We use ISD data to complement and backfill for our METAR archive. The Integrated Surface Database (ISD), maintained and published by NOAA's National Center for Environmental Information, consists of hourly and synoptic weather reports from a variety of sources. We have been collecting and archiving published METAR reports since 2011, and have found third-party sources for archived reports from years prior to that. They are published via radio transmission and on the internet. Such reports are used by pilots, air traffic controllers, meteorologists, climatologists, and other researchers. The twister traveled 16 miles (26 kilometers) through Oak Lawn and the south side of Chicago, killing 33 people, injuring 500 and causing more than $50 million in damage, according to the weather service.This report graphically illustrates the historical weather reports recorded by the weather station at Atlantic City International Airport in July 2022.Īirport weather stations throughout the world routinely issue METAR weather reports. The deadliest formed in Palos Hills in Cook County on April 21, 1967. Between 18, the weather service recorded 97 significant tornadoes in the Chicago metro area. Over the years many tornadoes have struck in the Chicago metropolitan area, and several have hit within the city limits of Chicago, according to the National Weather Service. He said surveying the damage will likely take days. In Hodgkins, southwest of Chicago, police said storm damage and debris was found on the north end of town, near a shopping center.Įarlier Wednesday, the weather service’s Storm Prediction Center had said there was an enhanced risk for severe weather, including tornadoes in northern Illinois, including Chicago.īrett Borchardt, senior meteorologist with the National Weather Service, confirmed to WGN-TV that multiple tornadoes touched down across the Chicago area. More than 10,000 customers lost power in the region, according to.
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