Temperatures rebound a bit Saturday and Sunday to more typical mid-October levels before surging into the 70s for a day on Monday. Despite that predicted early week temperature spike, none of Chicago's high temperatures over the coming week are predicted to come anywhere close to the 87 degree highs recorded last Saturday and Sunday.
Temperatures this weekend will run 25 degrees cooler than the same period a week ago. It's a stunning change and one which won't be lost on area residents.
Meteorological Fall 2007 is now six weeks old, and it remains one of the area's warmest and driest of the past 137 years. Temperatures since Sept. 1 are running 4 degrees warmer than the city's long-term average since 1871.
Rainfall since Sept. 1 is more than a half a foot (6.20") below the same period a year ago, and measurable rain has fallen in Chicago on eight days -- far less than the 13 considered normal by this date.
--By Tom Skilling, WGN-TV Chief Meteorologist
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WGN-TV Chief Meteorologist Tom Skilling and the WGN Weather Center staff provide daily coverage of weather in the Chicago area.
