Coolest Weather Since Late May
...NORTHERN ILLINOIS COOLEST WEATHER SINCE LATE MAY...
THE HIGH TEMPERATURE IN CHICAGO THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 4 WAS ONLY 67.
THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THE TEMPERATURE FAILED TO REACH 70 SINCE
JUNE 3 WHEN THE HIGH WAS 69. IT WAS THE COOLEST HIGH TEMPERATURE
SINCE MAY 29 WHEN THE HIGH WAS ALSO 67. THE 69 ON JUNE 3 WAS THE
ONLY DAY THIS SUMMER...JUNE THROUGH AUGUST...THAT THE TEMPERATURE
DID NOT REACH 70. LOOKING BACK THROUGH THE RECORDS...CHICAGO HAS ONLY
HAD TWO SUMMERS WITHOUT AT LEAST ONE COOL DAY IN THE 60S...2005 AND 1959.
THE ONLY OTHER SUMMER WITH JUST ONE DAY THAT FAILED TO REACH 70 WAS
1949. CHICAGO TEMPERATURE RECORDS GO BACK TO 1871.
ROCKFORDS HIGH TEMPERATURE ON THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 4 WAS ONLY 62.
THE LAST TIME ROCKFORD FAILED TO REACH 70 WAS MAY 29 WHEN THE HIGH
WAS 65. THE LAST TIME THE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS COOLER THAN 62 WAS MAY
27 WHEN THE HIGH WAS ONLY 56. AN ENTIRE SUMMER...JUNE THROUGH
AUGUST...WITHOUT AT LEAST ONE COOL DAY IN THE 60S IS RARE FOR ROCKFORD. IT
HAS ONLY OCCURRED 10 OTHER YEARS SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN 1906. THE LAST
SUMMER WITHOUT A HIGH TEMPERATURE LESS THAN 70 WAS 2005.
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