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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
736 PM CST MON FEB 10 2014 /836 PM EST MON FEB 10 2014/

...SNOWFALL NEARLY EVERY OTHER DAY THIS WINTER...

THIS WINTER HAS SEEN SNOWFALL WITH ASTONISHING REGULARITY ACROSS
NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA. HERE ARE SOME NUMBERS ON
ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL DAYS...WHICH MEANS AT LEAST ONE TENTH OF AN 
INCH OF NEW SNOWFALL.

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CHICAGO

THERE HAVE BEEN 32 DAYS WITH ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL THIS
METEOROLOGICAL WINTER (DECEMBER-FEBRUARY) THROUGH FEBRUARY 10TH.
THAT IS 45 PERCENT OF THE DAYS WITH ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL THUS FAR. 
THERE WAS EVEN A SEVEN WEEK STRETCH FROM DECEMBER 8TH-JANUARY 26TH
WHEN ACCUMULATING SNOW OCCURRED ON OVER HALF THE DAYS...SOMETHING 
THAT HAD ONLY HAPPENED FOUR OTHER TIMES IN RECORDED CHICAGO HISTORY 
(SINCE 1884).

HERE IS HOW THE 32 DAYS OF ACCUMULATING SNOW SINCE DECEMBER 1ST 
STACKS UP WITH OTHER METEOROLOGICAL WINTERS:

RANK    # OF DAYS     WINTER
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 1)         39       1961-1962
 2)         37       1977-1978
            37       1976-1977
 4)         35       2007-2008
 5)         34       1978-1979
            34       1903-1904
            34       1885-1886
 8)         33       1969-1970
            33       1973-1974
            33       1962-1963
            33       1917-1918
 12)        32       2013-2014 THROUGH FEB 10TH /TIED WITH 3 OTHERS/

THE NORMAL FOR THE ENTIRE METEOROLOGICAL WINTER IS 25 DAYS WITH
ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL.

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ROCKFORD

THERE HAVE BEEN 35 DAYS DAYS WITH ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL THIS
METEOROLOGICAL WINTER (DECEMBER-FEBRUARY) THROUGH FEBRUARY 10TH.
THAT IS JUST SHY OF 50 PERCENT OF THE DAYS WITH ACCUMULATING
SNOWFALL THUS FAR. THERE WAS EVEN A SEVEN WEEK STRETCH FROM 
DECEMBER 8TH-JANUARY 26TH WHEN ACCUMULATING SNOW OCCURRED ON OVER 
HALF THE DAYS...SOMETHING THAT HAD ONLY HAPPENED ONE OTHER TIME IN 
RECORDED ROCKFORD HISTORY (SINCE 1905).

HERE IS HOW THE 35 DAYS OF ACCUMULATING SNOW SINCE DECEMBER 1ST 
STACKS UP WITH OTHER METEOROLOGICAL WINTERS:

RANK    # OF DAYS     WINTER
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 1)         48       2007-2008
 2)         46       1978-1979
 3)         45       1961-1962
 4)         43       1993-1994
 5)         41       1958-1959
            41       1992-1993
 7)         39       1959-1960
            39       1974-1975
            39       1989-1990
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 15)        35       2013-2014 THROUGH FEB 10TH /TIED WITH 4 OTHERS/

THE NORMAL FOR THE ENTIRE METEOROLOGICAL WINTER IS 30 DAYS WITH
ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL.


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