Frigid Airmass to Bring Significantly Colder Temperatures; Heavy Lake-effect Snow; Fire Concerns Across the Central Gulf Coast

A frigid cold airmass will bring significantly colder weather across the eastern two thirds of the country early this week. Temperatures will tie or break many records across the Southeast through tonight. Moderate to heavy lake effect snow will continue downwind of the Great Lakes. Gusty winds and dry conditions will support an elevated fire weather threat across the Central Gulf Coast. Read More >

Daily, Monthly, Seasonal, and Annual Climate Records and Rankings for Chicago, IL

This page displays daily, monthly, seasonal, and annual temperature, precipitation, and snowfall records and rankings for Chicago, IL. The period of record for Chicago dates back to 1871.

For reference, the record high temperatures displayed in the second column of the daily records table at the bottom of each monthly tab represent the warmest high temperatures ever recorded on each date, while the values indicated in the third column represent the coldest high temperatures ever recorded on each date. Columns 4 and 5 then list the records for minimum daily temperatures. Column 4 displays the warmest daily minimum temperatures ever recorded for each date, while column 5 lists the coldest low temperatures on record for each date. Finally, columns 6 and 7 display the highest daily precipitation and snowfall totals ever recorded for each date. The year in which each record was set is also listed.

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Chicago January Temperature and Precipitation Records

**Last Updated 12/31/2022

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Monthly Temperature Records

	Record Warmest Temp/Year	Record Coldest Temp/Year
Average Monthly High	47.5/1880	18.3/1977
Average Monthly Low	32.1/1880	1.9/1977
Average Monthly	39.8/1880	10.1/1977

Daily High Temperature	67/1950	-11/1994
Daily Low Temperature	56/1909	-27/1985

Top 10 Warmest and Coldest January Average Temperature Rankings

Rank	Warmest	Year
1	39.8°	1880
2	36.7°	1933
3	35.8°	2006
4	33.9°	1990
5	33.6°	1932
6	32.8°	1876
7	32.6°	1906
8	32.5°	1914
9	32.4°	1989
-	32.4°	1921

Rank	Coldest	Year
1	10.1°	1977
2	11.9°	1912
3	12.0°	1893
4	12.2°	1982
5	12.4°	1979
6	13.3°	1963
-	13.3°	1918
8	14.4°	1985
9	14.9°	1888
10	15.7°	2014

Monthly Precipitation Records

	Record Highest Amount/Year	Record Lowest Amount/Year
Precipitation (Liquid Equivalent)	4.84"/1916	0.10"/1981
Snow	42.5"/1918	0.2"/1928

Highest Calendar Day Snowfall	18.6"/1999
Highest Calendar Day Precip (Liquid Equivalent)	2.76"/1960

Top 10 Wettest and Driest January Rankings

Rank	Wettest	Year
1	4.84"	1916
2	4.53"	1887
3	4.47"	1999
4	4.21"	1907
5	4.13"	1871
6	4.12"	1918
7	4.09"	1965
8	4.00"	2005
9	3.93"	1929
10	3.83"	1993

Rank	Driest	Year
1	0.10"	1981
2	0.20"	1919
3	0.26"	1961
4	0.36"	2003
5	0.38"	1956
6	0.39"	1986
7	0.54"	1879
8	0.57"	1931
9	0.58"	1899
10	0.66"	1902, 1983

Top 10 Snowiest and Least Snowiest January Rankings

Rank	Snowiest	Year
1	42.5"	1918
2	40.4"	1979
3	33.7"	2014
4	32.3"	1978
5	29.6"	1999
6	28.9"	1967
7	27.8"	2005
8	26.7"	1886
9	24.7"	1939
10	21.9"	1921

Rank	Least Snowiest	Year
1	0.2"	1928
2	0.3"	1934
-	0.3"	1900
4	0.4"	1989
5	0.5"	1949
6	0.6"	2017
7	0.8"	1973
8	0.9"	1933
9	1.2"	1956
10	1.5"	2001

Chicago Daily Temperature and Precipitation Records for January

**Last Updated 2/15/2024

Day	Record High Temp/Year	Record Low Max/Year	Record High Min/Year	Record Low Temp/Year	Record Precipitation Daily/Year	Record Snow Daily/Year
1	65/1876	1/2018	43/1950	-10/1969	1.33/1948	5.0/1918
2	61/2004	2/1920	47/1897	-16/1879	1.24/1999	18.6/1999
3	60/1950	0/1879	46/1874	-18/1879	1.24/1897	7.1/1971
4	64/1997	-6/1884	41/1909	-14/1884	1.20/1993	5.6/2004
5	56/1890	-5/1924	44/1946	-18/1884	0.80/1929	8.7/2014
6	60/2008	-2/2014	41/2008	-16/2014	1.44/1918	14.4/1918
7	65/2008	-4/1942	51/2008	-16/1912	0.65/1907	3.9/2010
8	63/1965	0/1970	45/1876	-11/1942	1.18/1935	3.6/1974
9	60/1880	0/1962	45/1939	-20/1875	0.93/2024	6.8/1977
10	60/1975	-4/1982	42/1975	-26/1982	2.29/1975	8.4/2009
11	61/1880	4/1982	42/2013	-11/1977	0.64/1918	5.9/1918
12	62/2005	2/1997	42/1932	-14/1918	2.76/1960	8.1/1908
13	58/1932	-2/1893	44/1932	-9/1929	1.37/1950	16.5/1979
14	60/1928	1/1994	41/1953	-14/1979	1.10/1871	6.3/1929
15	60/1949	-5/1972	40/1894	-19/1979	0.81/1877	4.2/1997
16	57/1990	-7/1977	42/1913	-25/1982	0.90/2017	6.4/1885
17	60/1894	3/1997	42/1973	-23/1982	0.70/1910	4.9/1970
18	61/1996	-11/1994	47/1973	-21/1994	1.51/1876	5.3/1943
19	57/1933	3/1994	38/1880	-23/1985	1.72/1907	8.8/1963
20	63/1906	-4/1985	45/1921	-27/1985	1.13/1898	8.0/1886
21	62/1906	-4/1883	43/1916	-22/1984	1.49/1916	5.0/1958
22	59/1909	-4/1883	51/1909	-17/1936	1.39/1887	6.2/2005
23	65/1909	-4/1963	56/1909	-18/1963	0.89/1999	4.5/1897
24	65/1967	-2/1904	44/1967	-15/1897	0.76/1938	5.7/1893
25	67/1950	-10/1897	45/1916	-20/1897	1.12/1990	5.0/1898
26	62/1944	-3/1897	49/1916	-16/1897	1.66/1967	16.4/1967
27	62/1916	-1/1895	47/1944	-10/1955	0.74/1967	6.6/1967
28	60/1914	-3/1966	40/1968	-13/1977	0.71/1909	5.0/2019
29	63/2013	-6/1966	39/2013	-16/1966	1.33/2013	5.3/1909
30	55/1988	-10/2019	46/1988	-23/2019	0.97/1939	14.9/1939
31	65/1989	1/2019	45/1877	-21/2019	1.52/1914	9.5/1914

Chicago February Temperature and Precipitation Records

**Last Updated 3/1/2024

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Monthly Temperature Records

	Record Warmest Temp/Year	Record Coldest Temp/Year
Average Monthly High	49.2/2024	23.2/1901
Average Monthly Low	32.4/1998	4.9/1875
Average Monthly	39.0/1882	14.6/1875,2015

Daily High Temperature	75/1976	-5/1996
Daily Low Temperature	54/1925	-21/1899

Top 10 Warmest and Coldest February Average Temperatures Rankings

Rank	Warmest	Year
1	39.5°	2024
2	39.0°	1882
3	38.7°	1998
4	38.0°	2017
5	37.5°	1954
6	37.3°	1877
7	37.1°	1930
8	36.5°	1878
9	35.8°	1976
10	35.6°	1931

Rank	Coldest	Year
1	14.6°	2015
-	14.6°	1875
3	15.2°	1936
4	16.7°	1979
5	16.8°	1978
6	17.0°	1905
-	17.0°	1901
-	17.0°	1895
9	17.2°	1904
10	17.3°	2014

Monthly Precipitation Records

	Record Highest Amount/Year	Record Lowest Amount/Year
Precipitation (Liquid Equivalent)	5.56"/1997	0.06"/1877
Snow	29.0"/2011	T/1987,1998,2017

Highest Calendar Day Snowfall	16.2"/2015
Highest Calendar Day Precip (Liquid Equivalent)	3.44"/1997

Top 10 Wettest and Driest February Rankings

Rank	Wettest	Year
1	5.56"	1997
2	5.10"	1887
3	4.74"	1883
4	4.64"	2018
5	4.28"	1881
6	3.90"	1876
7	3.84"	1909
8	3.72"	1908
9	3.53"	2008
10	3.52"	2011, 1900

Rank	Driest	Year
1	0.06"	1877
2	0.13"	1920
3	0.19"	2003
4	0.25"	1969
5	0.33"	1958
6	0.38"	1947
-	0.38"	1921
8	0.41"	1995
-	0.41"	1982
10	0.44"	1952

Top 10 Snowiest and Least Snowiest February Rankings

Rank	Snowiest	Year
1	29.0"	2011
2	27.8"	1896
3	26.8"	2015
4	26.2"	1994
5	22.6"	1900
6	22.5"	2010
-	22.5"	1967
8	21.8"	2008
9	21.6"	2021
10	21.1"	1901

