No 40 Degree Temperatures For ChicagoThis January!
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
654 PM CST SAT JAN 31 2009
...CHICAGO FAILS TO OFFICIALLY REACH 40 DEGREES THIS JANUARY...
THE OFFICIAL HIGH TEMPERATURE AT OHARE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WAS 38
DEGREES TODAY...MAKING THIS ONLY THE 10TH JANUARY IN 137 YEARS OF
RECORDS NOT TO HAVE AT LEAST ONE 40 DEGREE OR WARMER TEMPERATURE.
THE LAST TIME CHICAGO FAILED TO REACH 40 DEGREES IN THE MONTH OF
JANUARY WAS NEARLY A QUARTER OF A CENTURY AGO...IN 1985.
SINCE 1873...ONLY THE FOLLOWING YEARS HAVE SEEN NO JANUARY
TEMPERATURES OF 40 DEGREES OR HIGHER IN CHICAGO...
YEAR JAN MAX TEMP
2009 38
1985 35
1982 38
1979 35
1977 30...ONLY JANUARY IN CHICAGO HISTORY NOT TO REACH 32F
1976 38
1920 38
1918 35
1912 38
1904 39
IN ROCKFORD...TODAYS GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS PUSHED THE TEMPERATURE TO
41 DEGREES...SO JANUARY 2009 FINISHES WITH JUST A SINGLE DAY OF 40
DEGREE WEATHER. THIS IS THE 25TH JANUARY IN ROCKFORD WEATHER HISTORY
TO REACH 40 ONLY FOR A SINGLE DAY...OR NOT AT ALL. TEMPERATURE
RECORDS FOR ROCKFORD SPAN 117 YEARS...FROM 1893.
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