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Interesting Daily Facts

March 14th

Chicago-O’Hare

· 81 at Chicago was 3rd earliest 80 degree reading for Chicago.

March 15th

Chicago-O’Hare

· In Chicago…this was the 2nd consecutive 80 degree day, breaking the previous record earliest recorded back to back 80 degree days. The previous earliest back to back 80 degree days on record in Chicago were April 1st and 2nd 2010.

· Chicago tied their record for most number of 80 degree days in March at 2…with the only other March with two 80 degree days occurring in 1986.

Rockford

· 82 at Rockford was the earliest 80 degree reading on record. Previous earliest 80 degree reading was 82 on March 23, 1939.

March 16th

Chicago-O’Hare

· 82 degrees at Chicago-O’Hare was the earliest it has been this warm in Chicago. Previously…the earliest 82 degree reading was not until March 27, 1945.

· Chicago set a new record for most number of 80 degree days in a March with three…the previous record for greatest number of 80 degree days during March was 2 set back in 1986.

· March 16th was the 3rd consecutive day above 80…which shattered the previous record for earliest in the season to have 3 consecutive 80 degree days. Previously the earliest Chicago has ever seen 3 consecutive 80 degree days was back on April 14-16 1976.Rockford

· Rockford tied their record number of 80 degree days in March with two. The previous years which also had two 80 degree days in March were 1907, 1939 and 1986.

· March 16th was the 2nd consecutive 80 degree day in Rockford, which established a new record for earliest in the season to see back to back 80 degree days. Previously the record earliest back to back 80 degree days in Rockford were on March 23-24 1939.

March 17th

Chicago-O’Hare

· Chicago extended the new record for most number of 80 degree days in a March with 4. It was the 4th consecutive day above 80…which broke the previous record for earliest in the season to have four consecutive 80 degree days. Previously the earliest Chicago had ever seen four consecutive 80 degree days was back on April 14-17 1976.

Rockford

· Rockford broke its record for number of 80 degree days in March with 3.

· Rockford also broke the record for earliest three consecutive 80 degree days. Previously, the earliest Rockford has ever seen three consecutive 80 degree days was back on April 4-6 1929.

March 18th

Chicago-O’Hare

· Chicago extended the record for most number of 80 degree days in a March up to five days. March 18th was also the 5th consecutive day above 80…which broke the record for earliest in the season to have five consecutive 80 degree days. Previously, the earliest Chicago had ever seen 5 consecutive 80 degree days was back on April 23-27 1915.

Rockford

· Rockford extended the record for most number of 80 degree days in a March up to four days.
March 18th was also the fourth consecutive day above 80…which broke the record for earliest in the season to have four consecutive 80 degree days. Previously, the earliest Rockford had ever seen four consecutive 80 degree days was back on April 23-26 1915.

March 19th

Chicago-O’Hare

· This was the sixth consecutive day the record high was at least tied.

Rockford

· The record warm low of 62 was the earliest a low temperature of 62 had been observed on record in Rockford. The previous earliest 62 degree low temperature was on March 26, 2007. March 19, 2012 and March 26, 2007 are now both tied for the second warmest low temperature on record for March in Rockford, with the warmest low temperature on record for the month being 63 degrees, observed on March 30, 1998.

March 20th

Chicago-O’Hare

· This was the 7th consecutive day the record high for the date was at least tied.

· It was the 6th 80 degree day this March, extending the record for number of 80 degree days in March.

· The 85 degrees observed was the third warmest March temperature on record in Chicago, only surpassed by 87 degrees on March 31, 1981 and 88 degrees on March 29, 1986.

Rockford

· This was the 5th 80 degree day this March, extending the record for number of 80 degree days in March.

· The 83 degrees observed was the third warmest March temperature on record in Rockford, only surpassed by 84 degrees on March 31, 1986 and 85 degrees on March 29, 1986.

On Records

· The all-time record high for the month of March in Chicago is 88 degrees set back on March 29, 1986. For Rockford, the all-time record high for the month of March is 85, also set back on March 29, 1986.

