Monday, July 13, 2009

July 13: ORD

Today is July 13th. It's the 194th day of the year. 171 days remain. It's week 28 of the year.

Unless noted, the following data is based upon observations collected by the National Weather Service, Chicago, at O'Hare International Airport (ORD) between November 1978 and last year. ORD has been the official site of record for Chicago since Thursday, January 17, 1980.


According to the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), the normal high is 84 and the normal low is 63. I've calculated the 30-year averages at 84 and 63.


On the hot side, in 1995 the high was the record high of 104 with the record low of 81.
90s highs of note were 94 in both 1988 and 1997. The warmest 70s lows were 74 in 1981 and 73 in 2005. 14 of the last 30 highs were 80s. Seven highs were in the warmer: 90s (6) and 100s (1). Nine highs were in the cooler: 60s (1) and 70s (8).

In looking back through the years to the first July at O'Hare in 1959, the following instances were notable: In 1977 the high was 90. In 1976 the high was 86 with a low of 53, a 33 degree spread. In 1974 the high was 95. In 1973 the high was 95. In 1970 the high was 90. In 1968 the high was 92. In 1967 the high was 67 with a low of 52, a cool day. In 196
4 the high was 71 with a low of 49, a cool day.

More recently, there w
as a small spread of seven degrees in 1990 (66/59) and a large spread of 33 degrees in 1983 (89/56).

On the cool side, there were no days of a mean of 11.5 degrees or more below normal. A cool low was 54 in 1987. The record low of 52 was set in 1975. Cool highs were 66 in 1990 and 72 in 1994. The record coolest high of 64 occurred back in 1926. 16 of the last 30 lows were 60s. Nine lows were in the cooler 50s. Five lows were in the warmer: 70s (4) and 80s (1).

The following astronomical data is provided by the United States Naval Observatory. In Crystal Lake, twilight began at 4:55 and sunrise is at 5:29. Sunset is at 20:29 and twilight ends at 21:03. Tomorrow twilight begins at 4:56 and sunrise is at 5:30. There's a total of 15 hours of daylight today and 16 hours, 8 minutes between twilights. The moon is waning gibbous. Illumination was 72% at midnight, will be 67% at noon and 62% at midnight tonight. Moonset is at 11:39. Moonrise is at 23:17 tonight. Moonset is at 12:45 tomorrow. Moonlight time is 12 hours, 22 minutes which is 42 minutes longer than yesterday.

A niece of mine, Katy, celebrates a birthday in five days. Parent's Day is in 13 days. -Bernie-

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