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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
716 PM CDT SAT MAY 31 2003

WEATHER HISTORY IN NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST ILLINOIS

JUNE 1ST, 2003. DURING THE MONTH OF JUNE, NORTHERN ILLINOIS 
UNUSUALLY GETS THE FIRST 100 DEGREE WEATHER FOR THE YEAR. FOR BOTH 
ROCKFORD AND CHICAGO, THE AVERAGE DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURES ON THE 
1ST ARE 76 DEGREES AND REACH 83 DEGREES BY THE END OF THE MONTH. 
AVERAGE MONTHLY RAINFALL IN ROCKFORD IS 4.52 INCHES WHILE IN 
CHICAGO THE AVERAGE IS 3.78 INCHES. USUALLY THE WIND IS FROM THE 
SOUTHWEST AT 9 MPH. FROM 1880 THROUGH 1989 THERE WERE 16 
SIGNIFICANT TORNADOS IN COOK COUNTY AND 7 IN WINNEBAGO COUNTY.

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