Rank	Least Snowiest	Year
1	T	2017
-	T	1998
-	T	1987
4	0.3"	1996
-	0.3"	1921
6	0.4"	1995
-	0.4"	1931
8	0.5"	1915
9	0.9"	1922
10	1.0"	1958

Chicago Daily Temperature and Precipitation Records for February

**Last Updated 2/15/2024

Day	Record High Temp/Year	Record Low Max/Year	Record High Min/Year	Record Low Temp/Year	Record Precipitation Daily/Year	Record Snow Daily/Year
1	56/1968	3/1895	41/1877	-14/1985	0.87/2015	16.2/2015
2	52/2020	-5/1996	38/1877	-16/1996	1.45/1983	6.6/2011
3	59/1992	-5/1996	39/2019	-19/1996	1.52/1896	11.0/1896
4	59/1890	0/1918	37/1909	-14/1996	1.26/1924	4.3/1932
5	56/1946	0/1936	43/1938	-17/1979	0.81/1909	7.0/1907
6	57/1882	4/1982	42/1904	-14/1982	1.98/1942	9.3/1978
7	59/1925	0/1893	39/1965	-10/1875	1.34/1881	8.6/1933
8	62/1925	0/1895	54/1925	-17/1899	1.10/1887	5.0/1903
9	56/2024	-8/1899	47/1966	-21/1899	1.56/1876	12.6/2010
10	63/1876	-1/1899	43/1886	-18/1899	0.96/1960	9.7/1981
11	70/1999	1/1899	43/1915	-14/1885	0.83/2009	8.3/1956
12	62/1984	3/1899	50/1882	-17/1899	1.13/1884	7.9/1894
13	63/1938	-4/1905	40/1984	-18/1905	0.78/1949	8.8/2007
14	62/1954	4/2021	43/1954	-11/1905	0.94/1950	8.3/1990
15	69/1954	5/1920	43/1976	-9/1905	0.78/1954	6.1/2021
16	58/1921	2/1900	41/2022	-10/1885	1.94/1883	6.0/1997
17	67/2017	0/1903	47/2011	-11/1903	1.10/2008	8.5/1893
18	70/2017	0/1936	45/1981	-14/1936	1.15/1908	11.5/1908
19	69/2017	4/2015	51/1994	-8/2015	0.95/1994	4.0/1898
20	70/2017	7/1896	49/1930	-9/1896	2.10/2018	2.8/1989
21	67/1930	3/1963	49/2017	-11/1873	3.44/1997	4.4/1960
22	68/2017	8/1901	52/1930	-14/1873	1.20/2023	4.6/1950
23	66/2000	-2/1889	51/2000	-18/1873	1.45/1985	5.5/1967
24	64/1930	8/1889	46/1936	-11/1873	1.11/2001	6.5/1965
25	72/2000	10/1900	52/1957	-9/1900	0.73/1926	6.7/1994
26	71/2024	10/1888	48/2000	-1/1963	1.95/2009	4.8/2013
27	75/1976	10/1888	52/2024	-6/1897	1.08/1876	2.9/1954
28	62/2016	14/1891	47/2017	-10/2015	1.35/1882	11.3/1900
29	65/1972	17/1980	44/2000	-3/1884	0.55/1976	1.0/2008

Chicago March Temperature and Precipitation Records

**Last Updated 7/1/2025

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Monthly Temperature Records

	Record Warmest Temp/Year	Record Coldest Temp/Year
Average Monthly High	63.3/2012	33.5/1960
Average Monthly Low	43.6/2012	19.2/1960
Average Monthly	53.5/2012	26.3/1960

Daily High Temperature	88/1986	8/1873
Daily Low Temperature	66/1998	-12/1873

Top 10 Warmest and Coldest March Average Temperature Rankings

Rank	Warmest	Year
1	53.5°	2012
2	48.6°	1945
-	48.6°	1910
4	47.2°	1946
5	45.8°	1921
6	45.3°	1878
7	45.1°	1973
-	45.1°	1938
9	44.7°	1977
10	44.4°	2025

Rank	Coldest	Year
1	26.3°	1960
2	28.8°	1912
3	28.9°	1877
4	29.0°	1900
5	29.5°	1984
-	29.5°	1890
7	29.4°	1899
8	29.9°	1888
9	30.1°	1932
10	30.2°	1965, 1926

Monthly Precipitation Records

	Record Highest Amount/Year	Record Lowest Amount/Year
Precipitation (Liquid Equivalent)	5.58"/1922	0.29"/1910
Snow	23.1"/1926	T/2000 and 4 other years

Highest Calendar Day Snowfall	13.6"/1930
Highest Calendar Day Precip (Liquid Equivalent)	3.20"/1884

Top 10 Wettest and Driest March Rankings

Rank	Wettest	Year
1	5.58"	1922
2	5.37"	1976
-	5.37"	1877
4	5.23"	1929
5	5.20"	2009
6	5.16"	1884
7	5.00"	1954
8	4.73"	1985
9	4.65"	1948
10	4.60"	1973, 1898

Rank	Driest	Year
1	0.29"	1910
2	0.33"	1958
3	0.42"	1883
4	0.57"	1885
5	0.60"	1915
6	0.63"	1981
7	0.89"	1887
-	0.89"	1873
9	0.95"	1996
10	0.98"	2020

Top 10 Snowiest and Least Snowiest March Rankings

Rank	Snowiest	Year
1	23.1"	1926
2	22.3"	1965
3	21.6"	1930
4	19.9"	1954
5	19.8"	1931
6	18.4"	1964
7	18.2"	1999
8	17.8"	1970
9	15.6"	1972
10	14.8"	1971

Rank	Least Snowiest	Year
1	T	2000
-	T	1997
-	T	1994
-	T	1921
-	T	1910
6	0.1"	1908
7	0.3"	2019
-	0.3"	2012
-	0.3"	1985
-	0.3"	1939

Chicago Daily Temperature and Precipitation Records for March

**Last Updated 3/23/2021

Day	Record High Temp/Year	Record Low Max/Year	Record High Min/Year	Record Low Temp/Year	Record Precipitation Daily/Year	Record Snow Daily/Year
1	71/1992	14/1890	45/2004	-5/1962	1.09/2007	4.6/1947
2	71/1974	10/1943	44/1973	-4/1913	1.02/2002	11.5/1954
3	80/1974	8/1873	48/1880	-6/1873	1.21/1966	3.9/1960
4	73/1983	12/2019	50/1983	-12/1873	1.75/1985	8.5/1982
5	75/1983	12/1901	56/1983	0/1978	0.99/1946	9.2/2013
6	70/2000	15/1932	53/1983	0/2015	0.92/1894	4.0/1943
7	78/2000	14/1943	54/2012	-2/1943	1.15/1872	10.9/1931
8	78/2000	10/1932	58/2016	-7/1943	1.67/2009	5.3/1931
9	69/2021	13/2003	52/1878	5/1984	1.60/1998	6.5/1998
10	70/1955	18/1948	57/2021	2/2003	0.87/2013	2.6/1943
11	74/1990	20/1948	54/1902	3/1979	0.92/1957	4.4/1941
12	81/1990	14/1896	59/1990	1/1948	1.72/1902	4.4/1991
13	73/2007	21/1888	62/1990	6/1896	1.15/1917	3.9/2017
14	81/2012	18/1895	60/1990	7/1993	1.62/1944	8.4/1904
15	81/2012	17/1893	49/1945	6/1890	1.43/1943	3.4/1912
16	82/2012	13/1900	49/1945	-1/1900	1.64/1876	6.0/1960
17	82/2012	11/1941	58/2012	-1/1900	1.42/1965	4.1/1984
18	81/2012	20/1875	59/1894	3/1923	1.33/1983	4.5/1971
19	78/2012	17/1923	61/2012	0/1923	2.50/1948	4.1/1986
20	85/2012	15/1885	63/2012	4/1885	0.96/1935	6.0/1964
21	87/2012	19/1885	61/2012	9/1888	1.07/2007	8.5/1992
22	83/2012	18/1888	60/2012	-1/1888	1.13/1993	3.4/1993
23	80/1907	21/1940	55/2012	9/1940	1.25/2012	7.0/1897
24	82/2017	17/1974	61/1910	5/1974	1.26/1969	4.5/1947
25	79/2007	19/1894	57/2004	12/1974	3.20/1884	13.6/1930
26	79/2007	23/1996	63/2007	7/1873	1.40/1959	8.9/1970
27	82/1945	26/1904	59/1989	12/1996	1.28/1908	2.9/1942
28	79/1986	23/1887	57/1910	9/1887	1.48/2020	5.3/1894
29	88/1986	24/1887	63/1910	9/1887	1.33/1979	7.7/1954
30	79/1998	27/1969	66/1998	12/1969	1.84/2017	7.8/1926
31	87/1981	21/1923	60/1967	12/1969	3.12/1929	4.8/1926

Chicago April Temperature and Precipitation Records

**Last Updated 9/3/2021

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Monthly Temperature Records

	Record Warmest Temp/Year	Record Coldest Temp/Year
Average Monthly High	67.8/1955	45.2/1874
Average Monthly Low	48.2/1915	32.3/1874
Average Monthly	57.0/1955	38.7/1874

Daily High Temperature	91/1942,1980	26/1881,1875
Daily Low Temperature	69/Several Occurrences	7/1982

Top 10 Warmest and Coldest April Average Temperature Rankings

Rank	Warmest	Year
1	57.0°	1955
2	56.3°	1915
3	54.6°	2010
-	54.6°	1977
5	54.2°	1921
6	53.9°	1942
7	53.7°	2017
8	53.4°	1960
-	53.4°	1896
10	53.3°	1954

