Chicago, IL Meteorological Data & WebCam

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Chicago, IL (CHII2) Harrison-Dever Crib, approx. 2.75 miles offshore, 41° 54´ 59" N, 87° 34´ 20" W

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Conditions at 7:15 pm CDT on 05/24/2012 (DOY 146 0:15 GMT)

Wind Speed:	29.47 kts (15.16 m/s)
Max Wind Speed:	36.76 kts (18.91 m/s)
Wind Direction:	177° (S)
Air Temperature:	78.0 °F (25.6 °C)
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Chicago, facing east courtesy of LakeVision.com
Loyola University Lake Shore Campus
Looking Downtown Chicago courtesy of MW hazecam

YEAR	DOY	CDT	WIND SPD kts	WIND GUST kts	PEAK WIND kts	WIND DIR deg	AIR TEMP deg F
-------- Previous 18 Hours (at top of hour) [English] [Metric] --------
2012	145	1900	31.86	36.39	36.76	175	77.8
2012	145	1800	29.22	34.10	35.63	164	77.0
2012	145	1700	27.72	32.19	35.05	159	76.7
2012	145	1600	24.03	28.97	32.78	162	75.8
2012	145	1500	23.91	30.68	31.82	157	75.7
2012	145	1400	24.30	28.38	30.09	161	76.6
2012	145	1300	18.45	21.71	29.34	167	72.2
2012	145	1200	20.51	25.33	27.06	163	71.8
2012	145	1100	21.91	27.06	27.06	168	71.3
2012	145	1000	17.73	19.62	27.43	169	68.3
2012	145	0900	16.93	19.05	21.52	163	65.9
2012	145	0800	15.63	17.90	19.44	161	64.5
2012	145	0700	12.79	14.48	18.66	165	63.5
2012	145	0600	10.98	12.00	14.48	172	62.8
2012	145	0500	12.58	14.29	14.29	162	63.2
2012	145	0400	13.43	14.85	15.05	170	63.9
2012	145	0300	17.46	18.66	18.66	177	66.4
2012	145	0200	17.38	18.29	18.86	180	68.4

Note: Peak wind is max wind speed during entire hour

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