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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
1113 AM CST SAT MAR 1 2014

...A LOOK BACK AT THE CLIMATE FOR METEOROLOGICAL WINTER 2013-2014 
FOR CHICAGO AND ROCKFORD...

AT CHICAGO...THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE WINTER SEASON WAS 
27.1 DEGREES WHICH IS 6.5 DEGREES BELOW THE 1981 TO 2010 AVERAGE. 
THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 10.4 DEGREES WHICH IS 8.1 DEGREES 
BELOW NORMAL. THE MEAN TEMPERATURE FOR THE SEASON WAS 18.8 DEGREES 
WHICH IS 7.6 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THIS WAS THE 3RD COLDEST WINTER 
ON RECORD IN CHICAGO. THE COLDEST WINTER ON RECORD...1903-04...
AVERAGED 18.3 DEGREES AND THE SECOND COLDEST WINTER ON 
RECORD...1978-79...AVERAGED 18.4 DEGREES.  

A TOTAL OF 7.24 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION WAS RECORDED DURING THIS 
PAST WINTER...WHICH IS 1.47 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THERE WAS A 
TOTAL OF 67.4 INCHES OF SNOW RECORDED AT OHARE WHICH IS 39.3 INCHES 
ABOVE NORMAL...AND THE THIRD SNOWIEST WINTER ON RECORD IN CHICAGO. 
80.6 INCHES OF SNOW FELL IN 1978-79...THE SNOWIEST WINTER ON 
RECORD...AND 71.2 INCHES OF SNOW FELL IN 1977-78...THE SECOND 
SNOWIEST WINTER ON RECORD.

NEW DAILY RECORDS ESTABLISHED DURING THE WINTER MONTHS:
* 8.7 INCHES OF SNOW ON JANUARY 5TH. PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 6.2 INCHES  
  IN 2005.
* LOWEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF -16 DEGREES ON JANUARY 6TH. PREVIOUS 
  RECORD WAS -14 DEGREES IN 1988. 
* LOWEST MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF -2 DEGREES ON JANUARY 6TH. PREVIOUS  
  RECORD WAS -1 DEGREE IN 1912.
* 1.16 INCHES OF RAINFALL ON FEBRUARY 20TH. PREVIOUS RECORD WAS      
  0.95 OF AN INCH IN 2011. 

AT ROCKFORD...THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 24.1 DEGREES WHICH IS
8.1 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 5.1  
DEGREES WHICH IS 0.5 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE MEAN TEMPERATURE FOR 
THE SEASON WAS 14.6 DEGREES WHICH IS 9.6 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THIS 
WAS THE THIRD COLDEST WINTER ON RECORD IN ROCKFORD. THE COLDEST 
WINTER ON RECORD...1978-79...AVERAGED 14.1 DEGREES AND THE SECOND 
COLDEST WINTER ON RECORD...1977-78...AVERAGED 14.5 DEGREES. 

A TOTAL OF 5.43 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION WAS RECORDED DURING THIS 
PAST WINTER...WHICH WAS 0.67 OF AN INCH ABOVE NORMAL. IN 
ADDITION...A TOTAL OF 46.5 INCHES OF SNOW WAS RECORDED WHICH IS 17.3 
INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS WAS THE NINTH SNOWIEST WINTER ON RECORD IN 
ROCKFORD. THE SNOWIEST WINTER WAS 2007-08 WITH 65.1 INCHES OF SNOW 
RECORDED. 

NEW DAILY RECORDS ESTABLISHED DURING THE WINTER MONTHS:
* 0.56 OF AN INCH OF RAINFALL ON DECEMBER 22ND. PREVIOUS RECORD WAS  
  0.53 OF AN INCH IN 1979.
* 5 INCHES OF SNOW ON DECEMBER 22ND. PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 3.4 INCHES  
  IN 2009.
* LOWEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF -18 DEGREES ON JANUARY 4TH. PREVIOUS 
  RECORD WAS -16 DEGREES IN 1979. 
* LOWEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF -21 DEGREES ON FEBRUARY 11TH. 
  PREVIOUS RECORD WAS -12 DEGREES IN 1981. THIS TIED FOR THE 27TH    
  COLDEST TEMPERATURE EVER OBSERVED IN ROCKFORD SINCE 1906 AND IT    
  WAS THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE IN ROCKFORD SINCE -25 DEGREES ON       
  JANUARY 16 2009. 
* LOWEST MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 15 DEGREES ON FEBRUARY 27TH.         
  PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 18 DEGREES IN 1912. THIS WAS THE COLDEST HIGH  
  TEMPERATURE IN THE LAST WEEK OF FEBRUARY OR LATER SINCE 11 DEGREES 
  ON MARCH 9 2003. 

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RC