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 5:30 pm CDT on 05/22/2013 (DOY 142 22:30 GMT)

Wind Speed:	14.02 kts (7.21 m/s)
Max Wind Speed:	21.91 kts (11.27 m/s)
Wind Direction:	246° (WSW)
Air Temperature:	70.8 °F (21.6 °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] --------
2013	142	1700	15.63	18.66	21.91	262	70.0
2013	142	1600	9.66	13.72	18.49	222	67.8
2013	142	1500	12.01	15.24	15.24	245	65.5
2013	142	1400	12.71	16.00	16.00	282	63.9
2013	142	1300	19.19	24.57	24.96	226	65.4
2013	142	1200	23.78	25.72	28.38	186	64.9
2013	142	1100	11.72	13.14	25.72	176	68.2
2013	142	1000	10.24	11.99	14.29	183	65.2
2013	142	0900	6.22	6.67	10.67	190	64.9
2013	142	0800	12.19	13.53	14.68	201	65.5
2013	142	0700	10.28	12.38	12.38	190	64.5
2013	142	0600	3.44	8.77	10.28	161	60.5
2013	142	0500	8.75	13.14	14.29	141	57.7
2013	142	0400	8.11	8.96	12.38	088	62.8
2013	142	0300	5.03	5.72	7.81	049	62.2
2013	142	0200	6.88	8.18	8.18	293	65.8
2013	142	0100	9.18	9.91	22.86	176	65.6
2013	142	0000	7.54	10.67	10.87	134	67.6

Note: Peak wind is max wind gust during entire hour

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