beavis1729 Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 We'll have to pull up the January 2014 thread to see what the coldest Chicago noon temps are. I think today's -18 at ORD may be the 2nd or 3rd coldest all-time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Any update on the Detroit record situation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 My lowest temperature this Winter has been -14ﾟF. I'm hoping to break that tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 10 minutes ago, Jonger said: Any update on the Detroit record situation The record low today was only -4 in 1951. This was already broken at -8. The record low max will also be set today. Tomorrows record low should be crushed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AppsRunner Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Up to -12 right now, which has bumped wind chills to near -30. At least it's sunny 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 37 minutes ago, beavis1729 said: We'll have to pull up the January 2014 thread to see what the coldest Chicago noon temps are. I think today's -18 at ORD may be the 2nd or 3rd coldest all-time? It ranks up there for sure. It's not the easiest thing to search for since you basically have to pick out notorious cold days and see what the noon temp was, unless there is some way to search by time of day. The -18 reading is colder than the noon temp on 1/20/1985, which was -17. It was -21 at noon on 1/10/1982! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 39 minutes ago, beavis1729 said: We'll have to pull up the January 2014 thread to see what the coldest Chicago noon temps are. I think today's -18 at ORD may be the 2nd or 3rd coldest all-time? The coldest noon temp of the 2014 cold was 1/6, with a noon temp of -14. This time noon temp was -18, which makes it the second coldest noon temp on record...only behind -21 on 1/10/1982. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Anddddd Hoosier beat me by seconds. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 The -51 wind chill at ORD for the 7AM OBS is tied for the 5th coldest hourly OBS wind chill on record. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Temps are overachieving suprisingly. MLI up to a relatively balmy -9, so no new record low max there. Up to -12 here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 1 minute ago, cyclone77 said: Temps are overachieving suprisingly. MLI up to a relatively balmy -9, so no new record low max there. Up to -12 here. MLI the only one that "warm" in the area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beavis1729 Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Rockford had a midnight temp of -16, but it has now warmed up to -15 at 1pm central. All time record low max is -14 on 1/18/1994 and 1/6/1924...which will probably hold. It looks like the coldest daily mean temp at Rockford is -18.5 on 1/18/1994 (high -14, low -23). That has a good chance of being broken. Just need today’s high temp to not go above -13, or it needs to drop below -25 prior to midnight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beavis1729 Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 ORD still -17 at 1pm central...wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 1 minute ago, Chicago Storm said: MLI the only one that "warm" in the area. They always seem to be one of the warmer spots when the wind has a westerly component. Especially west-southwest. They may really bottom out tonight though if all goes well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Just now, Angrysummons said: 850's have begun their retreat. ORD is a outlier. You often make little sense. 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRegionRat Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Hottest topic in the subsection...lol... -18 here. The sun is out. Furnace is working overtime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Looks like -41 for the Rochelle area on the 18z HRRR. Coldest spot is actually a little east of Belvidere where it has -42. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outflow Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 A Detroit area gas compresser owned by consumers energy started on fire today and they are now asking customers to conserve gas useage in southeast mi.https://www.wnem.com/news/consumers-energy-is-asking-that-customer-voluntarily-reduce-gas-usage/article_24350dd4-24c4-11e9-8689-c36559e0449b.html?fbclid=IwAR3y6Y2-6NHMqw-TgFicRAA37GKS3k2PcfPRuMT2mvEuXNCwHZWfxJFPDl8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UMB WX Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Lol at mke.. What a furnace. Why even bother with obs there. Fake wx 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 The lack of a bigger rise around Chicago metro is a bit interesting. Most of that area has only come up about 6 degrees from morning lows so far, not just ORD. CAA did occur through 7-8 am or so, but evidently it's been difficult to flip the switch to quicker warming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 The wind chill at MLI fell 2 degrees short of the old record of -54. Was hoping they'd beat that, and then beat the low max record. If they fail to achieve a new all-time record tonight this will end up being pretty disappointing overall. Would still be a very impressive arctic outbreak, but definitely wouldn't be as noteworthy as it could have. For tonight I'm most excited to see how Sterling/Rochelle/Dekalb/Aurora do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beavis1729 Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 28 minutes ago, Hoosier said: The lack of a bigger rise around Chicago metro is a bit interesting. Most of that area has only come up about 6 degrees from morning lows so far, not just ORD. CAA did occur through 7-8 am or so, but evidently it's been difficult to flip the switch to quicker warming. Probably a couple reasons why ORD is colder than MLI: west winds covering less of a snow field before arriving at MLI, and H85 temps are a bit warmer at MLI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beavis1729 Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 2 pm temps: -16 ORD -14 RFD -14 here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cary67 Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Still -16F here. Make that -15F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRegionRat Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Currently -11 here. A veritable banana republic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Still -15 ORD. Likely won't fall much anymore, so we're going to have a nice starting point for tonight. Only need 13F from current temp for the record. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 37 minutes ago, beavis1729 said: Probably a couple reasons why ORD is colder than MLI: west winds covering less of a snow field before arriving at MLI, and H85 temps are a bit warmer at MLI. I was thinking about the snow cover, but there is significant snowcover extending west of Des Moines so I sort of dismissed that. Could be right though. Maybe some combination of factors like the longer distance to travel over the snowcover and CAA aloft ceasing later in Chicago metro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madwx Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 torching in Madison, up to -10. Will be interesting to see how much of a drop we can get. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheeselandSkies Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 I'm feeling something I've not felt in five years (1/2014)...there's a definite chill to the air in my apartment as, after doing well at the outset, my electric heating unit is now struggling to keep up with the cold permeating the walls of the building. I'm glad I kept my long johns on, and I'll be breaking out an extra blanket tonight. Thank goodness this cold blast, as intense as it is, won't last for weeks on end like that one did. My power bills were astronomical that winter. I find it amusing that the CPC hazards outlook has us in much below normal temps for 2/1-2/2, when this deep freeze will actually be breaking. http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/threats/threats.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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