Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
700 CXUS53 KLOT 011705 CLMMDW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 1205 PM CDT FRI NOV 01 2024 ................................... ...THE CHICAGO-MIDWAY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1928 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 94 10/06/1963 LOW 20 10/24/1981 10/18/1948 10/20/1930 HIGHEST 86 10/05 87 10/03 LOWEST 38 10/16 29 10/31 10/17 AVG. MAXIMUM 70.6 63.4 7.2 63.9 AVG. MINIMUM 50.4 46.5 3.9 48.7 MEAN 60.5 54.9 5.6 56.3 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.9 -0.9 2 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 12.06 1954 MINIMUM 0.20 1964 TOTALS 1.22 3.48 -2.26 2.75 DAILY AVG. 0.04 0.11 -0.07 0.09 DAYS >= .01 6 11.5 -5.5 14 DAYS >= .10 2 6.3 -4.3 8 DAYS >= .50 1 2.2 -1.2 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 1.0 -1.0 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.70 10/24 TO 10/25 0.89 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 172 332 -160 313 SINCE 7/1 182 393 -211 MM COOLING TOTAL 40 20 20 50 SINCE 1/1 1382 1112 270 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.7 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 32/290 DATE 10/13 32/280 10/31 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 50/270 DATE 10/31 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.39 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 14 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 11 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 6 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 52 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 3 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 3 LIGHT RAIN 6 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 4 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 0 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$