Station information
- Integrated Surface Dataset (ISD) station ID: 997338
- Country: US
- State: IL
- Latitude: 42.0
- Longitude: -87.5
High Temperatures
On January 8 in CHICAGO the average high temperature is 33.2 °F (0.7 °C). The lowest recored high temperature was 10.9 °F (-11.7 °C) in 2015 and the highest recored high temperature was 55.2 °F (12.9 °C) in 2008. The high temperature is usually* between 25.5 °F (-3.6 °C) and 40.9 °F (4.9 °C). About a quarter of the time, the high temperature is less than 25.5 °F (-3.6 °C), and another quarter of the time, the high temperature is greater than and 40.9 °F (4.9 °C). About 95% of the time, the high temperature has been between 10.8 °F (-11.8 °C) and 55.6 °F (13.1 °C).
Low Temperatures
On January 8 in CHICAGO the average low temperature is 23.4 °F (-4.8 °C). The lowest recored low temperature was -5.1 °F (-20.6 °C) in 2015 and the lowest recored low temperature was 44.1 °F (6.7 °C) in 2008. The low temperature is usually* between 14.7 °F (-9.6 °C) and 32.2 °F (0.1 °C). About a quarter of the time, the low temperature is less than 14.7 °F (-9.6 °C), and another quarter of the time, the low temperature is greater than and 32.2 °F (0.1 °C). About 95% of the time, the low temperature has been between -2.0 °F (-18.9 °C) and 48.9 °F (9.4 °C).
Frost
On January 8 in CHICAGO expect the temperatures to drop below freezing for a risk of frost about 74.6% of the time.
Data Source(s)
The data used to compute the average high/low temperatures for this location were taken from the following stations:
- CHICAGO — Integrated Surface Dataset (ISD) station ID: 997338 — from year 2006 to 2025