This is the second consecutive day with temperatures of 70° or higher at Chicago. The latest forecast calls for temperatures to reach above 70° on each of the next 7 days. If this occurs, it would tie the record of 9 days with 70°+ temperatures in March, set in 1945.
The National Weather Service has summarized the occurrences of 70° and 80° temperatures in March at Chicago and Rockford:
..70 DEGREES OR GREATER
YEAR AND NUMBER OF TIMES IN THAT MARCH.
FOR BOTH LOCATIONS THERE WERE NUMEROUS MARCHS THAT HAD 1 TO 4 DAYS
OF OCCURRANCE.
...CHICAGO
1945 - 9 DAYS
1907 AND 1910 - 6 DAYS
1938...1963...1986...1995 AND 1998 - EACH HAD 5 DAYS
...ROCKFORD
1910 - 11 DAYS
1945 - 7 DAYS
1907 AND 1938 - 6 DAYS
1918...1946...1963 AND 1986 - EACH HAD 5 DAYS
ON AVERAGE THERE ARE 2 DAYS IN MARCH IN CHICAGO AND 3 DAYS ON
ROCKFORD WHEN THE TEMERATURE REACHES 70 DEGREES OR GREATER.
..80 DEGREES OR GREATER
YEAR AND NUMBER OF TIMES IN THAT MARCH. A
RARE EVENT.
...CHICAGO
1986 - TWICE
1895...1907...1910...1945...1974...1978...1981...1990...AND
2012 (SO FAR) - ONCE EACH.
...ROCKFORD
1907...1939 AND 1986 - TWICE EACH
1928...1943...1981...1986...1998 AND 2007 - ONCE EACH
THE ALL TIME MARCH HIGH AT CHICAGO WAS 88 DEGREES ON MARCH 29 1986.
THE ALL TIME MARCH HIGH AT ROCKFORD WAS 85 DEGREES ON MARCH 29 1986.
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