First Measurable Snow at Chicago
| PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL 826 PM CST SUN NOV 16 2008 ...FIRST MEASURABLE SNOWFALL FOR CHICAGO... NOVEMBER 16TH REPRESENTS THE CLIMATOLOGICAL NORMAL...BASED ON RECORDS FROM 1971 TO 2000...FOR THE FIRST MEASURABLE SNOWFALL OF THE YEAR. AND TODAY...NOVEMBER 16TH 2008...CHICAGO OHARE MEASURED 0.1 INCHES OF SNOW AS OF 8PM THIS EVENING. THERE HAVE BEEN FOUR OTHER INSTANCES WHERE THE FIRST MEASURABLE SNOW FELL ON NOVEMBER 16TH. THEY WERE 1888...1915...1949...AND 2005...ALTHOUGH IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE DATE OF THE NORMAL FIRST SNOW MAY FLUCTUATE BASED ON THE 30 YEAR DATA SET THAT THE NORMALS ARE BASED ON. ROCKFORD ONLY REGISTERED A TRACE OF SNOWFALL AND HAS YET TO HAVE A MEASURABLE SNOWFALL THIS SEASON. THEIR NORMAL FIRST MEASURABLE SNOW IS ON NOVEMBER 20TH. $$ HALBACH |
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