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529 NOUS43 KLOT 171126 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 626 AM CDT SAT MAY 17 2014 /726 AM EDT SAT MAY 17 2014/ ...LONGEST SNOW SEASON ON RECORD FOR ROCKFORD... WE KNEW IT WAS A LONG SNOW SEASON ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND THE NUMBERS BACK THAT UP...IN FACT FOR ROCKFORD THEY REVEAL IT WAS THE LONGEST SNOW SEASON ON RECORD! HERE IS A LOOK AT THE TOP NUMBER OF DAYS BETWEEN THE FIRST AND LAST DAYS OF SNOW IN A SEASON AT ROCKFORD DATING BACK TO 1905: RANK LENGTH FIRST SNOW LAST SNOW --------------------------------------------- 1. 207 DAYS OCT 22 2013 MAY 16 2014* 2. 204 DAYS OCT 19 1989 MAY 10 1990 3. 201 DAYS OCT 20 1913 MAY 8 1914 4. 196 DAYS OCT 11 1917 APR 24 1918 5. 195 DAYS OCT 12 1909 APR 24 1910 *=ASSUMING MAY 16TH IS THE FINAL DAY OF SNOW THIS SEASON. THE 207 DAYS...OR NEARLY SEVEN MONTHS...WAS THE TIME DURATION FROM THE FIRST SNOW AT ROCKFORD /TRACE ON OCT 22/ UNTIL THE LAST SNOW /TRACE ON MAY 16/. IN TOTAL...ROCKFORD SAW 79 DAYS WITH AT LEAST A TRACE OF SNOW IN THE 2013-2014 SNOW SEASON. THAT WAS THE SECOND MOST IN A SNOW SEASON ONLY AFTER THE 2007-2008 SEASON WHICH SAW 83 DAYS. $$ MTF