797 CDUS43 KLOT 120636 CLIDPA CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 133 AM CDT SAT MAY 12 2012 ................................... ...THE WEST CHICAGO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 11 2012... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1997 TO 2012 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 77 445 PM 90 70 7 MM MINIMUM 42 313 AM 36 46 -4 MM AVERAGE 60 58 2 MM PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.07 0.14 -0.14 MM MONTH TO DATE 1.86 1.63 0.23 MM SINCE JAN 1 7.62 10.07 -2.45 MM SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 5 8 -3 MM MONTH TO DATE 60 103 -43 MM COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 MM MONTH TO DATE 13 6 7 MM SINCE JAN 1 44 10 34 MM .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED 9 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION S (190) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (200) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.4 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) 70 88 2011 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 36 2006 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 12 2012...........SUNRISE 535 AM CDT SUNSET 804 PM CDT MAY 13 2012...........SUNRISE 534 AM CDT SUNSET 805 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$