Season Snowfall and Temperature Statistics

Snowfall and temperature statistics.

These are the preliminary snowfall statistics according to the National Weather Service:

IF THE SNOWFALL WERE TO END TODAY...WITH 67.9 INCHES SO FAR...THE
SEASON WOULD FINISH AS THE 5TH SNOWIEST IN CHICAGO SINCE 1884.

CHICAGO SEASONS WITH AT LEAST 60 INCHES OF SNOW:

RANK    TOTAL SNOW            WINTER
-------------------------------------------
 1)      89.7 IN.            1978-1979
 2)      82.3 IN.            1977-1978
 3)      77.0 IN.            1969-1970
 4)      68.4 IN.            1966-1967
 5)      67.9 IN.            2013-2014 INCLUDING FEB 17TH
 6)      66.4 IN.            1951-1952
 7)      64.1 IN.            1917-1918
 8)      60.3 IN.            2007-2008

...STREAK OF SUB-FREEZING LOW TEMPERATURE REACHING CONTINUES...

HERE IS A RANKING OF THE LONGEST STRETCHES OF DAYS WITH LOW BELOW
FREEZING...

     CHICAGO.

RANK # OF DAYS STREAK END  

 1)      78      02-12-1945

 2)      70      02-15-1948

 3)      69      02-14-1982
 4)      68      02-01-1920
         68      02-13-1893
 6)      65      03-13-1978
 7)      64      02-24-1895
 8)      60      02-09-1984
 9)      57      02-09-1976
         57      02-23-1929
11)      56      02-16-1971
12)      55      02-08-1881
13)      54      02-20-1985
14)      53      02-10-1977
15)      52      03-02-1963
         52      THROUGH 02-18-2014 (STILL GOING...)

THERE IS A CHANCE THE STREAK COULD END AT ROCKFORD OR CHICAGO THIS
THURSDAY...BUT IF THURSDAY`S LOW IS BELOW FREEZING THE STREAKS
WILL LIKELY CONTINUE FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE WITH MUCH BELOW
AVERAGE TEMPERATURES FORECAST THE NEXT 6 TO 10 DAYS.

$$