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The National Weather Service office of Chicago has one of the longest periods of official weather records, dating back to 1870, though all the 1870 and 1871 weather records taken at 181 West Washington Street were lost in the Great Chicago Fire. Of the two major airports located in Chicago, Midway Airport began observations in 1928, and O'Hare ...
Temperatures at or above the century mark are a rarity in Chicago. Yet, 100 degrees was recorded on Thursday for the first time in more than a decade at O’Hare International Airport, the city ...
Although weather records in the city of Chicago are continuous back to 1871 (the date of the Great Chicago Fire) and sporadic back to the 1840s, weather data was collected at only one location near today's Chicago Loop for most of the early part of the city's history.
Climate data for Chicago (O'Hare Int'l Airport), 1991–2020 normals, [a] extremes 1871–present [b]Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year Record high °F (°C)
All average annual temperatures are compiled from weather data collected from 1981 to 2010 and reported on Current Results. In the event of a tie for the coldest or warmest city in a particular ...
January 20, 1985 holds the record for Chicago's coldest day, with temperatures dropping as low as -27 degrees.
In recent decades, new high temperature records have substantially outpaced new low temperature records on a growing portion of Earth's surface. [1] Comparison shows seasonal variability for record increases. The list of weather records includes the most extreme occurrences of weather phenomena for various categories. Many weather records are ...
During May 1894 the Chicago Weather Bureau was given a new forecast area extending from the Great Lakes region all the way to the Rocky Mountains. [2] The current National Weather Service Chicago is located in Romeoville and is in charge of issuing local forecasts and weather warnings for the Chicago area. [2]