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795 NOUS43 KLOT 011541 PNSLOT PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL 1040 AM CDT TUE APR 1 2014 ...A LOOK BACK AT THE CLIMATE FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2014 FOR CHICAGO AND ROCKFORD... FOR CHICAGO...THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 40.9 DEGREES WHICH IS 5.7 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 22.4 DEGREES WHICH IS 6.8 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 31.7 DEGREES WHICH IS 6.2 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. 1.71 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION WAS RECORDED DURING THE MONTH WHICH IS 0.79 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. 12.3 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WAS RECORDED DURING THE MONTH WHICH IS 6.7 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. NO RECORDS WERE SET AT CHICAGO DURING THE MONTH OF MARCH 2014. FOR ROCKFORD...THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 38.7 DEGREES WHICH IS 8.2 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 20.5 DEGREES WHICH IS 7.0 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 29.6 DEGREES WHICH 7.6 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. 1.03 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION WAS RECORDED WHICH IS 1.29 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. 9.1 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WAS RECORDED DURING THE MONTH WHICH IS 4.3 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THERE WERE NUMEROUS RECORDS SET DURING THE MONTH OF MARCH AT ROCKFORD. ON MARCH 1ST A NEW RECORD FOR DAILY SNOWFALL WAS SET WHEN 4.6 INCHES FELL. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 2.0 INCHES IN 1943 AND 2002. THE SECOND RECORD WAS ON MARCH 2ND WHEN THE HIGH TEMPERATURE ONLY REACHED 9 DEGREES. THE PREVIOUS RECORD DAILY LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR MARCH 2ND WAS 14 DEGREES SET IN 1912. THE THIRD RECORD OCCURRED ON MARCH 3RD WHEN THE HIGH TEMPERATURE ONLY REACHED 15 DEGREES. THE PREVIOUS RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR THE DATE WAS 18 DEGREES IN 2002. THE FOURTH RECORD WAS ALSO ON MARCH 3RD WHEN THE LOW TEMPERATURE REACHED -11 DEGREES. THIS BROKE THE PREVIOUS DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE RECORD OF -4 DEGREES WHICH WAS SET IN 2002. THE LOW TEMPERATURE OF -11 DEGREES ALSO TIES FOR THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE RECORDED IN THE MONTH OF MARCH. THE OTHER DATE THIS OCCURRED WAS ON MARCH 1ST 1962 AND MARCH 4TH 2002. $$