834 CDUS43 KLOT 010642 CLIDPA CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 1237 AM CST THU MAR 1 2012 ................................... ...THE WEST CHICAGO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 29 2012... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1998 TO 2012 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 57 1247 PM MM 41 16 MM MINIMUM 34 1119 PM MM 23 11 MM AVERAGE 46 32 14 MM PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.14 MM MM MM MM MONTH TO DATE 0.74 1.42 -0.68 MM SINCE JAN 1 2.12 2.73 -0.61 MM SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 19 33 -14 MM MONTH TO DATE 993 1073 -80 MM COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 MM MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 MM SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 MM .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 16 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION SW (240) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 36 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (250) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 49 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (230) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 17.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN LIGHT RAIN LIGHT SNOW FOG HAZE .......................................................... THE WEST CHICAGO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 41 61 2004 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 23 15 2009 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 1 2012.........SUNRISE 627 AM CST SUNSET 544 PM CST MARCH 2 2012.........SUNRISE 626 AM CST SUNSET 545 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$