CXUS43 KLOT 011310 CLMCHI CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 659 AM CST FRI FEB 1 2013 ................................... ...THE WEST CHICAGO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2013... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1997 TO 2013 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL ............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 65 01/07/2008 LOW -24 01/05/1999 HIGHEST 62 01/29 MM MM LOWEST -3 01/22 MM MM AVG. MAXIMUM 34.5 31.4 3.1 MM AVG. MINIMUM 15.6 15.5 0.1 MM MEAN 25.1 23.5 1.6 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 4.72 2003 MINIMUM 0.50 2002 TOTALS 3.00 1.31 1.69 DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 1231 1288 -57 COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 36/290 DATE 01/19 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 47/290 DATE 01/19 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$