...RECORD WETTEST JULY SET AT CHICAGO-OHARE IL...


THE 0.71 INCHES OF RAINFALL AT CHICAGO-OHARE WEDNESDAY BROUGHT THE

MONTHLY RAINFALL TOTAL FOR JULY 2011 TO 9.75 INCHES AS OF 1 AM CDT.

THIS SETS A NEW RECORD FOR THE WETTEST JULY IN RECORDED HISTORY IN

CHICAGO. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 9.56 INCHES IN JULY OF 1889. THIS

ALSO MOVES JULY 2011 UP TO THE 9TH WETTEST MONTH EVER IN CHICAGO.


WITH MORE RAIN EXPECTED OVER THE FINAL FEW DAYS OF JULY...THE 9.75

INCH RECORD WILL MOST CERTAINLY GO HIGHER. THUS...THIS IS A

PRELIMINARY RECORD EVENT.


TO PUT THIS IN PERSPECTIVE...THIS NEW RECORD MAKES JULY 2011 THE

9TH WETTEST MONTH FOR CHICAGO. THE ALL TIME RECORD WETTEST MONTH

WAS AUGUST 1987...WHEN 17.10 INCHES OF RAINFALL WAS OBSERVED.