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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL  
447 AM CDT TUE SEP 1 2026 /547 AM EDT TUE SEP 1 2026/  
 
...A LOOK BACK AT THE CLIMATE FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2026 FOR  
CHICAGO AND ROCKFORD...  
 
AT CHICAGO, THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 81.6 DEGREES, WHICH  
IS 0.9 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE WAS  
66.8 DEGREES, WHICH IS 1.7 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE MEAN AVERAGE  
TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 74.2 DEGREES, WHICH IS 0.4 DEGREES  
ABOVE NORMAL. 5.02 INCHES OF LIQUID PRECIPITATION WERE RECORDED,  
WHICH IS 0.77 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL.  
 
NO DAILY OR TOP TEN MONTHLY RECORDS WERE SET FOR CHICAGO DURING  
THIS PAST AUGUST.  
 
AT ROCKFORD, THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 81.4 DEGREES, WHICH  
IS 0.6 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE WAS  
62.1 DEGREES, WHICH IS 0.3 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE AVERAGE  
TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 71.7 DEGREES, WHICH IS 0.2 DEGREES  
BELOW NORMAL. 2.36 INCHES OF LIQUID PRECIPITATION WERE RECORDED,  
WHICH IS 1.83 INCHES BELOW NORMAL.  
 
NO DAILY OR TOP TEN MONTHLY RECORDS WERE SET FOR ROCKFORD DURING  
THIS PAST AUGUST.  
   
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CHICAGO'S CLIMATIC PERIOD OF RECORD DATES BACK TO:  
1871 FOR PRECIPITATION  
1872 FOR TEMPERATURES  
1884 FOR SNOWFALL  
ROCKFORD'S CLIMATIC PERIOD OF RECORD DATES BACK TO:  
1905 FOR TEMPERATURES, PRECIPITATION, AND SNOWFALL  
 

 
 
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