Rank	Coldest	Year
1	38.7°	1874
2	39.8°	1907
3	40.7°	1904
4	41.2°	2018
5	41.5°	1950
6	41.8°	1881
7	42.0°	1926
8	42.7°	1873
9	43.0°	1920
10	43.2°	1875

Monthly Precipitation Records

	Record Highest Amount/Year	Record Lowest Amount/Year
Precipitation (Liquid Equivalent)	8.68"/2013	0.14"/1899
Snow	13.6"/1938	0/Several Occurrences

Highest Calendar Day Snow	9.4"/1975,1982
Highest Calendar Day Precip (Liquid Equivalent)	3.83"/1975

Top 10 Wettest and Driest April Rankings

Rank	Wettest	Year
1	8.68"	2013
2	8.33"	1947
3	7.84"	1975
4	7.73"	1909
5	7.69"	1983
6	7.51"	1999
7	7.07"	1970
8	6.72"	1882
9	6.43"	2017
10	6.22"	1873

Rank	Driest	Year
1	0.14"	1899
2	0.33"	1901
3	0.45"	1971
4	0.46"	1887
5	0.58"	1932
6	0.71"	2021
7	0.74"	2004
8	0.76"	1898
9	0.84"	1924
10	0.86"	1895

Top 10 Snowiest April Rankings

Rank	Snowiest	Year
1	13.6"	1938
2	10.7"	1970
3	10.6"	1982
4	10.0"	1975
5	8.8"	1961
6	7.9"	2019
7	6.9"	1910
8	6.6"	1926
9	6.4"	1920
10	4.8"	1936

Chicago Daily Temperature and Precipitation Records for April

**Last Updated 5/28/2021

Day	Record High Temp/Year	Record Low Max/Year	Record High Min/Year	Record Low Temp/Year	Record Precipitation Daily/Year	Record Snow Daily/Year
1	83/2010	26/1881	54/2010	17/1881	1.58/1967	8.2/1970
2	82/1963	30/1936	62/1956	18/1899	1.64/1983	9.4/1975
3	81/1956	30/1954	60/1928	17/1987	0.93/1974	2.7/1984
4	79/1929	28/1891	60/1929	16/1975	1.90/1947	6.4/1920
5	85/1988	31/1982	69/1929	18/1995	2.58/1947	9.4/1982
6	84/1929	32/1982	69/1929	15/1982	1.13/1938	9.0/1938
7	84/1893	32/2007	62/1929	7/1982	0.81/1998	3.0/2003
8	80/1931	32/2003	52/2021	20/1972	1.35/1999	4.5/1938
9	80/1887	33/1874	58/1922	20/1989	1.49/1882	2.0/2018
10	90/1930	32/1892	56/2011	18/1989	2.53/1922	0.8/1973
11	90/1930	33/1882	60/1977	25/1989	2.41/1871	3.0/2007
12	86/1977	34/1950	60/1896	21/1957	1.16/1952	1.7/1973
13	83/2023	33/1950	62/1941	21/1950	1.33/1983	1.2/1907
14	85/2003	32/1893	63/2006	23/1943	1.21/1949	5.4/2019
15	88/2002	34/1928	67/1976	25/1943	1.74/1884	1.7/2020
16	87/2002	27/1875	69/1976	18/1875	1.97/1921	5.4/1961
17	88/1976	26/1875	68/1976	17/1875	2.01/2013	3.0/2020
18	89/2002	35/1926	66/1896	23/1983	3.83/1975	0.6/2011
19	86/1985	34/1904	65/1985	22/1983	1.52/1970	2.0/1888
20	87/1985	32/1904	64/1957	24/1897	2.37/2000	0.2/1943
21	88/1985	35/1936	63/1985	27/1986	1.08/1973	0.6/1903
22	91/1980	38/1936	66/1985	24/1986	1.55/1981	0.2/1893
23	88/1960	35/1910	66/1960	25/1986	1.01/1878	3.1/1967
24	87/1990	36/1892	68/1915	29/2015	2.05/1976	0.9/1910
25	87/1990	40/1910	68/1915	27/1887	1.95/1902	2.5/1910
26	89/1986	38/1907	69/1915	27/2006	1.76/1995	0.8/1910
27	87/2021	39/1934	67/1915	29/1945	2.13/1959	2.5/2019
28	86/1915	39/1874	66/1974	28/1992	2.04/1981	T/2008
29	88/1970	39/1893	68/1970	31/2018	2.75/1909	T/1950
30	91/1942	39/1907	68/1942	30/1873	2.22/2003	0.1/1907

Chicago May Temperature and Precipitation Records

**Last Updated 6/6/2023

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Monthly Temperature Records | Monthly Precipitation Records | Daily Temperature and Precipitation Records

Monthly Temperature Records

	Record Warmest Temp/Year	Record Coldest Temp/Year
Average Monthly High	81.2/1977	58.0/1935
Average Monthly Low	57.9/1880	42.3/1873
Average Monthly	69.2/1977	51.4/1882

Daily High Temperature	98/1934	37/1940
Daily Low Temperature	77/2012	27/1875,1983

Top 10 Warmest and Coldest May Average Temperature Rankings

Rank	Warmest	Year
1	69.3°	1977
2	67.1°	1962
3	66.2°	2018
4	66.0°	1964
5	65.9°	1911
6	65.8°	1959
7	65.6°	2012
-	65.6°	1991
9	65.5°	1896
10	65.2°	1934

Rank	Coldest	Year
1	51.4°	1882
2	51.6°	1907
3	52.0°	1935
4	52.1°	1873
5	52.4°	1892
6	52.5°	1893
7	52.7°	1917
8	53.0°	1883
9	53.1°	1888
10	53.2°	1983

Monthly Precipitation Records

	Record Highest Amount/Year	Record Lowest Amount/Year
Precipitation (Liquid Equivalent)	9.51"/2020	0.30"/1992
Snow	2.2"/1940	0/Several Occurrences

Highest Calendar Day Snowfall	1.6"/1940
Highest Calendar Day Precip (Liquid Equivalent)	3.53"/2020

Top 10 Wettest and Driest May Rankings

Rank	Wettest	Year
1	9.51"	2020
2	8.25"	2019
3	8.21"	2018
4	7.59"	1945
5	7.32"	1883
6	7.27"	2011
7	7.22"	2004
8	7.20"	1873
9	7.09"	1935
10	7.08"	1943

Rank	Driest	Year
1	0.30"	1992
2	0.58"	1994
3	0.67"	1934
4	0.71"	2023
5	0.78"	1950
6	0.80"	1921
7	0.84"	1897
8	0.93"	1903
9	1.00"	1886
10	1.19"	1988

Chicago Daily Temperature and Precipitation Records for May

**Last Updated 7/1/2025

Day	Record High Temp/Year	Record Low Max/Year	Record High Min/Year	Record Low Temp/Year	Record Precipitation Daily/Year	Record Snow Daily/Year
1	90/1951	38/1909	68/1899	30/1943	2.35/1873	1.6/1940
2	91/1959	37/1940	65/2001	27/1875	1.32/2018	0.6/1940
3	92/1955	41/1935	68/1959	30/2004	1.59/1919	1.3/1907
4	92/1952	41/1907	66/1955	32/1954	1.70/1990	T/1907
5	94/1949	43/1978	70/1959	32/1992	1.66/1892	------
6	91/1949	42/1989	66/1965	30/1992	1.41/1941	0.5/1989
7	87/2023	43/1931	68/1880	29/1989	2.07/1998	T/1989
8	91/1963	42/1960	67/1963	29/1983	1.26/1880	0.5/1923
9	94/1934	42/1966	69/1934	27/1983	3.14/1990	0.1/1923
10	90/2011	39/1981	69/2022	28/1983	2.84/1951	T/1945
11	90/2022	41/1907	74/2022	33/1981	3.30/1966	0.2/1966
12	92/1956	43/1912	74/2022	31/1981	2.67/1935	T/1923
13	89/2022	43/1953	72/1956	34/1996	1.49/2010	T/1953
14	92/1982	40/1895	68/1962	32/1895	3.53/2020	T/1973
15	94/2025	44/1904	71/1962	35/2016	2.31/1915	------
16	94/1962	44/1891	69/1962	33/1997	1.38/1974	------
17	94/1962	45/2002	70/1977	36/2002	3.11/2020	------
18	93/1962	45/1900	72/1996	34/2002	1.36/1926	T/1894
19	94/1977	41/1895	74/1911	36/1993	1.53/1949	------
20	95/1977	40/1895	70/1977	33/2002	2.54/1975	------
21	92/1977	42/1883	71/1921	31/2002	1.96/2018	T/2004
22	94/1925	44/1917	75/1977	36/2006	1.62/1983	T/1917
23	92/1977	50/1931	71/1964	37/1917	1.23/1995	T/1889
24	93/1950	44/1925	70/2010	34/1992	1.62/1927	T/1925
25	94/1911	44/1893	72/1914	32/1992	2.52/1879	T/1924
26	94/1911	48/1961	75/1914	34/1983	1.78/1913	T/1889
27	97/2018	49/1895	75/1911	33/1992	1.92/2019	------
28	95/2018	47/1884	77/2012	33/1992	1.76/1908	------
29	95/1942	46/1889	71/1991	37/1984	3.45/1981	------
30	93/1953	42/1889	72/1921	35/1873	1.49/2004	------
31	98/1934	43/1889	74/2022	35/1873	1.81/1942	------

