The weather and climate of Chicago

Henry Joseph Cox, John Howard Armington

Pub. for the Geographic Society of Chicago, by the University of Chicago Press, 1914 - Chicago (Ill.) - 375 pages

Contents

• Mean Temperature Annual Seasonal Monthly: 5
• Monthly and Annual Mean Temperatures Four Ex posures: 10
• Departure from Normal Monthly and Annual: 15
• Monthly and Annual Departures from Normal Tempera ture: 16
• Yearly Accumulated Departures from Normal Tempera tures: 18
• Warm Months and Seasons: 20
• Mean Temperatures Selected Warm and Cold Months: 21
• Warmest and Coldest Seasons and Years: 22
• Succession of Seasons Years and Months: 23
• Mean Daily Maximum Temperatures: 25
• Mean Daily Minimum Temperatures: 26
• Mean Daily Temperatures: 27
• Mean Daily Change in Temperature: 30
• Average Number of Changes in Daily Mean Tempera ture of Stated Amounts Etc: 32
• Normal Temperature Annual Monthly Daily: 33
• Daily Departures from Normal Temperature 1911: 34
• Daily Departures from Normal Temperature 1875: 35
• Comparison between Air Temperature and Water Temperature of Lake Michigan 1884: 37
• XIXo Monthly and Annual Mean Temperatures Lake and Air: 42
• Comparisons of Temperature at Chicago with Temperatures: 46
• Temperature and Prevailing Wind Direction Chicago and LaGrange 1904: 47
• Mean Temperatures Stations in Northern Illinois: 54
• Average Monthly and Annual Number of Days with: 61
• Absolute Monthly Maximum and Minimum Temperatures: 65
• Longest Periods of Consecutive Days with Maximum Tempera: 71
• Longest Periods of Consecutive Hourly Temperatures: 77
• Longest Periods of Consecutive Days with Minimum: 84
• xii: 86
• Occurrence of Frost: 107
• Last and First Occurrence of Minimum Temperature of 40 Light Frost Temperature: 109
• Last and First Occurrence of Minimum Temperature of 32: 113
• Absolute Monthly and Annual Ranges in Temperature: 115
• Greatest Daily Ranges in Temperature Monthly and Annual: 119
• Number of 24Hour Temperature Rises of 20 or More: 123
• Number of 24Hour Temperature Rises of 30 to 39: 126
• Number of 24Hour Temperature Falls of 30 to 39: 127
• Number of 24Hour Temperature Falls of 50 or More: 128
• Greatest 24Hour Falls in Temperature Monthly and Annual: 131
• Temperature Rises of 15 or Over in 1 Hour: 132
• Mean Hourly Temperatures: 133
• Temperature Phases: 136
• Hourly Departures from Mean of Hourly Temperatures 0 Monthly: 139
• Mean Hourly Changes in Temperature: 140
• Precipitation: 142
• Precipitation 151236: 151
• Monthly and Annual Precipitation: 153
• Seasonal Precipitation: 155
• Seasons of Excessive Precipitation: 156
• Seasons of Deficient Precipitation: 157
• Monthly and Annual Precipitation 4 Exposures: 161
• Comparisons of Precipitation at Chicago with Precipitation: 163
• Monthly and Annual Precipitation Selected Cities of the United States: 165
• Precipitation of 0 01 Inch or More Selected Cities of the United States: 170
• Wet Spells: 171
• Longest Periods of Consecutive Days with 0 01 Inch or More Precipitation Monthly and Annual: 173
• Longest Periods of Consecutive Days with Trace or More Precipitation Monthly and Annual: 174
• Wet Spells: 175
• Annual Number of Days with Precipitation of Stated: 177
• 1 Inch or More in 1 Hour: 179
• 2 50 Inches or More in 24 Hours: 180
• Greatest Precipitation in 24 Consecutive Hours: 181
• Maximum Precipitation in Stated Periods: 184
• Duration of Precipitation: 185
• Accumulated Amounts in: 186
• Summary of Excessive Precipitation 5Minute Periods: 189
• Rain and Snow Storms of Long Duration: 191
• Rain and Snow Storms of Long Duration: 192
• Periods of Drouth with No Appreciable Precipitation: 193
• Dry Spells of 2 Weeks or Longer: 194
• Drouth Preceding Chicago Fire of 1871: 197
• Frequency of Precipitation Daily: 198
• Frequency of Precipitation on Each Day of the Year: 199
• Normal Precipitation Daily Monthly and Annual: 200
• Daily Departures of Precipitation 1909 Wet Year: 201
• XCD7 Daily Departures of Precipitation 1910 Dry Year: 202
• Daily Departures of Precipitation 1911 Nearly Normal Year: 203
• Mean and Total Hourly Rainfall by Months: 204
• Hourly Frequency of Precipitation Total Occurrences: 206
• Hourly Frequency of Precipitation Percentages: 207
• Summary of Precipitation Data: 209
• Number of Thunderstorms Monthly and Annual: 211
• Frequency and Time Distribution of Thunderstorms: 214
• Snow 215236: 215
• CHI Monthly and Seasonal Snowfall: 217
• Atmospheric Moisture 239249: 239
• Mean Monthly and Annual Relative Humidity: 241
• Mean Monthly and Annual Relative Humidity: 247
• Cloudiness and Sunshine 253274: 253
• Sunshine Phases: 263
• Number of Days with Dense Fog: 269
• Wind Direction and Velocity: 275
• Wind Direction and Velocity 277317: 277
• Monthly and Annual Prevailing Direction of Wind: 280
• CXXVIIIa Frequency of Monthly Prevailing Wind Directions: 281
• Total Wind Movement Annual and Monthly: 284
• Greatest Daily Wind Movement Each Month and Year: 290
• Monthly and Annual Frequency of Precipitation 168: 292
• Mean Hourly Wind Velocity: 297
• Average Number of Miles of Wind and Time of Blow ing from Each Direction Monthly and Annual: 300
• Prevailing Hourly Wind Direction Chicago 111: 305
• Prevailing Hourly Wind Direction Davenport Iowa: 307
• Average Hourly Wind Velocity by Months 1909: 310
• Monthly Maximum Wind Velocities 1909 Selected Cities in the United States: 312
• Summary of Wind Velocity and Direction Data: 315
• Barometric Pressure: 316
• Barometric Pressure 321333: 321
• Mean Monthly and Annual Station Pressure: 322
• Monthly and Annual Departures from Normal Station Pressure: 324
• Mean Hourly Pressure by Months: 326
• Pressure Phases: 327
• Storm Tracks 337353: 337
• Conclusion: 357
• Appendixes: 359
• Weather of New Years Day Fourth of July and Christmas Day: 361
• Comparative Data on Temperature and Precipita: 365

Bibliographic information

• Title: The weather and climate of Chicago; Issue 4 of Bulletin (Geographic Society of Chicago), Geographic society of Chicago; Issue 4 of Geographic Society of Chicago bulletin
• Authors: Henry Joseph Cox, John Howard Armington
• Publisher: Pub. for the Geographic Society of Chicago, by the University of Chicago Press, 1914
• Original from: Harvard University
• Digitized: Oct 10, 2007
• Length: 375 pages
• Subjects: Chicago (Ill.); Weather