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January 31-February 2nd Superbowl/GHD Blizzard Version 2.0 Part 4

Chicago Storm

By Chicago Storm,
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Hoosier

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Was curious to see if ORD verified with blizzard conditions so went back and looked at the obs

 

 

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Other than the SPECI ob at 2102z, visibility was a quarter mile or less from 2:05 PM until the ob at 5:51 PM.  Looking at winds, there are some gusts of 35+ mph and on the obs with lesser gusts, the PK WND values generally exceeded 30 kts/35 mph.  It doesn't blow past the specified criteria for a blizzard, but I'd say it's good enough.

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Centriptic

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No, the daily records. There were 5 6 still standing from 1880-1881: October 18, November 18, February 1, February 24, March 30, April 1.

 

EDIT: 13.7" is also the second biggest calendar day total ever, second only to April 6, 1886.

 

Gotcha'. The page I was viewing on the NWS DTX page had the daily's as "Not Available", so I thought they may have been non-existent; at least since 1880... Just out of curiosity, do you still have your link to those numbers? I want to bookmark it.

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hawkeye_wx

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I don't really have any way to get a good final measurement because the wind blows too much snow out of the grass part of my yard, so I'm just going with 11.5 inches.  That would mean I got about 2.2 inches through the afternoon, which is reasonable.  A few others in CR reported 12.5, but I'll remain conservative.  I don't want to record 12+ unless I'm confident I actually got that much.

 

My gauge catch precip total for the storm is 1.40".... extremely impressive.  Because of today's strong wind affecting the catch, it may actually be higher.  When those super-juiced UK runs started popping up they appeared overdone, but they were actually underdone.

 

Like cyclone, my 4-year big storm drought is over.  Let's hope it doesn't take four years to get another one.

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Chicago Storm

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The 16.2" of snow at ORD on 2/1 broke the previous daily record of 13.6" (2011). The 0.87" of precip on 2/1 broke the previous daily record of 0.74" (2011).

 

Biggest Calender Day Snowfalls:
1. 18.6" - 1/2/1999
2. 16.5" - 1/13/1979
3. 16.4" - 1/26/1967
4. 16.2" - 2/1/2015
5. 14.9" - 1/30/1939
6. 14.4" - 1/6/1918
7. 13.6" - 2/1/2011
8. 13.6" - 3/25/1930
9. 12.6" - 2/9/2010
10. 11.5" - 3/2/1954
11. 11.5" - 2/18/1908
 
Biggest February Calender Day Snowfalls:
1. 16.2" - 2/1/2015
2. 13.6" - 2/1/2011
3. 12.6" - 2/9/2010
4. 11.1" - 2/18/2000
5. 11.0" - 2/3/1896
6. 10.8" - 2/3/1901
7. 9.7" - 2/10/1981
8. 9.3" - 2/6/1978
9. 9.1" - 2/6/1895
10. 8.9" - 2/9/1885
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mjwise

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Gotcha'. The page I was viewing on the NWS DTX page had the daily's as "Not Available", so I thought they may have been non-existent; at least since 1880... Just out of curiosity, do you still have your link to those numbers? I want to bookmark it.

 

They are here - you have to pick the month from the dropdown boxes: http://www.crh.noaa.gov/dtx/cms.php?n=monthlyrec

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Chicago WX

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1200 AM HEAVY SNOW OHARE AIRPORT 41.98N 87.90W  

02/02/2015 M17.5 INCH COOK IL OFFICIAL NWS OBS  

 

STORM TOTAL SO FAR. 3.3 INCHES IN THE LAST 6 HOURS.  

 

So here's the updated top 10/11, with an * storm in there. ;) 

 

23.0 inches Jan 26-27, 1967

21.6 inches Jan 1-3, 1999

21.2 inches Jan 31-Feb 2, 2011

20.3 inches Jan 12-14, 1979

19.2 inches Mar 25-26, 1930

17.5 inches Jan 31-Feb 1, 2015

16.2 inches Mar 7-8, 1931

15.4 inches Dec 31, 2013-Jan 2, 2014*

14.9 inches Jan 30, 1939 

14.9 inches Jan 6-7, 1918

14.8 inches Dec 17-19, 1929 

 

* the controversial measuring storm. Total estimated to closest observer.

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1200 AM HEAVY SNOW 3 SW MIDWAY AIRPORT 41.75N 87.79W  

02/02/2015 M18.4 INCH COOK IL CO-OP OBSERVER  

 

STORM TOTAL. STILL SNOWING LIGHTLY. 

 

Since Fall 1928 when snowfall data began at MDW (combined airport and COOP observer reports through current times), that's good for the 6th greatest snowstorm on record.

 

23.0" on January 26-27, 1967

22.1" on March 25-26, 1930

21.7" on Jan 31-Feb 2, 2011

20.6" on January 1-3, 1999

20.3" on January 12-14, 1979

18.4" on Jan 31-Feb 1, 2015 (thru midnight)

17.5" on March 7-8, 1931

14.8" on December 18-19, 1929

14.5" on December 11, 2000

14.3" on March 25-26, 1970

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dmc76

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I don't know if Detroit will be able to make it, but for some historical background, there are no storms on record in which Chicago and Detroit both received 18"+

 

This band rolling through hopefully gets DTW should give them another 2". Last report at 11pm 13.7" gotta believe by now there pretty close to 15". Gotta get involved in that band that's rolling through to get to 18"

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hm8

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Excited to walk around campus tomorrow.

 

Far from the most exciting storm ever here (don't think vis ever dropped below 1/4 mile, if that), but slow and steady wins the race I suppose. Should end up around 14-15" I'd guess. Biggest snow I've witnessed since tracking storms in earnest.

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