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ORD has broken the 20" mark for the season so the prospect of the first back to back sub 20" winters since the 1920s has been avoided.

 

And moved out of the top 10 least snowiest seasons on record list. Need to get to 23.9" to move out of the top 20.

 

19.6" at ORD for DJF is good for 40th place on the least snowiest meteorological winter list.

 

0.7" for this met Spring already up to 8th place (tied) for the least snowiest MAM. :D

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Would be one of if not the biggest rallies of all time if this next system produces well and another event or two occurs the rest of the month to bring ORD within striking distance of the seasonal normal.

It's quickly turning into just a ho hum below average season around there.

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Would be one of if not the biggest rallies of all time if this next system produces well and another event or two occurs the rest of the month to bring ORD within striking distance of the seasonal normal.

Here's an update to a chart I posted a while back...

 

As you can see there isn't a year on that list that had back to back months rally with well above (3.0"+) normal monthly snowfall. We'll see how it goes...

 

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I will laugh if Chicago shows an average or above season when this ends.

 

50 years from now we will skim over this season as a non-event.

 

Future weather historians (the future Josh's, Tim's, etc.) won't see it as a non event.  It will be great analog material.

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Here's an update to a chart I posted a while back...

As you can see there isn't a year on that list that had back to back months rally with well above (3.0"+) normal monthly snowfall. We'll see how it goes.

Nice chart. Normal is 5.6" so this next storm could already get ORD to normal or better for the month. Then after the few days of milder weather, the ensembles/teleconnections still look good for a potentially colder than normal and active pattern. So it could be an interesting month.

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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
1234 AM CST WED MAR 06 2013

..RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM SNOWFALL SET AT CHICAGO-OHARE

A RECORD SNOWFALL OF 9.2 INCHES WAS SET AT CHICAGO-OHARE YESTERDAY.
THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 3.8 SET IN 1999 AND 2002. 

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Yesterdays snow was ranks as the 5th biggest calender day snowfall in March, and the biggest since since 11.5" fell on the 2nd of 1954.

 

Top 10 March Calender Day Snowfalls:
1. 13.6" - 25/1930
2. 11.5" - 2/1954
3. 10.9" - 7/1931
4. 9.2" - 5/2013
5. 8.9" - 26/1970
6. 8.5" - 4/1982
7. 8.5" - 21/1992
8. 8.4" - 14/1904
9. 7.8" - 30/1926
10. 7.7" - 29/1954

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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
134 AM CDT THU APR 18 2013

..RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM RAINFALL SET AT CHICAGO-OHARE

A RECORD DAILY RAINFALL AMOUNT OF 2.01 INCHES WAS SET AT CHICAGO
OHARE YESTERDAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD FOR APRIL 17TH OF OF
1.71 SET IN 1885.

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Wettest first six months in recorded history for Chicago, and it wasn't close really. Also, 2013 has already surpassed the entire precipitation total of 2012.

 

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/news/display_cmsstory.php?wfo=lot&storyid=95757&source=0

 

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
407 PM CDT SUN JUN 30 2013 /507 PM EDT SUN JUN 30 2013/

...RECORD TO NEAR RECORD PRECIPITATION FOR THE FIRST HALF OF 2013
EXCEEDS TOTAL FOR ALL OF 2012...

CHICAGO WILL END JUNE 2013 WITH A YEAR TO DATE PRECIPITATION
AMOUNT OF 28.46 INCHES. THIS IS THE WETTEST FIRST 6 MONTHS OF THE
YEAR ON RECORD FOR THE CITY BY OVER 2 INCHES!

HERE ARE THE TOP 5 WETTEST JANUARY TO JUNE PERIODS IN CHICAGO:
1) 2013: 28.46"
2) 1975: 26.19"
3) 2009: 25.75"
4) 1993: 25.53"
5) 1882: 25.17"

THE 28.46 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION IS 11.93 INCHES ABOVE THE 16.53
INCH NORMAL (1981-2010) YEAR TO DATE PRECIPITATION AMOUNT. IN
CONTRAST...THROUGH JUNE 30 2012...THERE WERE ONLY 13.11 INCHES OF
PRECIPITATION...AND ONLY 26.91 INCHES IN ALL OF 2012.

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Here's a summary of the records/near records from late 2011-early 2013. Some were posted by LOT, and most others I had compiled.

 

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0Atsn0joG4cy_dHdRM3RJS0tSYWdDT1pSUjBZc1A3TkE&output=html

 

nice thanks....

 

wow, only 11 days in 2012 didn't get above freezing?  That's kinda mind boggling...

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