Chicago Storm

7 hours ago, hardypalmguy said:

Low of 34.9 this morning and not a frost advisory to be seen. Frost was very apparent outside. I bet people in more rural areas have damaged gardens. The smoke is also making the sky look like mars.

frost is overrated for garden/foliage damage.

Hazy all the way down here in Pennsylvania, as it has been off and on for past week or so. I almost wonder if this will cause a volcanic winter / year without a summer. What is causing all of this wildfire smoke? I've never seen such extensive wildfires in that region in early-mid May. Almost like they are being deliberately set to coincide with peak sun angle / longest days of the year to try and offset/hide the global warming with the looming strong El Nino.

On 5/2/2023 at 8:48 PM, Chicago Storm said:

While things look to improve overall, it also appears as though it will be a bumpy road for the beginning 1/3rd and middle 1/3rd of May (Especially the latter).

Probably should keep expectations in check.

The bumpy middle 1/3rd of May is finally about to tap in, and looks to extend into the early portion of the final 1/3rd of May as well.

A bit delayed, but not denied.

1 hour ago, OrdIowPitMsp said:

It’s 75 but dews have reached the low 60s. I’m miserable 

you and beavis can go shack up, in alaska.

13 minutes ago, A-L-E-K said:

not our forum but new 2 me

legit?

looks wild af

Yea, it was confirmed to be legit.

More of a landspout.

5 hours ago, King James said:

We were wondering why no sirens 

Unless the NWS or some sort of emergency management was notified in real time, no one would have known it was even occurring.

Three landspouts confirmed from Sunday evening in the vicinity of the I-80 corridor.

There was a boundary in that area all afternoon, which was reinforced by a deep inland lake breeze.

surprised the record for this date is only 87, would’ve guessed higher.

Spartman seemed to hint at it.

so much for a cold first half of May, lol.

Solid summer-like day today.

Started off mild and humid during the morning, before turning warm and drier for the afternoon.

As mentioned in the Chicago record thread…

ORD had a high temperature of 87° today, which tied the record high temperature for the date of 87°, set in 1936 and 1964.

ORD had a high temperature of 87° today, which tied the record high temperature for the date of 87°, set in 1936 and 1964.

On 5/3/2023 at 8:25 AM, Cary67 said:

My expectations are you should be able to put plants in the ground and not worry about mid to upper 20s revisiting. The days of low 40s and rain are hopefully done but still expect rain and low 50s. More days in the 60s and 70s but full time shorts temps not till after Memorial Day.

your expectations will be exceeded.

While things look to improve overall, it also appears as though it will be a bumpy road for the beginning 1/3rd and middle 1/3rd of May (Especially the latter).

Probably should keep expectations in check.

Blowing dust/dust storm conditions once again today in Montgomery Co, in Central Illinois.

3 hours ago, rainsucks said:

Hope to never see another April like 2018 again in my lifetime.

truly the worst of the worst.

It was the 4th coldest April on record for Chicago.

I posted this in the spring banter thread about two weeks ago, but wanted to update April 2023 data and add two extra data points as well (≤32 low temps and ≤45 high temp counts).

As crappy as some think it was, it really was just an average April for Chicago and nearby areas. If you want to argue the cool/mild periods were flip flopped, sure, but otherwise it was a very April-like April.

April Averages
60+ Highs: 14.0
70+ Highs: 5.6
80+ Highs: 1.4
≤45 Highs: 4.1
≤32 Lows: 6.0
Month Average: 49.8

April 2023
60+ Highs: 17
70+ Highs: 8
80+ Highs: 4
≤45 Highs: 2
≤32 Lows: 5
Month Average: +2.0

April 2022
60+ Highs: 9
70+ Highs: 3
80+ Highs: 1
≤45 Highs: 6
≤32 Lows: 5
Month Average: -2.7

April 2021
60+ Highs: 15
70+ Highs: 8
80+ Highs: 3
≤45 Highs: 2
≤32 Lows: 3
Month Average: +2.2