· Chicago and Rockford broke high temperature records five days in a row between March 14th and March 18th. While Chicago tied the record high for March 19th, the string of consecutive days with new record highs set ended. It also ended at Rockford, which failed to tie or set a new record high for the date on March 19th. It is extraordinarily rare for climate locations with 100+ year long periods of records to break records day after day after day, though it is very difficult to precisely quantify just how rare it is because as the period of record grows the likelihood of seeing so many consecutive record breaking days decreases. New record highs are likely again on Wednesday 3/21 and even possible on Thursday 3/22, with current forecast highs in the middle and upper 70s.

Regarding 80 degree temperatures in March

Chicago-O’Hare

· In Chicago…prior to this year there had only been 10 days in March with highs in the 80s, which means on average, Chicago only sees an 80 degree high in March once about every 14 years. Already this month, there have been six days at or above 80, with an additional 80 degree high likely on Wednesday. Including the six days at or above 80 this March, there have now been a total of 16 March days at or above 80 in Chicago. This means about one third of one percent of all March days have been in the 80s in Chicago.

· The last time Chicago saw an 80 degree temperature during the month of March (prior to this year) was over 22 years ago back on March 12, 1990, when the high temperature was 81.

Rockford

· In Rockford, prior to this month, there had been a total of 12 days in the 80s in March dating back to 1906, which means Rockford averages an 80 degree day in March approximately once every 11 years. Therefore, only about four tenths of one percent of March days in Rockford have high temperatures in the 80s. There have been five days at or above 80, with an additional 80 degree day likely on Wednesday. Including the five days at or above 80 this March, there have now been a total of 17 March days at or above 80 in Rockford.

· Prior to this year, the last time Rockford had an 80 degree day in March was on March 26, 2007, when the high temperature was 80.

More Interesting Statistics on the Historic Warmth of March 2012

Through March 20th, Chicago has seen six days at or above 80° this month and five at Rockford. If the forecast verifies Wednesday, the area will add another 80° day to the tally for both cities. To help put into perspective just how unusual this is…here are a few more 80° statistics.

· 80° warmth is not very common even in April, let alone mid March. Chicago only averages about 1 day in the 80′s in April each year. Only once in the 140 recorded years of weather observations has April produced as many 80° days as have been observed this March. That was set back in 1977, when 8 days peaked at or above 80°.

· In Rockford, 80° warmth is slightly more common in April due to its greater distance from the cooling effects of Lake Michigan. Rockford averages 3 days in the 80′s in April. Its record for the highest number of days above 80° was set in April 1915 with 9 days. There have been three April’s that have recorded at least 7 days in the 80′s. If the forecast for one more day in the 80′s verifies, Rockford would tie the record for the 3rd highest amount of 80 degree days in April.

· If the forecast for one more day in the 80′s verifies, it would also would mean that 7 of 17 (roughly 41%) of Chicago’s 80° days in March, dating back to 1871, would have occurred in March of 2012. For Rockford, 6 out of 18 (roughly 33%) of Rockford’s 80° days in March would have occurred this March of 2012.

· If the 80° forecast verifies, Chicago’s average temperature for the first 21 days of March would be 53.4°. Not only would this shatter the record for the warmest March ever, it would tie for the 7th warmest April ever in Chicago. Similarly for Rockford, the average temperature for the first 21 days of March would rank above the 19th warmest April.

A Final Word

- In Chicago, the warmest March on record occurred in 1910 and then in 1945, which both averaged 48.6 degrees. Through March 19th, the average monthly temperature for March 2012 for Chicago-O’Hare was an amazing 51.4, which would already break the record!

- In Rockford, the warmest March on record was in 1945, with an average temperature of 48.2. Through March 19th, the average monthly temperature for March 2012 was 49.4 degrees, which would already break the record for warmest March.

