120 CDUS43 KLOT 040635 CLIDPA CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 1233 AM CST SUN MAR 4 2012 ................................... ...THE WEST CHICAGO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 3 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 33 1222 AM 51 42 -9 MM MINIMUM 28 1159 PM -4 24 4 MM AVERAGE 31 33 -2 MM PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.30 0.08 -0.08 MM MONTH TO DATE 0.18 0.23 -0.05 MM SINCE JAN 1 2.30 2.96 -0.66 MM SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 34 32 2 MM MONTH TO DATE 92 97 -5 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 W (270) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 28 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (270) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 33 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (270) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 15.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT SNOW HAZE .......................................................... THE WEST CHICAGO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 62 2000 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 24 -9 2002 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 4 2012.........SUNRISE 622 AM CST SUNSET 547 PM CST MARCH 5 2012.........SUNRISE 621 AM CST SUNSET 549 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$