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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 ...
Once this warm surge inundated the area, a remarkably prolonged period of record setting temperatures ensued. [1] NOAA's National Climate Data Center reported that over 7,000 daily record high temperatures were tied or broken from 1 March through 27 March. [1] In some places the temperature exceeded 86 °F (30 °C).
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 highest temperature recorded in Illinois was 117 °F (47.2 °C), recorded on July 14, 1954, at East St. Louis , while the lowest temperature was −38 °F (−38.9 °C), recorded on ...
Popular with tourists from the Chicago area, the resort town of Lake Geneva in southern Wisconsin is the state's warmest city. It averages an annual high of 59 degrees. Sandra Lund/istockphoto
Many Midwestern cities set their all-time records in January, including Chicago (Jan. 20, 1985), Cleveland (Jan. 19, 1994) and Minneapolis-St. Paul (Jan. 21, 1888).
This month to date is already sitting in second place as the warmest December on record, and it is possible it could reach the highest on record.
Christopher C. Burt, a weather historian writing for Weather Underground, believes that the 1913 Death Valley reading is "a myth", and is at least 2.2 or 2.8 °C (4 or 5 °F) too high. [13] Burt proposes that the highest reliably recorded temperature on Earth could still be at Death Valley, but is instead 54.0 °C (129.2 °F) recorded on 30 ...
Chicago’s high temperature will likely be below freezing on Saturday afternoon after temperatures plummet into the teens Friday night. Temperatures will change dramatically into next week.