Chicago’s temperatures pop into the lower 70s today, the first time that has happened since the city logged a 74° reading one week ago.
Normally, we would expect four 70° days in that period. And should measurable rain (that is, at least 0.01”) fall today, it will be the eighth consecutive day of rainfall. Total rain in those days has been 1.30”.
Let’s put that into perspective: 10.45” has drenched Boston in a comparable period—eight times as much water as has fallen on Chicago.
After today’s 73° reading (only slightly above the day’s normal high of 70º), cooler air locks in yet again and temperatures are forecast to run below normal through the weekend.
By next Monday, however, computer models indicate a major weather pattern change that suggests readings well into the 80s.
-Richard Koeneman, WGN-TV Meteorologist
WGN-TV Chief Meteorologist Tom Skilling and the WGN Weather Center staff provide daily coverage of weather in the Chicago area.
