National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
735 AM CDT TUE NOV 1 2011

...A LOOK BACK AT THE CLIMATE FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2011 FOR
CHICAGO AND ROCKFORD...

AT CHICAGO...THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 65.2 DEGREES WHICH IS
2.9 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.  THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 44.6
DEGREES WHICH IS 1.8 DEGREE ABOVE NORMAL.  THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
FOR THE MONTH WAS 54.9 DEGREES WHICH IS 2.4 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.
1.98 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION WAS RECORDED WHICH IS 1.17 INCHES BELOW
NORMAL. NO SNOW WAS RECORDED WHICH IS 0.3 INCHES BELOW NORMAL.

AT ROCKFORD...THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 65.5 DEGREES WHICH
IS 2.8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.  THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 42.0
DEGREES WHICH IS 1.3 DEGREE ABOVE NORMAL.  THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
FOR THE MONTH WAS 53.7 DEGREES WHICH IS 2.0 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.
1.58 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION WAS RECORDED WHICH IS 1.09 INCHES BELOW
NORMAL. NO SNOW WAS RECORDED WHICH IS 0.1 INCHES BELOW NORMAL.

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