BACK AT THE CLIMATE FOR SUMMER 2008 FOR CHICAGO AND
ROCKFORD...

AT CHICAGO...THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 82.2 DEGREES WHICH IS
0.5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.  THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 62.8
DEGREES WHICH IS 2.2 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.  THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
FOR THE SEASON WAS 72.5 DEGREES WHICH IS 1.4 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.
FOR THE SEASON...12.67 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION WAS RECORDED WHICH IS
1.01 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL.

AT ROCKFORD...THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 82.2 DEGREES WHICH
IS 0.4 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.  THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 61.1
DEGREES WHICH IS 1.2 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.  THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
FOR THE SEASON WAS 71.7 DEGREES WHICH IS 0.8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.
FOR THE SEASON...15.53 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION WAS RECORDED WHICH IS
2.74 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL.

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