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The average temperature in Chicago from December 1, 2013, to March 31, 2014, was 22 °F (−6 °C), 10 °F (5.6 °C) below average. [115] The state of Iowa went through its ninth-coldest winter in 141 years. Only the winters of 1935–36 and 1978–79 in the last century were colder, with the others being back in the 1880s. [116]
Jerry Taft (March 14, 1943 [1] – July 23, 2020) was an American meteorologist and weather presenter who served as chief meteorologist for WLS-TV in Chicago. He worked for 34 years with WLS, and for 42 years as a broadcast meteorologist in the Chicago media market.
Coleman was also a weather anchor for KETV in Omaha, WISN-TV in Milwaukee and then WBBM-TV and WLS-TV in Chicago. [2] [5] In 1972, Coleman and his stage crew craftsmen at WLS-TV created the first chroma key weather map ever in use. [2] [3] WLS Eyewitness News team, 1972. Back, from left: anchor John Drury, anchor Joel Daly.
On December 14, 2014, WLS-TV entered into a news share agreement with WCIU-TV to produce a weeknight-only 7 p.m. newscast titled ABC 7 Eyewitness News at 7:00 on The U; the program debuted on January 12, 2015, and is the fifth newscast produced by ABC O&O for a separately owned station in the station's home market (along with existing programs ...
Severe thunderstorms containing 1 inch (2.5 cm) hail was reported at Walnut in the morning hours of March 1. Wind gusts of 77 miles per hour (124 km/h) near Mt. Charleston, Nevada, at an elevation of 8,818 feet (2,688 m), [1] and a wind gust of 64 miles per hour (103 km/h) was recorded at Grand Canyon Airport, Arizona.
The 2014–15 North American winter was frigid and prolifically wintry, especially across the eastern half of North America in the months of January–March. The season began early, with many places in North America experiencing their first wintry weather during mid-November.
Mountain began his television career in the 1960s at WTVK (now WVLT-TV) in Knoxville, Tennessee. At WTVK, Mountain did weather for WTVK's newscasts and was also their local Bozo the Clown. [2] In 1977, Mountain joined WLS-TV in Chicago, Illinois. While at WLS-TV, Mountain encountered Dr. George Fischbeck of KABC-TV in Los Angeles. Fischbeck ...
Farmers' Almanacs have taken a stab at forecasting for the following year or so for around two centuries. At first, weather media included reporting on past events, with forecasting playing a role from the late 19th century onward. Weather-related information proliferated to near real-time after the invention of the telegraph.