Cold and Snowy Winter Continues
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
631 PM CST FRI JAN 23 2009
...ONE OF THE COLDEST AND SNOWIEST STARTS TO METEOROLOGICAL WINTER
ON RECORD...
IF IT FEELS LIKE THIS WINTER HAS BEEN BRUTAL SO FAR...STATISTICS
ACTUALLY BACK UP HOW ITS FELT! BOTH ROCKFORD AND CHICAGO HAVE HAD ONE
OF THE SNOWIEST STARTS IN WINTER EVER AND BOTH SITES ALSO HAVE HAD
ONE OF THE TOP 15 COLDEST STARTS TO WINTER!
HERE ARE THE STATS FOR THE COLDEST AND SNOWIEST WINTER FOR THE PERIOD
FROM DEC 1ST THROUGH JAN 22ND...
FOR CHICAGO...
RANK AVG YEAR
TEMP
1 14.2 1984
2 15.5 1977
3 17.2 1893
4 18.2 1918
5 19.1 1979
6 19.1 1877
7 19.2 1982
8 19.2 2001
9 19.9 1920
10 20.0 1873
11 20.1 1887
12 20.2 1879
13 20.3 2009
14 20.3 1986
15 20.6 1904
RANK SNOWFALL YEAR
1 59.2 1979
2 41.0 2009
3 40.5 1952
4 39.7 1918
5 38.5 1978
6 35.8 1962
7 35.7 1974
8 34.2 1886
9 33.1 1970
10 33.0 1930
FOR ROCKFORD...
RANK AVG YEAR
TEMP
1 10.5 1977
2 12.9 1984
3 14.6 1979
4 15.7 2001
5 16.4 1959
6 16.6 1982
7 16.7 1978
8 16.9 1910
9 16.9 1970
10 17.5 2009
11 17.6 1912
12 17.9 1986
13 18.6 1962
14 18.7 1964
15 18.8 1963
RANK SNOWFALL YEAR
1 45.4 1979
2 43.4 1910
3 40.8 2009
4 34.0 1943
5 34.0 1918
6 33.5 2008
7 31.0 1974
8 30.4 1978
9 29.4 2001
10 29.0 1898
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