Chicago, IL Meteorological Data & WebCam

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Chicago, IL (CHII2) Harrison-Dever Crib, approx. 2.75 miles offshore, 41° 54´ 59" N, 87° 34´ 20" W

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Conditions at 9:15 pm CST on 02/17/2013 (DOY 049 03:15 GMT)

Wind Speed:	15.75 kts (8.10 m/s)
Max Wind Speed:	21.91 kts (11.27 m/s)
Wind Direction:	158° (SSE)
Air Temperature:	28.0 °F (-2.2 °C)
Wind Chill:	15.4 °F (-9.2 °C)
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YEAR	DOY	CST	WIND SPD kts	WIND GUST kts	PEAK WIND kts	WIND DIR deg	AIR TEMP deg F
-------- Previous 18 Hours (at top of hour) [English] [Metric] --------
2013	048	2100	16.25	21.35	21.91	158	28.3
2013	048	2000	17.22	20.57	22.86	169	28.0
2013	048	1900	15.49	17.90	19.05	181	28.0
2013	048	1800	16.19	17.90	18.86	179	28.3
2013	048	1700	12.09	15.63	19.05	153	27.7
2013	048	1600	10.15	12.95	15.44	155	28.1
2013	048	1500	9.33	11.82	12.58	173	26.8
2013	048	1400	5.75	8.96	11.24	153	24.6
2013	048	1300	8.15	11.43	11.99	156	22.4
2013	048	1200	6.32	9.53	12.38	158	20.8
2013	048	1100	2.64	5.33	10.09	122	19.9
2013	048	1000	0.54	1.71	5.91	318	18.0
2013	048	0900	4.86	6.28	6.28	317	15.9
2013	048	0800	7.76	9.72	10.09	305	15.0
2013	048	0700	9.45	11.24	11.82	302	15.1
2013	048	0600	10.26	12.19	12.19	299	15.2
2013	048	0500	10.38	12.19	13.14	309	15.3
2013	048	0400	11.80	14.29	14.29	329	15.2

Note: Peak wind is max wind gust during entire hour

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