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The coldest temperature ever recorded in Chicago city limits is −27 °F (−33 °C) at O'Hare on January 20, 1985, [18] though unofficial temperatures as low as −3 °F (−19 °C) have been recorded at Chicago Aurora Airport in far western suburbs and in the rural areas to the west of Chicago. [43]
Chicago, for example, saw temperatures above 80 °F (27 °C) every day between March 14–18, breaking records on all five days. Chicago would go on to record eight days at or above 80 °F during the month, with many suburban areas recording an additional day in the 80s on March 19 (that day, the city only tied its record high of 78 °F (26 °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.
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]
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.
But just when you get used to nearly room temperature outdoors, a March cold front blasts through and it's back to the 30s and 40s for a couple of days. March average high temperatures.
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)
One thing about the cold weather and Chicago — it’s not new. While the record took place Jan. 20, 1985, many of the city’s lowest recorded temperatures came from arctic snaps in 1872 and 1899.