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 3:00 pm CDT on 05/16/2012 (DOY 137 20:00 GMT)

Wind Speed:	6.77 kts (3.48 m/s)
Max Wind Speed:	7.81 kts (4.02 m/s)
Wind Direction:	017° (NNE)
Air Temperature:	49.7 °F (9.8 °C)
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Chicago, facing east courtesy of LakeVision.com
Loyola University Lake Shore Campus
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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	137	1500	6.76	7.81	7.81	017	49.7
2012	137	1400	10.00	11.43	11.62	009	49.2
2012	137	1300	11.58	13.72	13.72	360	48.7
2012	137	1200	13.40	15.05	15.80	356	48.5
2012	137	1100	11.70	13.53	16.39	002	48.7
2012	137	1000	13.74	15.80	16.19	004	49.0
2012	137	0900	13.94	16.19	16.76	006	49.1
2012	137	0800	14.02	16.00	18.66	011	49.3
2012	137	0700	16.41	18.49	19.62	011	49.5
2012	137	0600	19.36	22.67	22.67	014	49.9
2012	137	0500	20.55	24.38	24.38	015	50.3
2012	137	0400	21.48	26.11	27.43	014	50.6
2012	137	0300	22.03	26.11	26.48	012	51.5
2012	137	0200	21.97	26.48	28.01	005	52.3
2012	137	0100	20.88	24.20	28.01	010	53.3
2012	137	0000	24.03	34.86	36.76	031	60.2
2012	136	2300	15.10	16.39	28.01	192	69.7
2012	136	2200	12.07	14.09	16.58	183	67.0

Note: Peak wind is max wind speed during entire hour

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