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The highest temperature recorded in Chicago during the meteorological summer months of June, July, and August, which is also additionally the all-time record high in the city, is 105 °F (41 °C), set on July 24, 1934, though at Midway Airport, a future observation site, the temperature reached 109 °F (43 °C).
This is a list of cities by average temperature (monthly and yearly). The temperatures listed are averages of the daily highs and lows. Thus, the actual daytime temperature in a given month may be considerably higher than the temperature listed here, depending on how large the difference between daily highs and lows is.
Average yearly precipitation for Illinois varies from 48 inches or 1,220 mm at the southern tip to 35 inches or 890 mm in the northern portion of the state. Normal annual snowfall exceeds 38 inches or 0.97 m in Chicago , while the southern portion of the state normally receives less than 14 inches or 0.36 m. [ 1 ]
The lowest temperature of −27 °F (−33 °C) was recorded on January 20, 1985. Along with long, hot dry spells in the summer, Chicago can suffer extreme winter cold spells. In the entire month of January 1977, the temperature did not rise above 31 °F (−0.6 °C). The average temperature that month was around 10 °F (−12 °C).
Updated August 24, 2023 at 1:12 PM. ... On July 13, 1995, Chicago’s high temperature for the day reached 104 degrees during a notorious heat wave that killed more than 700 area residents.
AccuWeather meteorologists say the recent break from heat and humidity across the Midwest and Northeast will be short-lived as sizzling conditions return this week and persist over the long haul.
Chicago will not be quite as warm as yesterday. Expect temps closer to 40 degrees for the high with mostly sunny skies. Chicago weather: 23 straight days of above-average temps
Summer (June–August) 1936 average temperature, in degrees Fahrenheit. Record warmest and coldest is based on a 112-year period of records (1895–2006). [1] The 1936 North American heat wave was one of the most severe heat waves in the modern history of North America.