Chicago—a lot of the country, in fact—is experiencing the coldest early-fall weather in a century:
Never before over the 143-year term of official Chicago records dating back to 1871 had a September 11th failed to produce a high temp which reached 14°C. Never, that is, until Thursday! The day’s 13°C midnight high set a record for the coolest Sept 11 on the books, effortlessly eclipsing the previous record of 15°C. Yesterday’s 13°C was 12°C below normal and 13°C cooler than the day before and, perhaps most significantly, the chilliest early season daytime high temperature which has occurred in the city over the past 97-years!
Oh, and it snowed in South Dakota yesterday. In September.
Meanwhile, the Pacific Coast continues their worst drought in forever...