Chicago June Temperature and Precipitation Records

**Last Updated 7/1/2025

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Monthly Temperature Records | Monthly Precipitation Records | Daily Temperature and Precipitation Records

Monthly Temperature Records

	Record Warmest Temp/Year	Record Coldest Temp/Year
Average Monthly High	87.1/1971	67.9/1903
Average Monthly Low	67.5/1921	50.3/1982
Average Monthly	76.2/1933	61.2/1903

Daily High Temperature	104/1988	45/1894
Daily Low Temperature	81/1913	35/1945

Top 10 Warmest and Coldest June Average Temperature Rankings

Rank	Warmest	Year
1	76.2°	1933
2	75.8°	1971
3	75.7°	1954
4	74.3°	2021
-	74.3°	1952
6	74.2°	2025
-	74.2°	2005
7	74.0°	2020
-	74.0°	2012
-	74.0°	1949

Rank	Coldest	Year
1	61.2°	1903
2	62.1°	1982
3	62.3°	1889
4	63.0°	1928
-	63.0°	1875
6	63.2°	1881
7	63.4°	1926
8	63.5°	1916
9	63.6°	1985
10	63.8°	1917, 1915

Monthly Precipitation Records

	Record Highest Amount/Year	Record Lowest Amount/Year
Precipitation	10.58"/1892	0.12"/1922

Highest Calendar Day Precip	4.64"/1976

Top 10 Wettest and Driest June Rankings

Rank	Wettest	Year
1	10.58"	1892
2	9.96"	1993
3	8.89"	1950
4	8.75"	1967
5	7.81"	2014
6	7.63"	2018
7	7.62"	1926
8	7.25"	1916
9	7.18"	2009
10	7.12"	2015

Rank	Driest	Year
1	0.12"	1922
2	0.55"	1904
3	0.76"	2005
4	0.78"	1956
5	0.90"	2012
6	0.91"	1910
7	0.94"	1886
8	0.95"	1991
9	1.03"	1936
10	1.05"	1988

Chicago Daily Temperature and Precipitation Records for June

**Last Updated 7/1/2024

Day	Record High Temp/Year	Record Low Max/Year	Record High Min/Year	Record Low Temp/Year	Record Precipitation Daily/Year
1	102/1934	48/1946	74/1934	37/1993	1.62/1947
2	94/2020	51/1929	73/1943	38/2003	2.35/1950
3	95/1895	48/1945	69/1944	37/1945	2.90/1885
4	97/1977	47/1891	75/1925	35/1945	2.28/2002
5	97/1971	45/1894	77/1925	37/1945	1.00/1932
6	97/1971	50/1894	77/1925	39/1985	1.60/1931
7	100/1933	50/1913	78/1933	44/1913	2.29/1916
8	97/1933	51/1913	77/1933	42/1885	2.07/1958
9	98/1911	54/1915	77/1914	40/1994	1.31/2018
10	98/1911	54/1883	74/1933	42/1980	2.94/1967
11	97/1954	48/1903	77/1973	41/1980	3.02/1926
12	97/1956	55/1955	75/1920	40/1985	1.50/2021
13	95/1956	52/1875	74/1920	40/1985	4.64/1976
14	99/1987	58/1875	75/1981	45/1997	2.58/1949
15	96/2022	52/1917	78/1994	43/1997	2.56/2015
16	98/1913	54/1879	76/1952	44/1980	1.87/1876
17	97/2024	57/1879	78/2018	42/1980	1.69/1978
18	98/1954	55/1950	78/2024	45/1999	1.86/2025
19	102/1953	56/1926	78/2012	43/1980	3.97/2009
20	104/1988	57/1992	78/1953	43/1992	2.71/1928
21	101/1988	56/1881	78/2025	38/1992	1.58/1875
22	97/1988	55/1881	80/2025	40/1875	1.55/2020
23	97/1930	58/1979	79/2025	44/1982	3.04/1892
24	97/1953	59/1917	77/1923	46/1986	2.31/1950
25	103/1988	56/1928	76/1890	41/1986	4.58/1959
26	99/1983	60/1884	77/2025	50/1992	1.55/2020
27	101/1971	57/1905	79/1931	47/1992	1.68/1983
28	101/1971	58/1902	81/1913	44/1992	1.30/2017
29	97/1954	59/1902	80/1931	48/1989	2.81/1933
30	99/1953	59/1902	80/2018	45/1943	2.60/2014

Chicago July Temperature and Precipitation Records

**Last Updated 10/10/2024

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Monthly Temperature Records

	Record Warmest Temp/Year	Record Coldest Temp/Year
Average Monthly High	91.5/1955	73.4/1891
Average Monthly Low	74.5/1921	57.9/1984
Average Monthly	81.3/1955	66.9/1891

Daily High Temperature	105/1934	60/1883
Daily Low Temperature	85/1916	45/1983

Top 10 Warmest and Coldest July Average Temperature Rankings

Rank	Warmest	Year
1	81.3°	1955
2	81.2°	1921
3	81.1°	2012
4	79.2°	2020
5	79.0°	2011
6	78.5°	1977
-	78.5°	1916
8	78.4°	1999
9	78.3°	1966
10	77.8°	1949

Rank	Coldest	Year
1	67.0°	1891
2	68.5°	1884
3	68.7°	1882
4	68.8°	1875
-	68.8°	1873
6	69.3°	1992
7	69.4°	2009
8	69.9°	1996
9	70.2°	1924
-	70.2°	1915, 1895

Monthly Precipitation Records

	Record Highest Amount/Year	Record Lowest Amount/Year
Precipitation	11.15"/2011	0.22"/1936

Highest Calendar Day Precip	6.86"/2011

Top 10 Wettest and Driest July Rankings

Rank	Wettest	Year
1	11.15"	2011
2	9.56"	1989
3	8.98"	1957
4	8.84"	2010
5	8.33"	1982
6	7.68"	2017
7	7.58"	1969
8	7.31"	1963
9	7.18"	1875
10	6.78"	1950

Rank	Driest	Year
1	0.22"	1936
2	0.42"	1934
3	0.58"	1874
4	0.60"	1894
5	1.05"	1887
6	1.10"	1941
7	1.14"	2018
8	1.29"	1940
9	1.32"	1991
10	1.33"	1945

Chicago Daily Temperature and Precipitation Records for July

**Last Updated 10/10/2024

Day	Record High Temp/Year	Record Low Max/Year	Record High Min/Year	Record Low Temp/Year	Record Precipitation Daily/Year
1	103/1956	61/1924	78/1931	46/1982	1.56/1901
2	99/1970	62/1940	79/1911	49/2001	3.35/2023
3	102/1949	63/1909	78/1911	50/1980	1.57/1871
4	102/2012	62/1920	80/1921	50/1972	1.72/1995
5	103/2012	65/1967	82/1911	46/1972	1.48/1930
6	103/2012	63/1873	82/2012	46/1983	3.93/1943
7	102/1980	62/1904	78/1876	45/1983	2.23/1879
8	99/1955	60/1883	78/1881	48/1984	2.41/1951
9	98/1974	63/1895	79/1897	50/1895	2.43/1946
10	102/1936	62/1917	80/1936	50/1997	1.89/1876
11	97/1936	65/1873	80/1936	50/1996	6.16/1957
12	97/1995	65/1940	79/1921	53/1999	1.76/1981
13	104/1995	64/1926	81/1995	52/1975	1.60/2024
14	100/1995	64/1930	83/1995	52/1926	1.75/1913
15	102/1988	65/1903	82/1980	52/1967	1.88/1899
16	100/1887	62/1912	80/1878	49/1945	2.48/1950
17	100/1942	64/1924	80/1878	51/1985	3.04/1969
18	100/1946	62/1924	80/2011	53/1979	2.90/1993
19	101/1930	65/1912	81/2019	50/1873	1.96/1963
20	101/1980	65/1950	79/1977	53/1970	3.03/1978
21	103/1901	67/1996	80/1972	51/1970	1.78/1999
22	101/1991	68/1947	80/1972	49/1947	2.26/1982
23	99/1914	64/1992	81/2012	51/1947	6.86/2011
24	105/1934	66/1896	78/2005	53/2000	3.64/2010
25	101/1940	64/1920	77/1892	53/1911	1.22/1993
26	99/1955	66/1891	80/1916	53/1991	4.10/1878
27	100/1955	65/2013	82/1916	52/1985	4.71/1966
28	100/1983	66/1981	84/1916	51/1984	2.91/1906
29	99/1913	63/1892	85/1916	50/1984	1.58/1989
30	102/1916	62/1895	84/1916	50/1984	2.43/1979
31	99/2006	66/1912	79/1917	51/1984	1.29/1888

Chicago August Temperature and Precipitation Records

**Last Updated 10/10/2024

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Monthly Temperature Records

	Record Warmest Temp/Year	Record Coldest Temp/Year
Average Monthly High	90.9/1947	71.7/1915
Average Monthly Low	70.3/1995	56.7/1992
Average Monthly	80.2/1947	66.5/1915

Daily High Temperature	102/1918	58/1915
Daily Low Temperature	82/1916,1918	42/1986

Top 10 Warmest and Coldest August Average Temperature Rankings

Rank	Warmest	Year
1	80.2°	1947
2	79.0°	1995
3	78.7°	1955
4	78.6°	1959
5	77.3°	1983
6	77.1°	2021
7	76.8°	2020
-	76.8°	1988
9	76.7°	2010
-	76.7°	1916

