Today is November 12th. It's the 316th day of the year. 49 days remain. It's week 46 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 49 and the normal low is 33. I've calculated the 31-year averages at 48 and 31.
On the warm side, in 2007 the high was 66 with a low of 44. A couple of years earlier, in 2005, the high was 65 with a low of 43. Another warm high was 61 in 2003. The record high of 70 was set in 1949 and the record warmest low of 62 was set way back in 1905. 14 of the last 31 highs have been 40s. Eleven highs were in the warmer: 50s (7) and 60s (4). Six highs were in the cooler: 20s (1) and 30s (5).
In looking back through the years to the first November at O'Hare in 1958, the following instances were notable: in 1976 the high was 37 with a low of 15, a cool day. In 1972 the high was 46 with a low of 41, a five degree spread. In 1971 the high was a warm 61 degrees. In 1964 the high was 67 with a low of 45, a warm day. In 1961 the high was 59 with a warm low of 48, a warm day. In 1959 the high was a cool 33 with a low of 22, a cool day.
More recently, there were no large spreads. There were small spreads of three degrees in 1978 (47/44), four degrees in 1991 (37/33), seven degrees in 2000 (48/41) and seven degrees in 2002 (43/36).
On the cool side, in 1986 the high was 30 with the record low of 8. In 1995 the high was the record coolest high of 28 with a low of 14. A year later, in 1996, the high was 30 with a low of 17. A year after that, in 1997, the high was 34 with a low of 19. In 1983 the high was 39 with a low of 19. Another cool high was 37 in 1991. 15 of the last 31 lows were 30s. Ten lows were in the cooler: 0s (1), 10s (4) and 20s (5). Six lows were in the warmer 40s.
The following astronomical data is provided by the United States Naval Observatory. In Crystal Lake, twilight begins at 6:xx and sunrise is at 6:xx. Sunset is at 16:xx and twilight ends at 17:xx. Tomorrow twilight begins at 6:xx and sunrise is at 6:xx. There's a total of 10 hours, x minutes of daylight today (xxxx minutes less than yesterday) and 11 hours, x minutes between twilights. The moon is xxxxxxxx, heading towards xxxxx xxxxxx tomorrow. Illumination was xx% at midnight, will be xx% at noon and xx% at midnight tonight. Moonset is at 12:16. Moonrise is at 22:30. Moonlight time is xx hours, xx minutes which is xx minutes shorter than yesterday.
My sister-in-law, Sharon, celebrates a birthday in two days. -Bernie-
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 49 and the normal low is 33. I've calculated the 31-year averages at 48 and 31.
On the warm side, in 2007 the high was 66 with a low of 44. A couple of years earlier, in 2005, the high was 65 with a low of 43. Another warm high was 61 in 2003. The record high of 70 was set in 1949 and the record warmest low of 62 was set way back in 1905. 14 of the last 31 highs have been 40s. Eleven highs were in the warmer: 50s (7) and 60s (4). Six highs were in the cooler: 20s (1) and 30s (5).
In looking back through the years to the first November at O'Hare in 1958, the following instances were notable: in 1976 the high was 37 with a low of 15, a cool day. In 1972 the high was 46 with a low of 41, a five degree spread. In 1971 the high was a warm 61 degrees. In 1964 the high was 67 with a low of 45, a warm day. In 1961 the high was 59 with a warm low of 48, a warm day. In 1959 the high was a cool 33 with a low of 22, a cool day.
More recently, there were no large spreads. There were small spreads of three degrees in 1978 (47/44), four degrees in 1991 (37/33), seven degrees in 2000 (48/41) and seven degrees in 2002 (43/36).
On the cool side, in 1986 the high was 30 with the record low of 8. In 1995 the high was the record coolest high of 28 with a low of 14. A year later, in 1996, the high was 30 with a low of 17. A year after that, in 1997, the high was 34 with a low of 19. In 1983 the high was 39 with a low of 19. Another cool high was 37 in 1991. 15 of the last 31 lows were 30s. Ten lows were in the cooler: 0s (1), 10s (4) and 20s (5). Six lows were in the warmer 40s.
The following astronomical data is provided by the United States Naval Observatory. In Crystal Lake, twilight begins at 6:xx and sunrise is at 6:xx. Sunset is at 16:xx and twilight ends at 17:xx. Tomorrow twilight begins at 6:xx and sunrise is at 6:xx. There's a total of 10 hours, x minutes of daylight today (xxxx minutes less than yesterday) and 11 hours, x minutes between twilights. The moon is xxxxxxxx, heading towards xxxxx xxxxxx tomorrow. Illumination was xx% at midnight, will be xx% at noon and xx% at midnight tonight. Moonset is at 12:16. Moonrise is at 22:30. Moonlight time is xx hours, xx minutes which is xx minutes shorter than yesterday.
My sister-in-law, Sharon, celebrates a birthday in two days. -Bernie-
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