November may only be four days away, but a surge of milder air more typical of late September promises to deliver the area’s highest daytime temperatures in nearly two weeks this weekend. With frost visible in many parts of the metro area as Friday dawns, it’s clear the warmth isn’t here yet. Daybreak readings hover at Fall 2005’s coldest levels to date. For eight consecutive days, daily highs have remained below 60° and Friday’s predicted 59° may well become the ninth. But, strengthening southwest winds return temperatures to within striking distance of 70° this weekend.
The recent chill has been unable to dislodge Fall 2005 from its perch as the Chicago area’s 22nd mildest autumn of the past 135 years—and the warmest fall here in 32 years.
Hail accumulated 4” in Texas thunderstorms Thursday while 6-10” of snow is to blanket the mountains of Wyoming and Utah Friday.
-Tom Skilling
WGN-TV Chief Meteorologist Tom Skilling and the WGN Weather Center staff provide daily coverage of weather in the Chicago area.