Rank	Coldest	Year
1	66.6°	1915
2	66.7°	1927
3	67.0°	1992
4	67.5°	2004
5	67.6°	1890
6	67.9°	1883
7	68.1°	1875
8	68.3°	1904
-	68.3°	1902
10	68.4°	1903, 1885, 1884

Monthly Precipitation Records

	Record Highest Amount/Year	Record Lowest Amount/Year
Precipitation	17.10"/1987	0.18"/1893

Highest Calendar Day Precip	6.49"/1987

Top 10 Wettest and Driest August Rankings

Rank	Wettest	Year
1	17.10"	1987
2	12.25"	2001
3	11.28"	1885
4	9.70"	2007
5	9.68"	1977
6	8.64"	1979
7	8.54"	1980
8	8.12"	1924
9	8.06"	2002
10	7.76"	1923

Rank	Driest	Year
1	0.18"	1893
2	0.39"	1889
3	0.45"	1879
4	0.54"	1881
5	0.60"	1894
6	0.80"	2020
-	0.80"	1976
8	0.85"	1973
-	0.85"	1962
10	0.90"	1974

Chicago Daily Temperature and Precipitation Records for August

**Last Updated 10/10/2024

Day	Record High Temp/Year	Record Low Max/Year	Record High Min/Year	Record Low Temp/Year	Record Precipitation Daily/Year
1	100/1988	66/1875	80/2006	51/1990	2.55/1961
2	101/1991	63/1927	79/1988	51/1985	5.63/1885
3	98/1964	62/1894	80/1988	48/1894	2.10/1915
4	100/1947	62/1915	78/1988	53/1992	3.47/1989
5	102/1918	63/1915	78/1881	51/1994	2.72/1924
6	101/1947	65/1893	82/1918	48/1994	2.17/1951
7	99/1918	65/1903	79/1918	50/1994	2.36/2018
8	100/1934	62/1884	76/1896	52/1976	2.35/1977
9	97/1913	64/1884	79/1913	51/1972	1.60/1952
10	99/1944	66/1882	79/1938	49/1982	1.87/1979
11	98/1941	62/2004	77/1944	47/1982	3.70/1923
12	101/1918	62/2004	78/1881	47/1982	2.03/1908
13	98/1944	64/1883	77/1995	51/2004	2.86/1987
14	99/1944	65/1885	79/1995	48/1964	6.49/1987
15	98/1944	64/1894	76/1938	48/2004	1.87/1993
16	98/1988	65/1902	78/1913	48/2004	3.79/1968
17	98/1988	66/1924	78/1972	48/1976	2.60/1979
18	98/1947	65/1950	79/1972	49/1963	2.85/1990
19	99/1983	62/1897	82/1916	51/1992	2.07/1921
20	98/1947	66/1940	80/1916	47/1950	1.47/1951
21	99/1955	66/1939	82/1916	46/1950	2.00/1874
22	99/1936	60/1890	76/1968	49/2004	4.45/2002
23	98/2023	62/1890	77/2023	51/1888	2.35/2007
24	100/2023	63/1891	78/1975	48/1942	2.47/1895
25	95/2003	62/1987	74/2024	47/1917	1.88/1972
26	97/1973	61/1885	79/2024	47/1887	2.46/1987
27	99/2024	61/1915	78/2020	47/1982	1.59/1923
28	97/1955	62/1965	77/2020	42/1986	1.45/1932
29	98/1953	62/1893	74/1973	43/1982	2.02/1955
30	96/2013	58/1915	76/1932	47/1946	4.31/2001
31	99/1953	62/1892	76/1941	47/1872	1.24/1977

Chicago September Temperature and Precipitation Records

**Last Updated 10/10/2024

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Monthly Temperature Records | Monthly Precipitation Records | Daily Temperature and Precipitation Records

Monthly Temperature Records

	Record Warmest Temp/Year	Record Coldest Temp/Year
Average Monthly High	80.7/1978	66.1/1924
Average Monthly Low	64.5/1906,1925	49.4/1949,1984
Average Monthly	71.2/1931	59.2/1993

Daily High Temperature	101/1953	44/1899
Daily Low Temperature	78/Several Occurrences	29/1942,1984,1995

Top 10 Warmest and Coldest September Average Temperature Rankings

Rank	Warmest	Year
1	71.2°	1931
2	70.6°	2024
-	70.6°	1960
-	70.6°	1908
5	70.4°	1971
6	70.3°	2021
7	70.2°	1978
-	70.2°	1925
-	70.2°	1881
10	70.1°	1906

Rank	Coldest	Year
1	59.2°	1993
2	59.6°	1918
3	59.8°	1888
4	60.3°	1924
5	60.4°	1949
-	60.4°	1890
7	60.6°	1896
-	60.6°	1883
9	60.9°	1902
-	60.9°	1875

Monthly Precipitation Records

	Record Highest Amount/Year	Record Lowest Amount/Year
Precipitation	14.17"/1961	0.01"/1979

Highest Calendar Day Precip	6.64"/2008

Top 10 Wettest and Driest September Rankings

Rank	Wettest	Year
1	14.17"	1961
2	13.63"	2008
3	9.44"	1977
4	8.97"	1936
5	8.28"	1894
6	7.61"	2019
7	7.12"	1986
8	6.93"	1886
9	6.72"	1927
10	6.71"	1970

Rank	Driest	Year
1	0.01"	1979
2	0.26"	2004
3	0.31"	1940
4	0.32"	2017
-	0.32"	1891
6	0.46"	1956
7	0.49"	1939
8	0.74"	1871
9	0.77"	1962
10	0.83"	1954

Chicago Daily Temperature and Precipitation Records for September

**Last Updated 12/7/2019

Day	Record High Temp/Year	Record Low Max/Year	Record High Min/Year	Record Low Temp/Year	Record Precipitation Daily/Year	Record Snowfall Daily/Year
1	101/1953	62/1909	78/1912	45/1949	2.92/1977
2	101/1953	61/1974	78/1913	44/1946	1.55/2010
3	97/1953	59/1891	75/1973	47/1974	1.92/1961
4	95/1983	60/1902	74/1971	45/1997	2.95/1894
5	98/1899	62/1909	77/1912	44/1988	1.89/1971
6	97/1960	61/1885	78/1881	42/1984	1.53/1894
7	100/1960	61/1924	78/1922	42/1986	1.79/1980
8	96/1960	54/1883	76/1922	43/1986	1.65/1885
9	95/1983	56/1883	75/1912	43/1986	3.44/1875
10	95/2013	53/1917	77/2013	44/1943	2.48/1922
11	95/1952	56/2014	75/2013	42/1993	2.37/2000
12	96/1952	53/1902	72/1931	44/2014	2.43/1961
13	98/1939	55/1880	75/1927	39/1890	6.64/2008
14	99/1939	54/1923	76/1939	40/1985	2.42/1896
15	99/1939	55/1993	75/1927	39/2007	1.38/1936
16	92/1955	56/1959	72/1907	37/1984	1.16/1980
17	93/1955	51/1981	71/1906	37/1984	2.42/1927
18	94/1955	54/1901	71/1965	40/1903	2.41/2015
19	93/1955	52/1938	74/1908	40/1991	1.72/2001
20	93/2018	52/1901	73/1931	36/1991	1.33/2001
21	94/2017	49/1913	76/1931	39/1991	1.67/1947
22	94/2017	49/1974	73/1895	32/1995	1.73/2006
23	95/2017	51/1928	72/2017	29/1995	2.09/1961
24	93/2017	51/1942	71/1930	35/1989	1.85/1977
25	92/2017	46/1942	72/1920	30/1942	1.85/1961	T/1942
26	92/2017	47/1942	71/1973	35/1928	2.71/1933
27	91/1971	49/1942	71/1971	31/1942	2.28/2019
28	92/1953	50/1893	71/1971	29/1942	3.65/1972
29	99/1953	44/1899	69/1904	32/1984	1.39/1921
30	92/1971	44/1899	69/1971	29/1984	1.27/1896

Chicago October Temperature and Precipitation Records

**Last Updated 11/10/2024

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Monthly Temperature Records | Monthly Precipitation Records | Daily Temperature and Precipitation Records

Monthly Temperature Records

	Record Warmest Temp/Year	Record Coldest Temp/Year
Average Monthly High	75.8/1963	50.6/1925
Average Monthly Low	54.8/1920	36.0/1988
Average Monthly	64.3/1963	45.0/1917,1925

Daily High Temperature	94/1963	28/1917
Daily Low Temperature	71/1971,2005	14/1887

Top 10 Warmest and Coldest October Average Temperature Rankings

Rank	Warmest	Year
1	64.3°	1963
2	62.2°	1971
3	62.1°	1947
4	61.9°	1920
5	61.4°	1900
6	60.8°	1956
-	60.8°	1879
8	59.8°	1924
9	59.7°	2021
-	59.7°	1953

Rank	Coldest	Year
1	45.0°	1925
-	45.0°	1917
3	46.1°	1988
4	46.2°	1895
5	47.2°	1887
6	47.3°	1987
7	48.1°	1875
8	48.4°	1980
9	48.6°	1976
10	48.8°	1952

Monthly Precipitation Records

	Record Highest Amount/Year	Record Lowest Amount/Year
Precipitation (Liquid Equivalent)	12.06"/1954	0.18"/1897
Snow	6.3"/1989	0/Several Occurrences

Highest Calendar Day Snowfall	3.8"/1989
Highest Calendar Day Precip (Liquid Equivalent)	4.19"/2017

