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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
745 AM CDT WED JAN 1 2014

...A LOOK BACK AT THE CLIMATE FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER 2013 FOR 
CHICAGO AND ROCKFORD...

FOR CHICAGO...THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 31.1 DEGREES WHICH IS 
3.7 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 15.6     
DEGREES WHICH IS 5.1 DEGREE BELOW NORMAL. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 
FOR THE MONTH WAS 23.4 DEGREES WHICH IS 4.3 DEGREES BELOW 
NORMAL. 1.94 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION WAS RECORDED DURING THE MONTH  
WHICH IS 0.31 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. 14.2 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WAS 
RECORDED DURING DECEMBER WHICH IS 6.0 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. 

NO SIGNIFICANT RECORDS WERE SET OR TIED DURING THE MONTH AT CHICAGO 
OHARE AIRPORT. DECEMBER 2013 WILL GO DOWN AS THE 21ST COLDEST 
DECEMBER ON RECORD.

FOR ROCKFORD...THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 28.3 DEGREES WHICH 
IS 4.9 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 10.5   
DEGREES WHICH IS 7.2 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE AVERAGE 
TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 19.4 DEGREES WHICH IS 6.0 DEGREES 
BELOW NORMAL. 1.69 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION WAS RECORDED WHICH IS 
0.29 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. 17.7 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WAS RECORDED 
DURING DECEMBER WHICH IS 6.4 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. 

TWO RECORDS WAS SET AT ROCKFORD DURING THE MONTH OF DECEMBER 2013. 
ON DECEMBER 22 A RECORD RAINFALL OF 0.56 INCHES WAS SET. THIS BROKE 
THE OLD RECORD OF 0.53 INCHES SET IN 1979. ANOTHER RECORD WAS SET ON 
DECEMBER 22 FOR SNOWFALL WHEN 5.0 INCHES FELL. THIS BROKE THE OLD 
RECORD OF 3.4 INCHES SET IN 2009.

DECEMBER 2013 WILL GO DOWN AS THE 13TH COLDEST DECEMBER ON RECORD.

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