Weather records reveal half of Chicago’s Novembers have hosted back to back 60° highs, like the 66° and 60° readings recorded here Monday and Tuesday, over the Nov. 11-20 period. And while there are no indications of another set of 60s in the foreseeable future, history indicates Nov. 29 has been the average date of the city’s final 60° temperature.
Gusty winds between a powerful eastbound autumn storm in Canada and a huge high pressure, expected to cover virtually all of the country east of the Rockies, become increasingly evident to area residents Wednesday. Gusts reach/exceed 30 m.p.h. at times by afternoon and are to transport the most expansive U.S. cool air surge to date south to Florida and the Gulf Coast. Lows in the upper 20s and low 30s are to extend as far south as northern Florida late Friday night. Thursday’s predicted 39° high in Chicago would be the fall season’s coolest yet and the lowest daytime reading here since April 12.
--By Tom Skilling, WGN-TV Chief Meteorologist
WGN-TV Chief Meteorologist Tom Skilling and the WGN Weather Center staff provide daily coverage of weather in the Chicago area.