Top 10 Wettest and Driest October Rankings

Rank	Wettest	Year
1	12.06"	1954
2	8.70"	2017
3	8.54"	2001
4	8.44"	1941
5	7.36"	1991
-	7.36"	1883
7	6.89"	1881
8	6.76"	2019
9	6.51"	1877
10	6.41"	1919

Rank	Driest	Year
1	0.18"	1897
2	0.20"	1964
3	0.30"	1956
4	0.36"	1891
5	0.40"	1915
6	0.51"	1895
7	0.59"	1944
8	0.62"	1963
-	0.62"	1948
10	0.65"	1872

Top 10 Snowiest October Rankings

Rank	Snowiest	Year
1	6.3"	1989
2	4.6"	2019
3	4.4"	1967
4	3.0"	1952
5	2.2"	1906
6	1.9"	1957
-	1.9"	1913
8	1.3"	1917
9	1.2"	1925
10	0.9"	2023

Chicago Daily Temperature and Precipitation Records for October

**Last Updated 11/10/2024

Day	Record High Temp/Year	Record Low Max/Year	Record High Min/Year	Record Low Temp/Year	Record Precipitation Daily/Year	Record Snow Daily/Year
1	92/1971	49/1961	71/1971	32/1974	1.56/2018	------
2	91/1971	48/1888	69/1971	28/1974	1.76/2019	------
3	91/1954	47/1999	70/2005	29/1981	3.95/1954	------
4	90/1951	47/2014	71/2005	32/1989	2.57/1991	T/2014
5	88/1997	46/1932	69/2005	28/1980	2.01/1955	T/1935
6	94/1963	46/1952	70/1879	28/1952	1.57/1955	T/1935
7	87/2007	47/1896	67/2007	29/2001	1.39/1930	T/2000
8	88/1997	41/1895	68/1939	27/1987	1.26/1884	------
9	86/2010	43/1964	70/2018	30/2000	2.27/1954	T/1925
10	86/1962	39/1906	70/2021	27/1964	3.94/1954	------
11	87/1928	41/1875	66/1973	27/1996	1.47/1972	T/1909
12	84/2008	38/1917	67/1928	28/1988	1.40/1973	0.3/2006
13	88/1975	45/1909	67/1920	25/1988	3.79/2001	T/1986
14	89/1975	43/1937	66/1879	27/1872	4.19/2017	T/1986
15	88/1947	44/2009	69/1897	28/1876	1.66/1967	------
16	87/1963	44/1943	68/1879	28/1991	1.41/1878	T/2009
17	86/1950	40/1880	67/2016	26/1948	3.61/1988	T/2022
18	87/1950	38/1930	65/1910	20/1948	2.09/1985	0.7/1989
19	84/1971	36/1930	65/1979	21/1992	2.22/1885	3.8/1989
20	86/1953	36/1895	68/1979	24/1930	1.65/1916	3.0/1952
21	87/1953	39/1913	70/1979	26/1952	2.28/1933	1.9/1913
22	87/1953	41/1913	66/1920	22/1982	2.81/1983	T/1937
23	85/1963	35/1981	64/1920	20/1981	1.40/1957	0.7/1929
24	83/2023	40/1988	63/2022	17/1981	1.85/2021	T/1959
25	79/1963	29/1887	62/1963	14/1887	1.94/1883	0.3/1962
26	84/1963	37/1942	65/2023	22/1942	2.18/2019	1.9/1957
27	83/1927	34/1925	63/1984	24/1942	1.56/1947	2.7/1967
28	80/1999	31/1925	58/1896	19/1925	1.53/1874	0.2/1920
29	82/2024	29/1925	67/2024	19/1925	1.19/1875	1.2/1917
30	85/1950	28/1917	68/2024	21/1988	0.83/1919	1.2/2019
31	84/1950	31/1873	65/1974	23/1873	2.26/1994	3.4/2019

Chicago November Temperature and Precipitation Records

**Last Updated 11/10/2024

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Monthly Temperature Records | Monthly Precipitation Records | Daily Temperature and Precipitation Records

Monthly Temperature Records

	Record Warmest Temp/Year	Record Coldest Temp/Year
Average Monthly High	57.4/2001	39.0/1880
Average Monthly Low	43.5/1931	23.9/1976
Average Monthly	50.0/1931	31.6/1880

Daily High Temperature	81/1950	7/1950
Daily Low Temperature	63/1924,1975,2020,2024	-2/1872,1950

Top 10 Warmest and Coldest November Average Temperature Rankings

Rank	Warmest	Year
1	50.0°	1931
2	48.5°	1909
3	48.2°	2001
4	47.4°	2020
5	47.2°	1913
6	47.1°	1975
7	47.0°	1902
8	46.8°	2016
9	45.8°	1934
10	45.4°	2009, 1963

Rank	Coldest	Year
1	31.6°	1880
-	31.6°	1872
3	32.8°	1995
-	32.8°	1976
5	32.9°	1951
6	33.4°	1996
-	33.4°	1959
8	33.6°	2014
9	33.8°	1891
10	34.2°	1873

Monthly Precipitation Records

	Record Highest Amount/Year	Record Lowest Amount/Year
Precipitation (Liquid Equivalent)	8.22"/1985	0.31"/1904
Snow	14.8"/1940	0/Several Occurrences

Highest Calendar Day Snowfall	8.0"/1951
Highest Calendar Day Precip (Liquid Equivalent)	3.34"/1883

Top 10 Wettest and Driest November Rankings

Rank	Wettest	Year
1	8.22"	1985
2	6.95"	1982
3	6.45"	1988
4	6.08"	1877
5	5.97"	1881
6	5.87"	1983
7	5.60"	1990
-	5.60"	1895
9	5.41"	1992
10	5.26"	1883

Rank	Driest	Year
1	0.31"	1904
2	0.33"	1914
3	0.34"	1903
4	0.44"	1999
5	0.55"	1976
6	0.56"	1917
7	0.68"	1933
8	0.71"	2021
9	0.75"	1875
10	0.83"	1878

Top 10 Snowiest November Rankings

Rank	Snowiest	Year
1	14.8"	1940
2	14.5"	1895
3	14.3"	1951
4	12.7"	2018
5	11.2"	2015
6	10.8"	1975
7	7.6"	1953
8	7.5"	1893
9	7.1"	1978
10	7.0"	1950

Chicago Daily Temperature and Precipitation Records for November

**Last Updated 11/10/2024

Day	Record High Temp/Year	Record Low Max/Year	Record High Min/Year	Record Low Temp/Year	Record Precipitation Daily/Year	Record Snow Daily/Year
1	81/1950	35/1954	61/2016	21/1879	2.74/1985	1.1/1954
2	78/1974	29/1951	62/1944	14/1951	0.89/1876	1.5/1966
3	75/1987	24/1991	60/1975	11/1951	1.72/1946	4.4/1951
4	74/2020	24/1951	63/2024	11/1991	1.83/1959	0.3/1962
5	79/1978	30/1951	59/2015	11/1951	3.34/1883	4.0/1896
6	75/1975	29/1959	63/1924	19/1991	0.99/1951	8.0/1951
7	75/1915	27/1991	63/1975	13/1991	1.68/1895	2.8/1941
8	76/2020	28/1925	57/1977	11/1991	1.66/1877	0.6/1941
9	76/2020	31/1957	63/2020	14/1991	2.69/1966	1.3/1926
10	76/2022	28/1926	60/2022	18/2017	2.37/1995	0.4/1991
11	74/1964	28/1894	62/1882	13/2019	3.18/1881	3.4/2019
12	70/1949	17/2019	62/1902	7/2019	0.96/1879	3.4/1959
13	73/1989	21/1986	52/1994	6/1986	1.09/1951	2.0/1974
14	78/1971	24/1916	59/1958	14/1916	1.19/1926	0.8/1891
15	71/1971	18/1933	60/1960	10/1933	0.63/1927	4.8/1940
16	73/1952	21/1933	53/1931	6/1959	1.20/1928	0.9/1920
17	74/1975	14/1959	60/1952	3/1959	1.43/1892	3.8/1927
18	72/1953	19/2014	55/1941	8/1880	1.44/1921	2.5/1986
19	75/1930	22/1894	61/1934	10/1894	0.96/1985	2.2/1955
20	68/1930	20/1887	62/1913	8/1873	1.23/1970	4.2/2015
21	72/1913	11/1880	62/1913	1/1880	1.49/1906	7.0/2015
22	69/1913	21/1929	51/1931	4/1880	1.37/2010	2.2/1989
23	69/1931	19/1893	62/1931	-1/1950	1.55/1983	2.0/1981
24	69/1966	7/1950	54/1966	-2/1950	0.82/2004	4.3/2004
25	65/1908	24/1991	49/1915	0/1950	1.20/2018	5.0/1895
26	67/1990	19/1977	57/1896	2/1898	1.63/1988	7.5/1975
27	67/1990	14/1930	52/2006	2/1887	2.93/1990	5.8/1891
28	69/1905	13/1891	54/2006	0/1887	1.56/1968	3.4/1940
29	68/1998	10/1929	57/1998	-2/1872	1.73/2006	2.4/1953
30	66/1962	14/1896	51/1913	-1/1947	0.84/1881	3.0/1907

Chicago December Temperature and Precipitation Records

**Last Updated 2/15/2024

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Monthly Temperature Records

	Record Warmest Temp/Year	Record Coldest Temp/Year
Average Monthly High	49.1/1877	21.1/1983
Average Monthly Low	37.6/1877	7.5/1983
Average Monthly	43.4/1877	14.3/1983

