Wednesday temps surge above normal, nearly 20 degrees warmer than Monday
Highs returned to the 50s areawide thanks to a gusty westerly wind transporting milder, Pacific air into the region. The official 55 degree high was nearly 20 degrees warmer than Monday when the mercury only reached 36 degrees.
What a difference a week makes! Last Monday we shivered in frigid, arctic air that produced a high of only 9 degrees. Readings were 45 degrees warmer than that Monday, when the mercury hit 53 degrees, our warmest day in 11 weeks. The day featured more clouds than sun, but…
Monday high temperatures varied widely across the area; as warm as 78-degrees in far southwest suburban Peru compared to 63-degrees in far northern areas. Cloud coverage was extensive and kept some areas from warming up. The official 68-degrees at O’Hare and 69-degrees at Midway were a handful of degrees warmer…