PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
618 PM CST SAT NOV 21 2015 /718 PM EST SAT NOV 21 2015/

...SECOND LARGEST NOVEMBER SNOW STORM ON RECORD FOR CHICAGO...

THE NOVEMBER 20-21 2015 SNOW STORM IS ONE FOR THE NORTHERN 
ILLINOIS RECORD BOOKS IN TERMS OF ITS EARLY SEASON NATURE. 

THE FOLLOWING IS THE UPDATED LIST OF THE LARGEST SNOW EVENTS
DURING THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER FOR CHICAGO DURING THE PERIOD OF
RECORD...WHICH IS SINCE 1884:

RANK     DATES        EVENT SNOWFALL /IN/
-----------------------------------------
1.    NOV 25-26 1895        12.0
2.    NOV 20-21 2015        11.2
3.    NOV 6-7 1951           9.3
4.    NOV 26-27 1975         8.6   
5.    NOV 27-28 1891         6.0

THIS LIST CAN ALSO BE LOOKED AT AS THE EARLIEST SNOWFALLS PRIOR TO 
DECEMBER ON RECORD /THUS INCLUDING OCTOBER/.


AS FOR THE LARGEST NOVEMBER DAILY SNOWFALLS IN CHICAGO:

RANK     DATES     DAILY SNOWFALL /IN/
--------------------------------------
1.     NOV 6 1951         8.0
2.     NOV 26 1975        7.5
3.     NOV 21 2015        7.0
       NOV 26 1895        7.0
5.     NOV 27 1891        5.8   


LOOKING AT THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER...THIS NOVEMBER NOW RANKS AS THE
FOURTH SNOWIEST ON RECORD IN CHICAGO!

RANK    MONTH        MONTHLY SNOWFALL /IN/
-----------------------------------------
1.     NOV 1940           14.8
2.     NOV 1895           14.5
3.     NOV 1951           14.3
4.     NOV 2015*          11.2
5.     NOV 1975           10.8   

* = THROUGH NOVEMBER 21ST.

THIS ABOVE CHART REALLY SHOWS HOW WEATHER CAN CHANGE FAST IN THE 
MIDWEST...AS ALL THE SNOW CAME DURING THE LAST TWO DAYS!

INTERESTINGLY...PRIOR TO SATURDAY...THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR
THE MONTH HAD BEEN RUNNING 6.5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. SO THIS COULD
END UP BEING ONE OF THE WARMER NOVEMBERS AS WELL AS ONE OF THE
SNOWIEST.

$$

MTF/MOTT/ACS/RC/LENNING

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
624 PM CST SAT NOV 21 2015 /724 PM EST SAT NOV 21 2015/

...SECOND LARGEST NOVEMBER SNOW STORM ON RECORD FOR ROCKFORD...

THE NOVEMBER 20-21 2015 SNOW STORM IS ONE FOR THE NORTHERN 
ILLINOIS RECORD BOOKS IN TERMS OF ITS EARLY SEASON NATURE. 

THE FOLLOWING IS THE UPDATED LIST OF THE LARGEST SNOW EVENTS
DURING THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER FOR ROCKFORD DURING THE PERIOD OF
RECORD...WHICH DATES BACK TO 1905:

RANK     DATES        EVENT SNOWFALL /IN/
-----------------------------------------
1.    NOV 6-7 1951           9.5
2.    NOV 20-21 2015         8.8
3.    NOV 27 1995            6.6
4.    NOV 17-18 1926         6.0
5.    NOV 30 2004            5.2   

THIS LIST CAN ALSO BE LOOKED AT AS THE EARLIEST SNOWFALLS PRIOR 
TO DECEMBER ON RECORD /THUS INCLUDING OCTOBER/.


AS FOR THE LARGEST NOVEMBER DAILY SNOWFALLS IN ROCKFORD:

RANK     DATES     DAILY SNOWFALL /IN/
--------------------------------------
1.     NOV 27 1995        6.6
2.     NOV 6 1951         6.4
3.     NOV 30 2004        5.2
4.     NOV 20 2015        4.9
5.     NOV 28 1968        4.5

PRIOR TO THE OFFICIAL PERIOD OF RECORD BEGINNING IN 
1905...THERE ARE UNOFFICIAL ROCKFORD TOTALS OF 8.0 INCHES ON 
NOV 5 1896 AND 7.0 INCHES ON NOV 18 1895.   


LOOKING AT THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER...THIS NOVEMBER NOW RANKS AS THE
THIRD SNOWIEST ON RECORD IN ROCKFORD!

RANK    MONTH        MONTHLY SNOWFALL /IN/
-----------------------------------------
1.     NOV 1947           14.8
2.     NOV 1951           14.7
3.     NOV 2015*           8.8
4.     NOV 1995            8.2
       NOV 1926            8.2

* = THROUGH NOVEMBER 21ST.

THIS ABOVE CHART REALLY SHOWS HOW WEATHER CAN CHANGE FAST IN THE 
MIDWEST...AS ALL THE SNOW CAME DURING THE LAST TWO DAYS!

INTERESTINGLY...PRIOR TO SATURDAY...THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR
THE MONTH HAD BEEN RUNNING 7.0 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. SO THIS COULD
END UP BEING ONE OF THE WARMER NOVEMBERS AS WELL AS ONE OF THE
SNOWIEST.

$$

MTF/MOTT/ACS/RC/LENNING