496 CDUS43 KLOT 042148 CLIDPA CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 438 PM CDT WED APR 4 2012 ................................... ...THE WEST CHICAGO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 4 2012... VALID TODAY AS OF 0400 PM LOCAL TIME. CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1998 TO 2012 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM NORMAL ............................................................... TEMPERATURE (F) TODAY MAXIMUM 59 1242 PM 76 2010 56 3 2005 MINIMUM 45 540 AM 24 2002 34 11 AVERAGE 52 45 7 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.00 0.81 2010 0.08 -0.08 MONTH TO DATE 0.11 0.34 -0.23 SINCE JAN 1 4.36 5.43 -1.07 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TODAY 13 20 -7 MONTH TO DATE 40 82 -42 COOLING TODAY 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 29 0 29 ............................................................... WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 15 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION NE (50) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (50) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (50) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 14.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. .......................................................... THE WEST CHICAGO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 57 76 2005 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 34 21 2002 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 4 2012.........SUNRISE 630 AM CDT SUNSET 722 PM CDT APRIL 5 2012.........SUNRISE 628 AM CDT SUNSET 724 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$