- With a few more days of record or near record temperatures this week, and temperatures forecast to remain well above normal through the weekend, these average temperatures will only continue to increase. Thus at the current pace, it is almost a certainty that Chicago and Rockford will not only break, but shatter their current record warmest Marches

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I don’t even know where to begin. A lot of stuff has been on my mind the last few days. And I figured I would blog about it. 

#1  Child support ~  K, why the hell should I have to be paying child support when my daughter lives with me?  The state is coming after me, for child support. My daughter lived with me for a long time last year and is living with me now. And yet the fucking state has the nerve to come after me for child support, even when she lives with me, seriously?  

#2  Tornadoes ~ It has been a hell of a tornado season, especially the last few days.  Many people have died the last few days.  I will be posting some radar screenshots i took of a storm cell in Georgia a lil bit ago.  At the bottom of this blog.  Pretty intense.  

#3  Snow ~ We got snow!  We are on the northern part of the system, and got the snow. I don’t know how much we have total, but i can tell ya that shit is heavy as hell.  My daughter and I went outside and built a snowman.  We are suppose to warm up in the next few days, so i am sure it won’t last long. But it was fun building it. 

#4  Liars ~ My baby mom lied to me, saying she was going to jail for awhile. Well after talking to the corrections officers, police officers, county clerk. I found out she is not even in jail. And that if you turn your self in, you only do it on Sundays, not on a Thursday! And that she got a $388 fine.  And is on supervised condition, with a 45 day sentence, but special discharge.  So, lets get one thing straight, do not fucking lie to me.  Our daughter has been living with me and will continue to do so.  

#5   IRacing ~ I have been playing IRacing for about 2 weeks now. Pretty nice game. Realistic. Very fun to play.  But some people wreck me on purpose, then have the nerve to petition against me. Sure takes the fun outta the game.  I don’t mind being wrecked, it is part of the game. Accidents happen. But to do it on purpose, then petition and say i was in the wrong, is not cool.  

Here are those radar shots I took from my software from todays tornadoes. 

So we got some snow, some decent snow. Around 7 inches or so.  It is nice to see, but really fucking sucks having to shovel it!  I didn’t mind too much, because it was the light fluffy snow. But the shitty part was, when they plowed my road and all the wet and heavy snow they piled up at the end of my fucking driveway!  That sucked!  Nothing like shoveling the driveway all nice and clean, just to have a damn city plow come put a lot of heavy snow at the end of my driveway.

I been working on a 365 Project ~ Check it out! 

I made this video, and the Weather Channel featured it on their show!  

Well its official, the first snow advisory of the season is in effect for our area for tomm.  I am sure most of it will not stick to the ground, due to the 30-35 mph winds that are predicted. But it sure will be nice to see snow.  Hell, its already January 11th, and this will be the first real snowfall of the season! been a nice winter so far. Actually hella nice! I hate seeing the warm weather go away, but i know it can’t last forever. But just think, in 3 weeks, its ground hogs day! And not long after that, the first official day of spring! So, really this winter has went by pretty fast so far, thank god!

Today we hit a record warm temp!

Winter Weather Advisory in effect from 6 am Thursday to 4 am
CST Friday… 

The National Weather Service in Chicago has issued a Winter
Weather Advisory for snow and blowing snow… which is in effect
from 6 am Thursday to 4 am CST Friday. The Winter Storm Watch is
no longer in effect.

* Timing… snow will overspread the area late tonight into early
Thursday morning and continue through much of Thursday night.

* Accumulations… snowfall totals between 4 and 6 inches are
possible.

* Hazards… in addition to the falling snow… winds will 
increase to 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph Thursday 
afternoon into Thursday night. The strong winds will cause 
considerable blowing and drifting snow. Wind chills are also 
forecast to drop to near or even slightly below zero. 

* Impacts… accumulating snow could begin early enough to result
in hazardous travel conditions for the morning commute
Thursday… with travel becoming more treacherous by Thursday
afternoon into Thursday night.

Precautionary/preparedness actions… 

A Winter Weather Advisory for snow and blowing snow means that
visibilities will be limited due to a combination of falling and
blowing snow. Use caution when traveling… especially in open
areas.