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608 NOUS43 KLOT 170911 PNSLOT ILZ003>006-008-010>014-019>023-032-033-039-INZ001-002-010-011-019- 180000- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 411 AM CDT SAT MAY 17 2014 /511 AM EDT SAT MAY 17 2014/ ...HIGH TEMPERATURE IN CHICAGO ON FRIDAY WAS NEAR RECORD TERRITORY... THE HIGH OF 46 DEGREES OBSERVED AT CHICAGO OHARE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON FRIDAY MAY 16TH WAS ACTUALLY NOT A RECORD LOW MAXIMUM FOR THE DAY. THAT RECORD OF 44 SET IN 1891 JUST BARELY WAS PRESERVED. HOWEVER...THIS WAS IMPRESSIVE COLD FOR MAY...ESPECIALLY WITH IT BEING THE LATTER HALF OF THE MONTH. THE 46 DEGREES WAS THE COLDEST MAY HIGH TEMPERATURE IN CHICAGO SINCE 46 ON MAY 15TH 2011. WHEN LOOKING AT HIGH TEMPERATURES OBSERVED AFTER THE MID POINT OF MAY (MAY 16TH AND AFTER)...THIS WAS THE COLDEST IN CHICAGO SINCE 45 ON MAY 17 2002. MAYBE THE MOST STRIKING FACT WAS THIS WAS ONLY THE FIFTH TIME SINCE 1930 WITH A HIGH TEMPERATURE THIS COLD AFTER THE MIDPOINT OF MAY! COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURES IN CHICAGO AFTER THE MIDPOINT OF MAY (MAY 16TH AND AFTER) SINCE 1930: TEMPERATURE DATE -------------------------- 46 MAY 16 1945 46 MAY 17 1945 46 MAY 24 1992 45 MAY 17 2002 46 MAY 16 2014 PRIOR TO 1930...THERE WERE 25 LATE MAY INSTANCES OF HIGHS THIS COLD IN CHICAGO...WHICH VERY LIKELY HAD TO DO WITH THE OFFICIAL OBSERVING LOCATION AT CHICAGO THEN BEING MUCH CLOSER TO LAKE MICHIGAN. $$ MTF