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The 2012–13 autumn/winter season would fail to produce a daily maximum temperature below freezing 32 °F (0 °C) until January 1, 2013, the first such time that has happened in Chicago weather records. The entire calendar year of 2012 did not record a temperature lower than 5 °F (−15 °C).
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)
In Chicago, snow seasons are tracked from July through the following June. The area normally can expect 38.4 inches, according to the National Weather Service. Chicago was warmer than average ...
Most in one calendar month: 9.91 meters (390 inches) of snow fell in Tamarack, California, in January 1911, leading to a snow depth in March of 11.46 meters (451 inches) (greatest measured in North America). [308] [309] Most in one season (1 July – 30 June): 29.0 meters, (95 ft); Mount Baker, Washington, United States, 1998 through 1999. [308]
It was also the latest date of a first snowfall in Chicago history going back to 1885, and just the 26th time in the past 136 years that the city had to wait until the final month of the year to ...
January 20, 1985 holds the record for Chicago's coldest day, with temperatures dropping as low as -27 degrees. Chicago weather history: Look back at coldest day on record in 1985 [Video] Skip to ...
The entire December–March period in Chicago was the coldest on record, topping the previous record from 1903 to 1904, even colder than the notoriously cold winters of the late 1970s. [114] 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]
This year, the solstice occurs at 9:27 p.m. CST on Thursday, Dec. 21, the latest start to the season since 2019. • Arctic air funneled into Chicago shortly after the start of winter, causing th