Tuesday, December 9, 2014

4th Coldest November in Illinois – More Statistics

The National Climatic Data Center released their November report, confirming that Illinois experienced it’s 4th coldest November on record as reported here.
Is the extremely cold November part of the trend? Apparently not. A look at November temperatures in Illinois since 1895 show that November temperatures have warmed by slightly more than 2 degrees since 1895. There are only a few cases of back-to-back cold November’s including 1910-11, 1950-51, and 1995-96.
You can see the interactive graph and the data behind it here.
november-tsHere is how Illinois stacked up to the rest of the country in terms of ranking November temperatures – several states in the central and eastern regions made the top ten list.
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