..A LOOK BACK AT THE CLIMATE FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 2011 FOR
CHICAGO AND ROCKFORD...

AT CHICAGO...THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 56.1 DEGREES WHICH IS
1.9 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 39.3
DEGREES WHICH IS 1.7 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
FOR THE MONTH WAS 47.7 DEGREES WHICH IS 0.1 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL.
4.90 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION WERE RECORDED WHICH IS 1.22 INCHES ABOVE
NORMAL. 0.6 INCHES OF SNOW WERE RECORDED WHICH IS 1.0 INCHES BELOW
NORMAL.

A RECORD DAILY SNOWFALL OF 0.6 INCHES WAS SET ON APRIL 18TH...WHICH BROKE
THE PREVIOUS RECORD FOR THE DATE OF 0.4 INCHES SET IN 1910.

AT ROCKFORD...THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 57.7 DEGREES WHICH
IS 1.4 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 40.1
DEGREES WHICH IS 3.3 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
FOR THE MONTH WAS 48.9 DEGREES WHICH IS 1.0 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.
3.40 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION WERE RECORDED WHICH IS 0.22 INCHES BELOW
NORMAL. A TRACE OF SNOW WAS RECORDED WHICH IS 1.4 INCHES BELOW
NORMAL.

NO RECORDS WERE TIED OR SET DURING THE MONTH OF APRIL AT ROCKFORD.