Global warming news: Third-coldest Chicago winter ever

Chicago's Grant Park

An authority no less then longtime WGN-TV meteorologist Tom Skilling weighs in on the winter of 2013-14.

From the Chicago Tribune:

Skilling says temperatures will average about 22 degrees below normal for the next five days, 20 degrees below normal for the five days after that, and 13 degrees below normal for the five days after that – which gets us into the middle of March.

This has been the third coldest winter in 143 years of recorded Chicago weather history, Skilling said, with about 7 days in 10 since November producing below-normal temperatures. Meteorological winter ends with February, marking the close of what is usually the coldest three months.

Sub-zero weather is expected for tonight, if that happens it will be the 23rd time this winter that has happened in Chicago. The all-time record is 25 sub-zero winter days.

Yes, the planet is getting warmer.

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