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February 2015 Gave You Near-Record Chills
How cold was it? Almost as cold as February 1875 and colder than February 1936
February 2015 is the second-coldest February on record for Chicago, according to the National Weather Service.
The average temperature for February: 15.2 degrees. Previously, the second lowest average was set in 1936: 15.3 degrees. In 1875, the record low average of 14.6 degrees was recorded.
Friday’s high will be 14 to 18 degrees. Wind chill could hit 25 below zero.
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What else is in store for the weekend? Says the NWS: “High pressure will provide quiet but cool weather to close out the week and kick off the weekend. An approaching warm front will result in snow overspreading the region Saturday night and persisting through the day Sunday. The heaviest snow is expected south of I-80 where 4 to 6 inches is possible. These amounts should quickly taper farther north.”
The snow of the last two days made February the third snowiest on record, too, says the NWS: “The 5.7 inches of snow at O’Hare (Thursday into Friday) brought the monthly total in Chicago to 26.4 inches. ... The meteorological winter snow total in Chicago now stands at 40.3 inches, 11.9 inches above the normal (1981-2010) 28.4 inches.”
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