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. $$
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