...A LOOK BACK AT THE CLIMATE FOR SPRING 2011 FOR CHICAGO AND
ROCKFORD...

AT CHICAGO...THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE SEASON WAS 55.9
DEGREES WHICH IS 2.1 DEGREES BELOW THE 1971 TO 2000 AVERAGE. THE
AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 38.7 DEGREES WHICH IS 0.8 DEGREES ABOVE
THE 1971 TO 2000 AVERAGE. OVERALL...THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
FOR THE SEASON WAS 47.3 DEGREES WHICH IS 0.6 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL.

A TOTAL OF 14.79 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION WAS RECORDED DURING THIS
PAST SPRING...WHICH IS 5.08 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS
BEING THE 6TH WETTEST SPRING ON RECORD IN CHICAGO DATING BACK TO
1871. ROUGHLY HALF OF THIS 14.79 INCHES...OR 7.27 INCHES...WAS
RECORDED DURING THE MONTH OF MAY. THIS RANKED THE MONTH OF MAY AS
THE 3RD WETTEST ON RECORD. THERE WAS ALSO A TOTAL OF 1.6 INCHES OF
SNOW THAT WAS RECORDED AT OHARE IN MARCH AND APRIL.


AT ROCKFORD...THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 58.1 DEGREES WHICH IS
0.5 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 39.2
DEGREES WHICH IS 2.1 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. OVERALL...THE AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE FOR THE SEASON WAS 48.6 DEGREES WHICH IS 0.7 DEGREES
ABOVE NORMAL.

A TOTAL OF 10.75 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION WAS RECORDED DURING THIS
PAST SPRING...WHICH WAS ONLY 0.71 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. IN
ADDITION...A TOTAL OF 0.1 INCHES OF SNOW WAS REPORTED.