289 CDUS43 KLOT 292236 CLIMDW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 436 PM CST THU DEC 29 2022 ................................... ...THE CHICAGO-MIDWAY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 29 2022... VALID TODAY AS OF 0400 PM LOCAL TIME. CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1928 TO 2022 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL ................................................................... TEMPERATURE (F) TODAY MAXIMUM 57 3:18 PM 64 1984 34 23 39 MINIMUM 44 2:45 AM -8 1976 22 22 32 AVERAGE 51 28 23 36 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.00 0.85 2019 0.05 -0.05 0.01 MONTH TO DATE 1.67 1.68 -0.01 1.96 SINCE DEC 1 1.67 1.68 -0.01 1.96 SINCE JAN 1 30.76 34.31 -3.55 27.87 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TODAY 14 37 -23 29 MONTH TO DATE 1041 970 71 733 SINCE DEC 1 1041 970 71 733 SINCE JUL 1 2004 2054 -50 1673 COOLING TODAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 1514 1112 402 1460 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (210) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 42 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 16.1 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 86 4:00 PM LOWEST 73 12:00 AM AVERAGE 80 .......................................................... THE CHICAGO-MIDWAY CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 34 60 1936 2002 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 22 -8 1983 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 29 2022......SUNRISE 7:18 AM CST SUNSET 4:28 PM CST DECEMBER 30 2022......SUNRISE 7:18 AM CST SUNSET 4:29 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$