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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
823 PM CST WED NOV 19 2014 /923 PM EST WED NOV 19 2014/

...INCREDIBLE DURATION OF EARLY SEASON SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES...

RECORD STREAK FOR NOVEMBER OF SUB FREEZING HIGHS TIED IN CHICAGO
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WITH THE HIGH REACHING 32 DEGREES ON NOVEMBER 19TH IN
CHICAGO...NOVEMBER 12TH-18TH 2014 TIED NOVEMBER 24TH-30TH 1903 FOR
THE LONGEST STRETCH OF SUB FREEZING DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURES ON
RECORD FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER IN CHICAGO.

HERE ARE THE LONGEST STRETCHES OF SUB FREEZING HIGH TEMPERATURES
IN NOVEMBER IN CHICAGO:

7 DAYS - NOVEMBER 12-18 2014
         NOVEMBER 24-30 1903

6 DAYS - NOVEMBER 17-22 1880

5 DAYS - NOVEMBER 17-22 1937

THE IMPRESSIVE STRETCH OF NOVEMBER COLD THIS YEAR DID SURPASS
THAT OF 1903 WITH RESPECT TO CONSECUTIVE HOURS BELOW FREEZING.
AFTER DIPPING BELOW FREEZING JUST PRIOR TO MIDNIGHT ON NOVEMBER
11TH...THE TEMPERATURE DID NOT WARM BACK TO FREEZING UNTIL JUST
PRIOR TO NOON NOVEMBER 19TH. THIS WAS 180 CONSECUTIVE HOURS AND
SETS A NEW RECORD FOR CONSECUTIVE HOURS SPENT BELOW FREEZING IN
THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER IN CHICAGO. IN NOVEMBER 1903...CHICAGO SPENT
172 CONSECUTIVE HOURS SUBFREEZING.

ROCKFORD
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THE STREAK OF CONSECUTIVE DAYS BELOW FREEZING IN ROCKFORD HIT EIGHT
DAYS ON NOVEMBER 19TH...BUT A NEW RECORD LONGEST STRETCH OF
SUBFREEZING HIGHS FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER WILL NOT BE IN REACH. IN
NOVEMBER 1951...THE DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE REMAINED BELOW 32 DEGREES
IN ROCKFORD FOR 13 CONSECUTIVE DAYS.

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...RECORD TO NEAR RECORD COLD OBSERVED ON MONDAY NOVEMBER 17TH AND
TUESDAY NOVEMBER 18TH...

CHICAGO
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ON NOVEMBER 18TH...CHICAGO SET A NEW RECORD COLD HIGH FOR THE
DATE. THE HIGH OF 19 DEGREES BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 22 DEGREES
SET IN 1903. THIS WAS ALSO THE EARLIEST HIGH TEMPERATURE IN THE TEENS
IN CHICAGO SINCE NOVEMBER 17TH 1959.

ROCKFORD
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ON NOVEMBER 17TH...ROCKFORD ONLY REACHED A HIGH OF 16 DEGREES.
THIS WAS THE SECOND COLDEST HIGH ON RECORD FOR THE DATE IN
ROCKFORD...WITH THE RECORD BEING 12 DEGREES IN 1959. IT WAS ALSO
THE EARLIEST HIGH TEMPERATURE IN THE TEENS IN ROCKFORD SINCE
NOVEMBER 17TH 1959.

ON NOVEMBER 18TH...ROCKFORD SET A NEW RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 8
DEGREES...BEATING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 11 IN 1989. IN ADDITION...A
NEW RECORD COLD HIGH OF 19 DEGREES WAS OBSERVED...SHATTERING THE OLD
RECORD OF 28 IN 1951.

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RC

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
808 PM CST WED NOV 19 2014 /908 PM EST WED NOV 19 2014/

...UNPRECEDENTED EARLY SEASON FREQUENCY OF SNOWFALL...

FREQUENT SNOW HAS COMBINED WITH THE COLD TO PROVIDE A FEEL OF
WINTER ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA. FOR BOTH LONG
TERM CLIMATE SITES OF CHICAGO AND ROCKFORD THIS HAS BEEN IN RECORD
BREAKING TERRITORY.

CHICAGO...

AS OF NOVEMBER 19TH...CHICAGO HAD OBSERVED EIGHT CONSECUTIVE DAYS
WITH AT LEAST A TRACE OF SNOWFALL SINCE NOVEMBER 12TH. THIS WAS THE
EARLIEST STRETCH OF OVER A WEEK /EIGHT DAYS PLUS/ OF DAILY
SNOWFALL ON RECORD...WHICH HAD BEEN NOVEMBER 13TH-20TH 1937. THE
CURRENT EIGHT DAY STRETCH OF CONSECUTIVE SNOWFALL JOINS ONLY THE
1937 SPAN AND NOVEMBER 23RD-30TH 1954 AS EIGHT CONSECUTIVE DAYS
WITH SNOWFALL IN NOVEMBER.

ROCKFORD...

AS OF NOVEMBER 19TH...ROCKFORD HAD OBSERVED NINE CONSECUTIVE DAYS
WITH AT LEAST A TRACE OF SNOWFALL SINCE NOVEMBER 11TH. THIS IS
THE EARLIEST STRETCH OF OVER A WEEK /EIGHT DAYS PLUS/ OF DAILY
SNOWFALL ON RECORD. THE PREVIOUS RECORD HAD BEEN NOVEMBER 23RD-
DECEMBER 2ND 1954...A STRETCH OF TEN CONSECUTIVE DAYS. IN
ADDITION...THERE HAD NEVER BEEN A STRETCH OF NINE CONSECUTIVE
NOVEMBER DAYS WITH SNOWFALL IN ROCKFORD PRIOR TO THE CURRENT
STRETCH.

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