Warmest Thanksgiving in 40 years...

 

Thanksgiving day will be one of the warmest days of the month with high temperatures expected to reach 63 degrees for the Chicagoland area! If the forecast holds out; this Thanksgiving will rank second highest for maximum temperature in the Rockford region. For Chicago region the month of November has seen a mean temperature of 42 degrees. This mean temperature ranks as the 52nd highest mean temp with records  taken from National Climate Data Center (NCDC: 1865-2011). Snowfall totals for the state of Illinois is still at 0.0" which is far below the normal snowfall to this date by more than an inch! Although no snow has fallen so far, the season is still young and showing some promise.

John Barmann
Meteorologist