National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
441 AM CDT TUE AUG 7 2012 /541 AM EDT TUE AUG 7 2012/

...STREAK OF CONSECUTIVE DAYS ABOVE 80 DEGREES POISED TO END...

MONDAY WAS THE 42ND CONSECUTIVE DAY WITH HIGHS OF AT LEAST 80F IN
CHICAGO AND WAS THE 54TH DAY IN A ROW FOR ROCKFORD. HIGHS ARE
FORECAST TO REACH AT LEAST 80 AGAIN TODAY AND TOMORROW BEFORE A
SIGNIFICANT COOL DOWN LIKELY BRINGS THE AREA THE FIRST SUB-80
DEGREE DAY IN A LONG TIME COME THURSDAY. AFTER TODAY AND TOMORROW
THE TALLY OF 80 DEGREE DAYS IN CHICAGO WILL BE 44 WHICH WILL MAKE
IT THE 2ND LONGEST STREAK OF 80 DEGREE DAYS EVER IN CHICAGO
FALLING JUST 2 DAYS SHY OF THE 46 DAYS BACK IN 2010. ROCKFORD WILL
HAVE HAD 56 DAYS IN A ROW BY WEDNESDAY WHICH WILL MAKE IT TIED
FOR THE 3RD LONGEST STREAK IN ROCKFORD. HERE ARE THE TOP 5 LONGEST
STREAKS OF 80F+ HIGH TEMPERATURE DAYS FOR CHICAGO AND ROCKFORD AS
OF MONDAY...

       ROCKFORD
RANK    # DAYS     END DATE
 1)       86      08/30/1895
 2)       58      08/27/1936
 3)       56      07/31/1921
 4)       54*     08/06/2012*
 5)       51      09/12/1947


       CHICAGO
RANK    # DAYS     END DATE
 1)       46      08/16/2010
 2)       42*     08/06/2012*
          42      08/07/1955
 4)       34      09/06/1995
 5)       32      08/08/1983

* STREAK STILL ACTIVE

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