423 CDUS43 KLOT 220633 CLIDPA CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 132 AM CDT SUN APR 22 2012 ................................... ...THE WEST CHICAGO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 21 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 53 253 PM 81 63 -10 MM MINIMUM 31 509 AM 29 40 -9 MM AVERAGE 42 51 -9 MM PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.35 0.10 -0.10 MM MONTH TO DATE 0.92 2.12 -1.20 MM SINCE JAN 1 5.17 7.21 -2.04 MM SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 23 14 9 MM MONTH TO DATE 323 365 -42 MM COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 MM MONTH TO DATE 2 0 2 MM SINCE JAN 1 31 0 31 MM .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 6 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION NE (40) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (50) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (50) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. .......................................................... THE WEST CHICAGO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 81 2007 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 40 28 2003 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 22 2012.........SUNRISE 601 AM CDT SUNSET 742 PM CDT APRIL 23 2012.........SUNRISE 600 AM CDT SUNSET 743 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$