April 2020
60+ Highs: 14
70+ Highs: 4
80+ Highs: 1
≤45 Highs: 3
≤32 Lows: 3
Month Average: -1.3

April 2019
60+ Highs: 14
70+ Highs: 5
80+ Highs: 1
≤45 Highs: 2
≤32 Lows: 5
Month Average: 0.0

April 2018
60+ Highs: 8
70+ Highs: 1
80+ Highs: 1
≤45 Highs: 14
≤32 Lows: 16
Month Average: -8.5

April 2017
60+ Highs: 19
70+ Highs: 11
80+ Highs: 1
≤45 Highs: 0
≤32 Lows: 0
Month Average: +4.0

April 2016
60+ Highs: 12
70+ Highs: 8
80+ Highs: 2
≤45 Highs: 6
≤32 Lows: 7
Month Average: -1.9

April 2015
60+ Highs: 16
70+ Highs: 3
80+ Highs: 0
≤45 Highs: 0
≤32 Lows: 4
Month Average: -0.3

April 2014
60+ Highs: 14
70+ Highs: 5
80+ Highs: 1
≤45 Highs: 3
≤32 Lows: 6
Month Average: -1.1

April 2013
60+ Highs: 11
70+ Highs: 3
80+ Highs: 1
≤45 Highs: 8
≤32 Lows: 6
Month Average: -2.8

April 2012
60+ Highs: 16
70+ Highs: 3
80+ Highs: 0
≤45 Highs: 0
≤32 Lows: 2
Month Average: +1.0

Gonna put in the garden this upcoming weekend.

Remember how the long range looked promising? 
 
It doesn’t anymore. Two or three backdoor cold fronts from the Northeast with freezing temps through the middle of the month. 
 
Sweet.

5 hours ago, Stevo6899 said:

Josh can prob verify as I usually talk outta my ass, albeit accurate often, and he has the real data, but this seems like the 5th shitty April in a row. Granted it was 80 n sunny for 5 days in a row, but other than that, 20 days of grey, shitty temps.

data says, learn your climo.

...April 60+/70+/80+ Days & Monthly Average By Year For Detroit...

April Average
60+: 14.3
70+: 5.8
80+: 1.1
Month Average: 48.9

April 2023 (Thru 4/24)
60+: 11
70+: 7
80+: 4
Month Average: +3.4

April 2022
60+: 9
70+: 4
80+: 1
Month Average: -2.1

April 2021
60+: 14
70+: 6
80+: 3
Month Average: +1.7

April 2020
60+: 11
70+: 2
80+: 0
Month Average: -2.8

April 2019
60+: 13
70+: 4
80+: 0
Month Average: +0.1

April 2018
60+: 8
70+: 3
80+: 0
Month Average: -5.9

April 2017
60+: 20
70+: 10
80+: 1
Month Average: +5.4

April 2016
60+: 11
70+: 4
80+: 1
Month Average: -2.6

April 2015
60+: 20
70+: 3
80+: 0
Month Average: +1.1

April 2014
60+: 14
70+: 7
80+: 1
Month Average: 0.0

April 2013
60+: 11
70+: 4
80+: 1
Month Average: -2.5

April 2012
60+: 15
70+: 4
80+: 0
Month Average: +0.5

Just now, rainsucks said:

Apparently a trace fell on June 2, 1910 according to Skilling. Seems hard to believe, but I guess it really did happen

It was hail.

6 minutes ago, SchaumburgStormer said:

Latest snow is May 25 I believe. 

Correct.

For Chicago, the latest trace of snow on record is 5/25/1924 and the latest measurable snow is 5/11/1966.

Light pollution typically sucks too much for me to even see much, but the clouds did not clear before I called it a night last night. 

2 hours ago, Chinook said:

I have graupel here. It quite uncommon. I saw graupel sometimes in the winter and summer in Colorado, but not often.

Usually we get several occurrences of graupel each year, during the fall/winter/spring periods.

Long range looking bleak. Will the volcano eruption have any impact on this summer? Including a potential moderate nino first time since 2009, we may have a cool summer.