October 2015 Climate Review

October 2015 was warmer than normal and drier than normal for most of the area. The monthly average temperature ranged from 1 to 3 degrees above normal across the area and precipitation percentage of normal was lowest in a corridor generally from east central Illinois to northwest Indiana. The first three weeks of October were extremely dry, but the last week featured well above normal rainfall.


October 2015 Climate Review (click to enlarge)

Monthly Climate Reports: Chicago | Rockford

Chicago and Rockford Climate Overview:

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
1000 AM CDT SUN NOV 1 2015

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

AT CHICAGO...THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 62.3 DEGREES WHICH IS
0.9 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 46.2
DEGREES WHICH IS 3.4 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
FOR THE MONTH WAS 52.5 DEGREES WHICH IS 2.2 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.
DURING THE MONTH OF OCTOBER...2.23 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION WAS
RECORDED WHICH IS 0.92 OF AN INCH BELOW NORMAL.

THERE WERE NO RECORDS SET FOR CHICAGO FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2015.

AT ROCKFORD...THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 64.5 DEGREES WHICH IS
1.8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 43.8
DEGREES WHICH IS 3.1 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
FOR THE MONTH WAS 54.1 DEGREES WHICH IS 2.4 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.
DURING THE MONTH OF OCTOBER...2.02 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION WAS
RECORDED WHICH IS 0.65 OF AN INCH BELOW NORMAL.

THERE WERE NO RECORDS FOR ROCKFORD FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2015.