Earliest Measurable Snowfall in Chicago and DeKalb History

Earliest Measurable Snowfall in Chicago and DeKalb’s History

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
1030 AM CDT THU OCT 12 2006

...EARLY SNOWFALL HISTORY IN ROCKFORD AND CHICAGO AND DEKALB...

0.3 INCHES OF SNOW HAS FALLEN AT CHICAGO OHARE THIS 
MORNING...BREAKING THE RECORD OF THE EARLIEST MEASURABLE SNOWFALL IN 
CHICAGOS HISTORY DATING BACK TO 1871.  THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 
OCTOBER 18TH IN 1972 AND 1989 WHEN 0.2 AND 0.7 INCHES FELL.  

ALSO...0.5 INCHES OF SNOW FELL IN DEKALB WHICH...DATING BACK TO 
1895...IS THE RECORD FOR THE EARLIEST MEASURABLE SNOWFALL IN ITS 
HISTORY.

TODAY IS THE RECORD FOR THE EARLIEST MEASURABLE SNOWFALL FOR 
ROCKFORD AND SO FAR HAS ONLY RECORDED A TRACE SO FAR TODAY AT THE 
AIRPORT.  IF ANY ACCUMULATIONS OCCUR...IT WILL TIE THE RECORD FOR 
EARLIEST MEASURABLE SNOW ACCUMULATION.

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