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Chicago, IL


Latitude: 41°46'N, Longitude: 87°35'W, Elevation: 610.0 ft, Distance: 8.48 mi

  Unit Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Average temperature
over 30 years
°F 51 24 28 39 50 60 70 75 74 67 56 43 30
Average high temperature
over 30 years
°F 59 31 35 46 59 69 80 84 82 76 64 50 36
Average low temperature
over 30 years
°F 43 17 22 31 41 51 60 66 65 58 47 36 23
Highest recorded temperature
over 69 years
°F 105 66 71 84 91 98 104 105 100 100 91 80 69
Lowest recorded temperature
over 69 years
°F -23 -23 -18 - 12 31 39 51 48 33 24 - -20
Average number of days above 90°F
over 30 years
days 16 - - - 0.1 0.7 3.7 5.9 4.5 1.7 - - -
Average precipitation
over 30 years
in 37.2 1.9 1.6 2.9 3.8 3.6 4.1 3.8 3.9 3.5 2.4 3.1 2.8
Average number of days below 32°F
over 30 years
days 106 27 23 17 3.7 - - - - - 0.8 11 24
Average number of days below 0°F
over 30 years
days 5.5 3.1 1.2 0.1 - - - - - - - - 1.1
Average snowfall
over 30 years
in 26.4 6.8 9.9 3.5 0.7 - - - - - 0.1 0.3 5.8
Most rain reported in a day
over 69 years
in 5.1 2.9 2.0 3.1 3.4 3.4 3.6 5.1 3.5 2.7 3.5 2.8 3.2
Most rain reported in a month
over 69 years
in 48.7 4.3 3.6 5.7 8.5 7.8 9.5 7.0 9.2 11.2 11.7 8.1 7.6
Least rain reported in a month
over 69 years
in 21.2 0.2 - 0.3 0.6 0.4 0.7 0.2 0.4 - 0.2 0.6 0.3
Heating degree days
over 30 years
days 5960 1267 1018 812 471 213 39 4 5 66 310 661 1094
Cooling degree days
over 30 years
days 1010 - - 1 13 60 194 315 277 128 21 1 -
Most snow reported in a month
over 69 years
in 47.6 16.8 20.0 13.9 9.0 - - - - - 1.8 2.0 13.3