Daily High Temperature	71/1970,1982	-11/1983
Daily Low Temperature	58/1982	-25/1983

Top 10 Warmest and Coldest December Average Temperature Rankings

Rank	Warmest	Year
1	43.4°	1877
2	40.7°	1889
3	39.7°	1923
4	39.0°	2024
-	39.0°	2015
6	38.4°	1931
7	38.0°	2021
8	37.8°	1881
9	37.7°	1918
10	37.4°	1913

Rank	Coldest	Year
1	14.3°	1983
2	16.0°	2000
3	17.0°	1985
4	17.4°	1989
5	17.9°	1963
6	18.4°	1872
7	19.4°	1876
8	19.6°	1950
9	20.0°	1976
-	20.0°	1903

Monthly Precipitation Records

	Record Highest Amount/Year	Record Lowest Amount/Year
Precipitation (Liquid Equivalent)	8.56"/1982	0.16"/1896
Snow	33.3"/1951	T/1889,1912,2014

Highest Calendar Day Snowfall	11.0"/1903,1960
Highest Calendar Day Precip (Liquid Equivalent)	4.47"/1982

Top 10 Wettest and Driest December Rankings

Rank	Wettest	Year
1	8.56"	1982
2	6.70"	1895
3	6.67"	1949
4	5.93"	1971
5	5.77"	2008
6	4.87"	2015
7	4.74"	1972
8	4.63"	1921
9	4.44"	1873
10	4.42"	1965

Rank	Driest	Year
1	0.16"	1896
2	0.22"	1872
3	0.27"	1930
4	0.30"	1962
5	0.34"	1943
6	0.45"	1913
7	0.46"	1989
8	0.48"	1876
9	0.52"	1955
10	0.57"	1958

Top 10 Snowiest and Least Snowiest December Rankings

Rank	Snowiest	Year
1	33.3"	1951
2	30.9"	2000
3	27.4"	1934
4	27.1"	1950
5	26.0"	1973
6	21.9"	2008
7	20.8"	2009
8	20.2"	1969
-	20.2"	1929
10	19.2"	1977

Rank	Least Snowiest	Year
1	T	2014
-	T	1912
-	T	1889
4	0.1"	1943
5	0.3"	1971
-	0.3"	1906
7	0.4"	1986
8	0.5"	1939
9	0.6"	2004
10	0.8"	1936

Chicago Daily Temperature and Precipitation Records for December

**Last Updated 2/15/2024

Day	Record High Temp/Year	Record Low Max/Year	Record High Min/Year	Record Low Temp/Year	Record Precipitation Daily/Year	Record Snow Daily/Year
1	68/1970	2/1893	52/1914	-6/1893	1.23/2006	7.8/1978
2	71/1982	14/1942	58/1982	-1/1942	4.47/1982	5.6/1991
3	71/1970	15/2006	54/1998	-5/1940	1.12/1873	4.0/1893
4	66/1998	13/1991	56/1998	0/1893	1.19/1973	6.4/2016
5	68/2001	15/1895	55/1998	4/2005	1.10/1906	3.9/1977
6	65/1980	16/1893	52/1980	0/1972	1.12/1998	5.6/1950
7	64/1916	6/1882	45/1980	-6/1882	1.12/1980	6.9/1978
8	64/1946	8/1927	53/1946	-7/1882	1.21/1885	6.9/1977
9	62/1879	2/1876	56/1946	-14/1876	1.47/2008	5.1/1931
10	62/1879	8/1919	46/1911	-8/1978	2.18/1971	10.9/1934
11	61/1949	6/1962	50/1965	-5/1972	1.73/1949	9.5/2000
12	61/1877	10/1962	48/1968	-8/2000	1.76/1972	11.0/1903
13	67/1975	3/1903	48/2015	-13/1903	1.14/1928	6.0/2000
14	66/1975	5/1903	47/1975	-9/1901	1.43/2011	10.0/1951
15	66/2021	-2/1901	50/2021	-12/1901	1.10/1971	8.0/1987
16	66/2021	2/1951	43/1928	-12/1951	1.67/1921	4.8/2008
17	60/1977	8/1945	44/1977	-7/1951	1.28/1921	4.6/1951
18	62/1877	1/1884	43/1877	-11/1983	1.41/2002	6.7/1929
19	64/1877	5/1963	57/1877	-14/1983	2.66/1895	8.3/1973
20	67/1877	4/1901	55/1877	-9/1963	1.67/1895	11.0/1960
21	62/1967	0/1989	49/1918	-14/1989	1.81/1949	3.6/1983
22	57/1957	3/1989	50/1941	-21/1872	0.90/2006	3.6/1953
23	62/1982	-6/1983	49/1877	-21/1983	2.50/1871	10.2/1961
24	64/1889	-11/1983	51/1982	-25/1983	2.61/1965	7.1/1918
25	64/1982	-5/1983	50/2023	-17/1983	0.50/1950	5.1/1950
26	61/2019	5/2017	45/1936	-11/1983	0.98/1888	5.6/2009
27	61/2008	3/1925	51/1959	-10/1950	1.74/2008	10.1/1894
28	69/1984	-1/1880	49/1984	-13/1924	1.47/2015	8.0/1987
29	63/1984	2/1983	47/2019	-15/1880	0.93/2019	5.8/2000
30	61/1884	9/1938	51/1884	-7/1909	1.69/1972	5.1/1927
31	68/1875	5/1976	43/2006	-10/1967	0.89/1978	7.6/1978

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Chicago Winter Season Temperature and Precipitation Records

**Last Updated 3/1/2025

Winter (Dec-Feb) Temperature Records

	Record Warmest Temp/Year	Record Coldest Temp/Year
Average Winter High	43.0/1879-80	25.3/1892-93
Average Winter Low	31.7/1877-78	10.2/1872-73
Average Winter	37.2/1877-78	18.3/1903-04

Daily High Temperature	75/1976	-11/1983,1994
Daily Low Temperature	58/1982	-27/1985

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Top 10 Warmest and Coldest Winter Seasons (Dec-Feb)

Rank	Warmest	Year
1	37.2°	1877-78
2	35.7°	1931-32
3	35.2°	1879-80
4	35.1°	1881-82
5	34.9°	2023-24
6	34.6°	1889-90
7	33.6°	1875-76
8	33.2°	1997-98
9	33.1°	1918-19
10	32.8°	2011-12
-	32.8°	1920-21

Rank	Coldest	Year
1	18.3°	1903-04
2	18.4°	1978-79
3	18.8°	2013-14
4	19.0°	1976-77
-	19.0°	1892-93
6	19.1°	1977-78
7	19.2°	1962-63
8	19.5°	1981-82
9	19.8°	1935-36
10	20.5°	1872-73

Winter (Dec-Feb) Precipitation Records

	Record Highest Amount/Date or Year	Record Lowest Amount/Year
Precipitation (Liquid Equivalent)	13.79"/1949-50	1.60"/1930-31
Snow	80.6"/1978-79	5.7"/1930-31

Highest Calendar Day Snowfall	18.6"/Jan 2, 1999
Highest Calendar Day Precip (Liquid Equivalent)	4.47"/Dec 2, 1982

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Top 10 Wettest and Driest Winter Seasons (Dec-Feb)

Rank	Wettest	Year
1	13.79"	1949-50
2	11.30"	1895-96
3	11.28"	1982-83
4	10.32"	2008-09
5	9.99"	1886-87
6	9.74"	1875-76
7	9.67"	1973-74
8	9.42"	1873-74
9	9.40"	1884-85
10	8.95"	2007-08

Rank	Driest	Year
1	1.60"	1930-31
2	1.85"	1962-63
3	1.94"	1919-20
4	2.23"	1960-61
5	2.30"	1976-77
6	2.41"	1963-64
7	2.45"	1876-77
8	2.48"	2002-03
9	2.75"	1933-34
10	2.77"	1926-27

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Top 10 Snowiest and Least Snowiest Winter Seasons (Dec-Feb)

Rank	Snowiest	Year
1	80.6"	1978-79
2	71.2"	1977-78
3	67.4"	2013-14
4	59.9"	1917-18
5	58.1"	1966-67
6	56.3"	2010-11
7	54.2"	1973-74
8	52.4"	2009-10
9	52.1"	2007-08
10	50.0"	1961-62

Rank	Least Snowiest	Year
1	5.7"	1930-31
2	6.3"	1936-37
3	7.1"	1921-22
4	7.9"	1920-21
5	8.8"	1898-99
6	11.0"	1889-90
7	11.6"	1912-13
-	11.6"	1905-06
9	11.7"	1890-91
10	11.9"	2024-25

Chicago Spring Season Temperature and Precipitation Records

**Last Updated 6/12/2024

Spring (Mar-May) Temperature Records

	Record Warmest Temp/Date or Year	Record Coldest Temp/Date or Year
Average Spring High	66.7/1977	48.5/1892
Average Spring Low	46.6/2012	32.9/1873
Average Spring	56.6/2012	42.4/1873

Daily High Temperature	98/May 31, 1934	8/Mar 8, 1873
Daily Low Temperature	77/May 28, 2012	-12/Mar 4, 1873

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Top 10 Warmest and Coldest Spring Seasons (Mar-May)

Rank	Warmest	Year
1	56.6°	2012
2	56.2°	1977
3	53.9°	1921
4	53.8°	2024
5	52.7°	2010
-	52.7°	1991
-	52.7°	1955
8	52.1°	2021
9	51.7°	1946
10	51.6°	1987

