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Friday, April 4, 2008

2008 Chicago Bike Winter Weather Update2008

Did this winter seem worse then ever, here's the facts, as distributed by the BIKE-CHI@LISTSERV.UIC.EDU:

Subject: [BCHI] Chicago Bike Winter Weather Update
Period: Nov. 1, 2007 - Mar. 31, 2008
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Days in period: 152
Max/Min/Avg Temperature: 66 -5 30
Number of days +21F or warmer: 97 64%
Number of days temp. rose over +60F: 2 1%
Days with 1/10" or more of rain: 32
Total Rainfall (Inches): 12.8
Days with 1" or more of snow: 19
Total Snowfall (Inches): 60.3
Average wind speed (m.p.h.): 10.4-

Bob MatterChicago Bike Winter Meteorologist
http://www.bikewinter.org

1 comment:

Sickboy said...

Yeah, I think here, this was the 3rd worse winter in recorded history. Im glad I wasnt here for those other two. I think one of them was in the year 1925 or something.