Deep midwest (Chicago area) snow pack

[Extremeweatherguy]

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Anyone Remember What The Bare Ground Looks Like?

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
502 PM CST FRI JAN 23 2009

..LONG STRETCH WITH DEEP SNOW PACK...

IF IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE YOU'VE SEEN BARE
GROUND...OR EVEN THAT FAVORITE BUSH OF YOUR'S IN THE FRONT
YARD...IT'S BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN. AS OF FRIDAY...CHICAGO AND
ROCKFORD HAVE BOTH HAD OFFICIAL SNOW DEPTHS OF 6 OR MORE INCHES
FOR THE PAST 14 CONSECUTIVE DAYS...MAKING THIS STRETCH ONE OF THE
LONGER STRETCHES OF DEEP SNOW PACK ON RECORD. A SNOW DEPTH IS
SIMPLY HOW MUCH SNOW IS ON THE GROUND.

IN CHICAGO...14 DAYS OF SNOW DEPTH OF 6 INCHES OR GREATER IS NOW
THE 18TH LONGEST STRETCH ON RECORD. HERE ARE THE TOP 20 LONGEST
STRETCHES WITH 6 INCHES OR GREATER SNOW DEPTH IN CHICAGO...

RANK # OF LAST DAY OF
DAYS STRETCH

1 62 3/ 3/1979
2 42 3/ 8/1978
3 38 1/18/2001
4 38 2/12/1918
5 33 2/28/1967
6 22 1/25/1910
7 22 2/24/1901
8 22 2/16/1895
9 19 1/21/1999
10 19 2/ 2/1885
11 17 12/30/1951
12 16 2/20/1985
13 16 2/ 4/1963
14 16 2/24/1885
15 15 1/29/1962
16 15 1/27/1945
17 15 2/20/1914
18 12 1/28/1985
19 12 2/17/1905
20 11 2/22/1896

IN ROCKFORD...14 DAYS OF SNOW DEPTH OF 6 INCHES OR GREATER TIES
FOR THE 19TH LONGEST STRETCH. WHILE THE DURATION OF THIS DEEP
SNOW PACK IS IMPRESSIVE...THERE IS STILL A VERY LONG WAY TO GO TO
REACH THE RECORD LONGEST. HERE ARE THE TOP 20 LONGEST CONSECUTIVE
DAYS WITH SNOW DEPTH OF 6 INCHES OR GREATER IN ROCKFORD...

RANK # OF LAST DAY OF
DAYS STRETCH

1 77 3/17/1979
2 52 2/21/1985
3 49 3/10/1978
4 42 3/22/1960
5 37 1/28/1970
6 33 2/22/1959
7 31 2/21/1958
8 27 2/ 8/1982
9 22 2/ 4/1929
10 20 2/18/1994
11 20 1/26/1962
12 18 12/29/2000
13 18 1/31/1940
14 17 2/22/2008
15 17 1/16/2001
16 16 2/10/1951
17 15 1/12/1988
18 15 1/27/1966
19 14 1/16/1986
20 13 12/29/1951

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[MGC]

Darn that global warming.......MGC

[Carrie]

yep

Carrie


BTW I am not far from Rockford...

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