Rank	Coldest	Year
1	42.4°	1873
2	42.5°	1892
3	42.8°	1890
4	42.9°	1875
5	43.1°	1888
6	43.3°	1893
7	43.5°	1926
8	43.6°	1984
-	43.6°	1885
10	43.7°	1996, 1940, 1891

Spring (Mar-May) Precipitation Records

	Record Highest Amount/Date or Year	Record Lowest Amount/Year
Precipitation (Liquid Equivalent)	17.51"/1983	2.73"/1887
Snow	29.7"/1926	T/1994, 1997

Highest Calendar Day Snowfall	13.6"/Mar 25, 1930
Highest Calendar Day Precip (Liquid Equivalent)	3.83"/Apr 18, 1975

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Top 10 Wettest and Driest Spring Seasons (Mar-May)

Rank	Wettest	Year
1	17.51"	1983
2	16.36"	2019
3	15.67"	1882
4	15.64"	2013
5	15.59"	1975
6	15.18"	1878
7	14.99"	1947
8	14.79"	2011
9	14.31"	1873
10	14.30"	2020

Rank	Driest	Year
1	2.73"	1887
2	3.20"	1934
3	3.75"	2021
4	3.87"	1994
5	4.08"	1886
6	4.17"	1895
7	4.63"	1989
8	5.00"	2005
9	5.09"	1958
10	5.18"	1992

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Top 10 Snowiest and Least Snowiest Spring Seasons (Mar-May)

Rank	Snowiest	Year
1	29.7"	1926
2	28.5"	1970
3	24.9"	1982
4	22.3"	1965
5	21.6"	1930
6	20.1"	1954
7	19.8"	1931
8	18.9"	1972
9	18.4"	1964
10	18.2"	1999

Rank	Least Snowiest	Year
1	T	1997
-	T	1994
3	0.1"	1908
4	0.3"	2012
-	0.3"	1985
6	0.4"	1946
-	0.4"	1939
-	0.4"	1921
9	0.7"	1929
10	0.9"	1927

Chicago Summer Season Temperature and Precipitation Records

**Last Updated 8/23/2022

Summer (Jun-Aug) Temperature Records

	Record Warmest Temp/Date or Year	Record Coldest Temp/Date or Year
Average Summer High	87.2/1988	72.9/1915
Average Summer Low	69.7/1921	56.4/1992
Average Summer	76.7/2020	66.6/1875

Daily High Temperature	105/Jul 24, 1934	45/Jun 5, 1894
Daily Low Temperature	85/Jul 29, 1916	35/Jun 4, 1945

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Top 10 Warmest and Coldest Summer Seasons (Jun-Aug)

Rank	Warmest	Year
1	76.7°	2020
2	76.4°	1955
3	76.3°	1995
4	76.1°	2012
5	75.9°	1921
6	75.5°	1959
-	75.5°	1949
8	75.3°	2021
-	75.3°	1973
-	75.3°	1953

Rank	Coldest	Year
1	66.6°	1875
2	66.9°	1915
3	67.0°	1884
4	67.1°	1992
5	67.2°	1891
6	67.3°	1903
7	67.7°	1927
-	67.7°	1883
9	67.8°	1904
10	67.8°	1889

Summer (Jun-Aug) Precipitation Records

	Record Highest Amount/Date or Year	Record Lowest Amount/Year
Precipitation	23.48"/1987	3.16"/1894

Highest Calendar Day Precip	6.86"/Jul 23, 2011

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Top 10 Wettest and Driest Summer Seasons (Jun-Aug)

Rank	Wettest	Year
1	23.48"	1987
2	20.28"	1957
3	20.15"	1993
4	19.08"	2011
5	18.92"	1885
6	18.38"	1924
7	17.82"	2001
8	17.45"	1950
9	17.25"	2014
10	16.81"	2010

Rank	Driest	Year
1	3.16"	1894
2	5.08"	1991
3	5.18"	2005
4	5.54"	1936
5	5.57"	1922
6	5.62"	1918
7	5.78"	1910
8	5.85"	1919
-	5.85"	1886
10	6.03"	1887

Chicago Fall Season Temperature and Precipitation Records

**Last Updated 1/7/2025

Fall (Sep-Nov) Temperature Records

	Record Warmest Temp/Date or Year	Record Coldest Temp/Date or Year
Average Fall High	69.2/1963	55.5/1875
Average Fall Low	52.9/1931	39.1/1976
Average Fall	60.0/1931	48.4/1872

Daily High Temperature	101/Sep 1 & 2, 1953	7/Nov 24,1950
Daily Low Temperature	78/Several times in early Sep	-2/Nov 29, 1872 & Nov 24, 1950

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Top 10 Warmest and Coldest Fall Seasons (Sep-Nov)

Rank	Warmest	Year
1	60.0°	1931
2	59.1°	1963
3	58.8°	2024
4	58.2°	1971
5	57.8°	2016
6	57.2°	1953
-	57.2°	1922
8	57.1°	1920
9	56.8°	2021
-	56.8°	1914

Rank	Coldest	Year
1	48.5°	1875
-	48.5°	1872
3	48.6°	1976
-	48.6°	1887
-	48.6°	1880
6	48.8°	1873
7	49.1°	1993
8	49.5°	1896
9	49.6°	1996
10	49.7°	1995

Fall (Sep-Nov) Precipitation Records

	Record Highest Amount/Date or Year	Record Lowest Amount/Year
Precipitation (Liquid Equivalent)	19.32"/1961	2.07"/1956
Snow	14.8"/1940	0.0"/Several years

Highest Calendar Day Snowfall	8.0"/Nov 6, 1951
Highest Calendar Day Precip (Liquid Equivalent)	6.64"/Sep 13, 2008

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Top 10 Wettest and Driest Fall Seasons (Sep-Nov)

Rank	Wettest	Year
1	19.32"	1961
2	17.51"	2008
3	17.20"	1881
4	16.24"	2019
5	15.81"	2001
6	15.71"	1941
7	15.69"	1983
8	15.29"	1988
9	15.22"	1970
10	15.02"	1985

Rank	Driest	Year
1	2.07"	1956
2	3.23"	1939
3	3.24"	1962
4	3.46"	1944
5	3.80"	1943
6	3.96"	1964
7	4.08"	1897
8	4.18"	2007
9	4.36"	2002
10	4.39"	1960

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Top 10 Snowiest Fall Seasons (Sep-Nov)

Rank	Snowiest	Year
1	14.8"	1940
2	14.5"	1885
3	14.3"	1951
4	12.7"	2018
5	11.2"	2015
6	10.8"	1975
7	10.2"	1989
8	8.3"	2019
9	7.6"	1953
10	7.5"	1893

Chicago Annual Temperature and Precipitation Records

**Last Updated 1/7/2025

Annual Temperature Records

	Record Warmest Temp/Date or Year	Record Coldest Temp/Date or Year
Average Annual High	63.8/2012	52.7/1875
Average Annual Low	47.8/1921	37.1/1985
Average Annual	55.0/2024	45.1/1875

Daily High Temperature	105/July 24, 1934	-11/Jan 18 and Dec 24, 1994,1983
Daily Low Temperature	85/July 29, 1916	-27/January 20, 1985

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Top 10 Warmest and Coldest Years (Jan-Dec)

Rank	Warmest	Year
1	55.0°	2024
2	54.5°	2012
3	54.4°	1921
4	54.0°	2023
5	53.9°	1931
6	53.5°	1998
7	53.3°	2021
-	53.3°	2020
9	53.1°	1953
10	52.9°	1954

Rank	Coldest	Year
1	45.1°	1875
2	46.1°	1893
3	46.4°	1873
4	46.6°	1904
-	46.6°	1892
-	46.6°	1888
7	46.7°	1917
-	46.7°	1883
9	47.0°	1985
10	47.1°	1895, 1885

Annual Precipitation Records

	Record Highest Amount/Date or Year	Record Lowest Amount/Date or Year
Precipitation (Liquid Equivalent)	50.86"/2008	22.22"/1962
Snow	89.7"/1978-79	9.8"/1920-21

Highest Calendar Day Snowfall	18.6"/Jan 2, 1999
Highest Calendar Day Precip (Liquid Equivalent)	6.86"/July 23, 2011

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Top 10 Wettest and Driest Years (Jan-Dec)

Rank	Wettest	Year
1	50.86"	2008
2	49.83"	2011
3	49.54"	2019
4	49.35"	1983
5	49.23"	2018
6	46.09"	1970
7	45.92"	1954
8	45.86"	1883
9	45.77"	2001
10	44.90"	1993

Rank	Driest	Year
1	22.22"	1962
2	22.23"	1956
3	22.78"	1934
4	23.32"	1930
5	24.09"	2005
6	24.53"	1901
7	24.66"	1917
8	25.85"	1897
9	26.14"	1904
10	26.35"	1958, 1944

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Top 10 Snowiest and Least Snowiest Seasons (Oct-May)

Rank	Snowiest	Year
1	89.7"	1978-79
2	82.3"	1977-78
3	82.0"	2013-14
4	77.0"	1969-70
5	68.4"	1966-67
6	66.4"	1951-52
7	64.1"	1917-18
8	60.3"	2007-08
9	59.5"	1964-65
-	59.5"	1903-04

Rank	Least Snowiest	Year
1	9.8"	1920-21
2	11.5"	1921-22
3	12.0"	1936-37
4	14.3"	1948-49
5	18.0"	1898-99
6	18.2"	1901-02
7	18.9"	1924-25
8	19.0"	1914-15
-	19.0"	1912-13
10	19.8"	2011-12

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