With the recent warm weather, have you wondered what the record high temperatures are for Chicago and elsewhere? In the last few years, a group composed of NWS, Regional Climate Centers, and State Climatologists stitched together the weather records for 270 major metropolitan areas. The results of this project can be found at http://threadex.rcc-acis.org/ The […]
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Record Streak of Warm Days in Chicago
From the National Weather Service Record of Days At or Above 80 Degrees for Chicagoland THE PREVIOUS RECORD FOR CONSECUTIVE 80 DEGREE OR ABOVE DAYS WAS 42 DAYS IN A ROW…SET IN 1955. ON AUGUST 13 2010…THE CHICAGOLAND AREA HIT 43 CONSECUTIVE DAYS…AND THE NUMBER CONTINUES TO INCREASE. JULY 2 2010 WAS THE FIRST 80 […]
July 1936 – Hot in Chicago
While this summer has been hot and humid, it pales in comparison to the hottest month in Illinois history – July 1936. Here are the records from July of that year at Midway Airport in Chicago. The temperature hit the triple digit mark nine times that month. That’s more times than for the entire 1954 […]
Rainfall Totals for July in the Chicago Area
Here are some rainfall totals for July 2010 [updated on August 3] for the Chicago area. This is preliminary and may contain missing or incorrect data. Missing data can make the monthly totals too low. Based on what has been reported so far, Midway Airport has set a new record for July precipitation, beating the […]