How Cold Was It? Historical weather records

By Michael FaginGeneral Info, Historical Weather DataWith 0 comments

The winter of 2013-2014 is not quite over as the forecast models continue to show cold air masses that will continue to move down from the north and impact Midwest and East Coast of the US during the week of 2-24-2014.

Just how cold was January 2014? According to this source, there were 4406 cold records broken and 1073 snowfall records. We will see how many records will be broken for February, 2014.

How has Chicago’s winter been? According to the map below it has been cold. According to this report this winter has indeed “bad” compared to previous seasons; as of Feb. 5 of this year, 2013-2014 ranked as the sixth-most severe since the 1950s.
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Do you want access to more records? This site is a great web to see what the record is for most major US cities.