Chicagoans can bid farewell to the area's coolest early-June weather in
eight years Thursday. Not since 2001 has a June opened here with
back-to-back readings as cool as Tuesday's 60 degrees and Wednesday's 61
degrees. Wednesday's high made it one of the six coolest June 3 since
1928.
Unlimited sunshine is to boost Thursday afternoon readings by 7 degrees
with far more modest northeast winds likely to limit the reach of lake
cooling to areas within a mile or two of the lake. Southwest winds
Friday are predicted to send temperatures into the mid-70s-warmth likely
to spread to the lakefront.
80-degree days ahead
Though warm temperatures have been in short supply of late, warm weather
enthusiasts should take heart. Weather records reveal a near 100 percent
chance that the coming month will bring five or more 80 degree or higher
temperatures. The first may occur as early as Sunday if thunderstorms
don't impede the northward movement of a warm front.
eight years Thursday. Not since 2001 has a June opened here with
back-to-back readings as cool as Tuesday's 60 degrees and Wednesday's 61
degrees. Wednesday's high made it one of the six coolest June 3 since
1928.
Unlimited sunshine is to boost Thursday afternoon readings by 7 degrees
with far more modest northeast winds likely to limit the reach of lake
cooling to areas within a mile or two of the lake. Southwest winds
Friday are predicted to send temperatures into the mid-70s-warmth likely
to spread to the lakefront.
80-degree days ahead
Though warm temperatures have been in short supply of late, warm weather
enthusiasts should take heart. Weather records reveal a near 100 percent
chance that the coming month will bring five or more 80 degree or higher
temperatures. The first may occur as early as Sunday if thunderstorms
don't impede the northward movement of a warm front.
