108 CDUS43 KLOT 030638 CLIDPA CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 1235 AM CST SAT MAR 3 2012 ................................... ...THE WEST CHICAGO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 2 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 39 1208 PM 56 42 -3 MM MINIMUM 33 1159 PM 7 24 9 MM AVERAGE 36 33 3 MM PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.18 0.41 0.07 0.11 MM MONTH TO DATE 0.18 0.15 0.03 MM SINCE JAN 1 2.30 2.88 -0.58 MM SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 29 32 -3 MM MONTH TO DATE 58 65 -7 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 7 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION N (20) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 29 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 37 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 15.0 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) 42 51 2008 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 24 -4 2002 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 3 2012.........SUNRISE 624 AM CST SUNSET 546 PM CST MARCH 4 2012.........SUNRISE 622 AM CST SUNSET 547 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$