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Get the Chicago, IL local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days.
The Chicago area has not seen such chilly weather since mid-January, according to the National Weather Service. ... Wednesday should be the “mildest day in the next 10 (days),” Izzi said, with ...
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
It was the first time in 65 years that Chicago had ever seen a triad of 100 °F (38 °C) days. [39] Chicago nearly recorded a fourth consecutive 100 °F (38 °C) day, but the temperature reached 98 degrees at O'Hare in late morning before a weak cold front came through the area and cooled temperatures off slightly in the city area, holding in ...
Higher temperatures will yield more heat waves like the 1995 Chicago heat wave. [8] According to the National Weather Service, heat is a leading contributor to weather-related deaths. [9] Increases in temperature are especially dangerous in cities like Chicago, which experience the urban heat island effect. Future heat waves will yield similar ...
The 1995 Chicago heat wave was one of the worst weather-related disasters in state history, with 525 dead within a five-day period as overnight lows remained as high as 84 °F (28.9 °C) and daytime highs reached up to 106 °F (41.1 °C). [6]
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.
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.