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Recent Snow Storm Ranks as Second Largest for November!

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
618 PM CST SAT NOV 21 2015 /718 PM EST SAT NOV 21 2015/

...SECOND LARGEST NOVEMBER SNOW STORM ON RECORD FOR CHICAGO...

THE NOVEMBER 20-21 2015 SNOW STORM IS ONE FOR THE NORTHERN
ILLINOIS RECORD BOOKS IN TERMS OF ITS EARLY SEASON NATURE.

THE FOLLOWING IS THE UPDATED LIST OF THE LARGEST SNOW EVENTS
DURING THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER FOR CHICAGO DURING THE PERIOD OF
RECORD...WHICH IS SINCE 1884:

RANK DATES EVENT SNOWFALL /IN/

1. NOV 25-26 1895 12.0
2. NOV 20-21 2015 11.2
3. NOV 6-7 1951 9.3
4. NOV 26-27 1975 8.6
5. NOV 27-28 1891 6.0

THIS LIST CAN ALSO BE LOOKED AT AS THE EARLIEST SNOWFALLS PRIOR TO
DECEMBER ON RECORD /THUS INCLUDING OCTOBER/.

AS FOR THE LARGEST NOVEMBER DAILY SNOWFALLS IN CHICAGO:

RANK DATES DAILY SNOWFALL /IN/

1. NOV 6 1951 8.0
2. NOV 26 1975 7.5
3. NOV 21 2015 7.0
NOV 26 1895 7.0
5. NOV 27 1891 5.8

LOOKING AT THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER...THIS NOVEMBER NOW RANKS AS THE
FOURTH SNOWIEST ON RECORD IN CHICAGO!

RANK MONTH MONTHLY SNOWFALL /IN/

1. NOV 1940 14.8
2. NOV 1895 14.5
3. NOV 1951 14.3
4. NOV 2015* 11.2
5. NOV 1975 10.8

* = THROUGH NOVEMBER 21ST.

THIS ABOVE CHART REALLY SHOWS HOW WEATHER CAN CHANGE FAST IN THE
MIDWEST...AS ALL THE SNOW CAME DURING THE LAST TWO DAYS!

INTERESTINGLY...PRIOR TO SATURDAY...THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR
THE MONTH HAD BEEN RUNNING 6.5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. SO THIS COULD
END UP BEING ONE OF THE WARMER NOVEMBERS AS WELL AS ONE OF THE
SNOWIEST.

MTF/MOTT/ACS/RC/LENNING

http://www.weather.gov/lot/earliestnovsnows