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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
626 AM CDT SAT MAY 17 2014 /726 AM EDT SAT MAY 17 2014/

...LONGEST SNOW SEASON ON RECORD FOR ROCKFORD...

WE KNEW IT WAS A LONG SNOW SEASON ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND THE
NUMBERS BACK THAT UP...IN FACT FOR ROCKFORD THEY REVEAL IT WAS THE 
LONGEST SNOW SEASON ON RECORD!

HERE IS A LOOK AT THE TOP NUMBER OF DAYS BETWEEN THE FIRST AND 
LAST DAYS OF SNOW IN A SEASON AT ROCKFORD DATING BACK TO 1905:

RANK   LENGTH      FIRST SNOW     LAST SNOW
---------------------------------------------
1.     207 DAYS    OCT 22 2013    MAY 16 2014*
2.     204 DAYS    OCT 19 1989    MAY 10 1990
3.     201 DAYS    OCT 20 1913    MAY 8 1914
4.     196 DAYS    OCT 11 1917    APR 24 1918
5.     195 DAYS    OCT 12 1909    APR 24 1910

*=ASSUMING MAY 16TH IS THE FINAL DAY OF SNOW THIS SEASON.

THE 207 DAYS...OR NEARLY SEVEN MONTHS...WAS THE TIME DURATION
FROM THE FIRST SNOW AT ROCKFORD /TRACE ON OCT 22/ UNTIL THE LAST
SNOW /TRACE ON MAY 16/. 

IN TOTAL...ROCKFORD SAW 79 DAYS WITH AT LEAST A TRACE OF SNOW IN 
THE 2013-2014 SNOW SEASON. THAT WAS THE SECOND MOST IN A SNOW SEASON
ONLY AFTER THE 2007-2008 SEASON WHICH SAW 83 DAYS.

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MTF