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Chicago, IL



Latitude: 42°0'N, Longitude: 87°54'W, Elevation: 200.6 m, Distance: 10.12 km

  Unit Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Average temperature
over 30 years
°C 9 -6 -3 2 9 14 20 22 22 18 11 4 -3
Average high temperature
over 30 years
°C 14 -1 0 7 14 21 26 28 27 23 17 9 1
Average low temperature
over 30 years
°C 4 -10 -8 -1 3 8 14 17 16 12 5 0 -7
Highest recorded temperature
over 39 years
°C 40 18 21 31 32 33 40 40 38 37 32 25 21
Lowest recorded temperature
over 39 years
°C -32 -32 -28 -22 -13 -4 2 4 5 -2 -8 -17 -31
Average number of days above 27°C
over 30 years
days 17 - - - - 0.7 3.8 6.3 4.4 1.6 0.1 - -
Average precipitation
over 30 years
cm 90.9 3.8 3.6 6.9 9.1 8.4 9.7 9.4 10.7 9.7 6.1 7.4 6.3
Average number of days below -1.5°C
over 30 years
days 130 28 25 21 7.4 0.8 - - - 0.3 4.9 17 27
Average number of days below -17.5°C
over 30 years
days 12 6.2 3 0.2 - - - - - - - - 2.6
Average snowfall
over 30 years
cm 98.3 27.2 21.3 16.5 4.6 0.3 - - - - 1.3 4.8 22.4
Most rain reported in a day
over 39 years
cm 16.5 5.1 3.8 4.6 6.1 8.9 7.9 7.4 16.5 7.4 10.9 7.4 11.4
Most rain reported in a month
over 39 years
cm 125.5 10.4 8.9 15.0 19.6 18.0 25.4 21.1 43.4 29.0 18.8 20.8 21.8
Least rain reported in a month
over 39 years
cm 55.4 0.3 0.3 1.5 2.5 0.8 2.5 3.0 1.3 - 0.5 1.8 0.5
Heating degree days
over 30 years
days 6601 1363 1115 870 505 239 51 8 15 112 394 745 1184
Cooling degree days
over 30 years
days 798 - - 1 10 48 152 261 222 91 13 - -
Most snow reported in a month
over 39 years
cm 190.5 87.1 66.5 62.7 28.2 4.1 - - - - 16.8 26.4 89.7