Chicago's first-half February warmest in nearly 150 years

CHICAGO, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- The first 14 days in February were about 11 degrees Celsius above normal, and tied to the second warmest first half of February in Chicago on record, as against the warmest first half of February with an average daily temperature of 5.22 degrees Celsius in 1882.

Chicago recorded an average daily temperature of 3.67 degrees Celsius in the first half of February in 1877, and 2.44 degrees Celsius in 1990, the Chicago Tribune quoted Ricky Castro, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Romeoville, as saying on Friday.