Look Back at the Climate Data for June 2015 for Chicago and Rockford


Monthly Climate Information and Stats  |  Cloudiest June on Record in Chicago

Monthly Climate Information and Stats

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
828 AM CDT MON JULY 1 2015

...A LOOK BACK AT THE CLIMATE FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE 2015 FOR CHICAGO
AND ROCKFORD...

AT CHICAGO...THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 76.9 DEGREES WHICH IS
2.8 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 57.8 DEGREES
WHICH IS 0.3 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH
WAS 67.4 DEGREES WHICH IS 1.5 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. DURING THE MONTH OF
JUNE...7.12 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION WAS RECORDED WHICH IS 3.67 INCHES
ABOVE NORMAL. A TRACE OF SNOW WAS RECORDED DURING THE MONTH IN THE FORM
OF HAIL.

RECORDS FOR CHICAGO FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE 2015...
DAILY RECORDS
JUNE 15TH...SET RECORD FOR DAILY MAXIMUM RAINFALL OF 2.56 INCHES.
            PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 0.96 INCHES SET IN 1982.

MONTHLY RECORDS
JUNE 2015 WILL GO DOWN AS 9TH WETTEST JUNE ON RECORD SINCE 1871.


AT ROCKFORD...THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 79.2 DEGREES WHICH
IS 1.9 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 59.3
DEGREES WHICH IS 0.8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
FOR THE MONTH WAS 69.3 DEGREES WHICH IS 0.5 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL.
DURING THE MONTH OF JUNE...4.64 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION WAS
RECORDED WHICH IS 0.01 INCHES BELOW NORMAL.

NO RECORDS FOR ROCKFORD WERE SET DURING JUNE 2015

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Monthly Climate Report for June 2015: Chicago | Rockford

Cloudiest June on Record in Chicago

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
438 PM CDT WED JUL 1 2015

...JUNE 2015 WAS THE CLOUDIEST JUNE ON RECORD IN CHICAGO...

IF IT FELT LIKE JUNE WAS UNUSUALLY CLOUDY IN CHICAGO...DATA FROM 3
MILES SOUTHWEST OF MIDWAY AIRPORT SHOWS THAT IT WAS. ONLY 46
PERCENT OF POSSIBLE SUNSHINE WAS OBSERVED. THIS SET A NEW RECORD
FOR THE CLOUDIEST JUNE IN CHICAGO. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS SET
BACK IN 1942 WHEN 48 PERCENT OF POSSIBLE SUNSHINE WAS OBSERVED.
THE NORMAL FOR PERCENT OF POSSIBLE SUNSHINE IN JUNE IN CHICAGO IS
65 PERCENT.

CLOUDIEST JUNES ON RECORD IN CHICAGO
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YEAR  PERCENT OF POSSIBLE SUNSHINE
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2015              46
1942              48
1928              49
1969              49

SUNSHINE RECORDS FOR CHICAGO GO BACK TO 1893.

THANKS TO THE MIDWAY 3SW COOPERATIVE OBSERVER FRANK WACHOWSKI FOR
KEEPING AND MAINTAINING THE SUNSHINE PERCENTAGE DATASET SINCE 1996
AND PROVIDING NWS CHICAGO THE DATA FOR THIS PNS.

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RC