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October 2009 Sets Record For Rainy Days, Cold

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Oct 30, 2009 8:58 am US/Central

October 2009 Sets Record For Rainy Days, Cold

Record Set For Rainy Days, First 14 Days Ran Well Below Normal In Temperature

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Click to enlarge 1 of 1: The skies looked almost wintry in Chicago on Oct. 13, 2009, when temperatures topped out at 47 degrees for an 82-year low.
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An October that began by setting an 82-year record for cold is also going down to tie a record for rainy days too.

As October drags to a fairly warm, but rainy end, CBS 2's Mary Kay Kleist reports there were 19 days measurable rainfall in Chicago this October, the same as the record number for any October.

This October was only the 19th wettest, with 5.23 inches of rain. The record for the wettest October was set in 1954, when 12.06 inches of rain fell.

But earlier this month, a near-century old for October cold was broken. The first 14 days of October this year ran well below average, and on Oct. 13, the high was a mere 47 degrees. That was the coldest for that day since 1882.

Last year, there were 10 days with highs in the 60s and three with highs in the 70s between Oct. 1 and 14. There was even a warm spell more befitting of early September – it was 72 degrees on Oct. 10, 79 on Oct. 11, 84 on Oct. 12, and 77 on Oct. 13.

But this year, there have been a mere four days with highs in the 60s, five with highs in the 50s, and five with highs in the 40s.

At least there hasn't been any snow this October; in many past years, snow has fallen. The most recent was 2006, where 0.3 inches of snow fell on Oct. 12. But that was nothing compared with 1989, when Mother Nature dumped 3.8 inches of snow on the city on Oct. 18, and the whole month netted a total of 6.3 inches.