716 CDUS43 KLOT 160635 CLIDPA CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 134 AM CDT FRI MAR 16 2012 ................................... ...THE WEST CHICAGO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 15 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 80R 333 PM 65 48 32 MM MINIMUM 50 1159 PM 16 28 22 MM AVERAGE 65 38 27 MM PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.42 0.07 -0.07 MM MONTH TO DATE 0.82 1.06 -0.24 MM SINCE JAN 1 2.94 3.79 -0.85 MM SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 27 -27 MM MONTH TO DATE 297 449 -152 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 6 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION SW (230) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (260) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (270) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE .......................................................... THE WEST CHICAGO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 48 67 2009 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 28 21 2007 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 16 2012.........SUNRISE 702 AM CDT SUNSET 701 PM CDT MARCH 17 2012.........SUNRISE 701 AM CDT SUNSET 702 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$