Station information
- Integrated Surface Dataset (ISD) station ID: 997338
- Country: US
- State: IL
- Latitude: 42.0
- Longitude: -87.5
High Temperatures
On January 16 in CHICAGO the average high temperature is 31.3 °F (-0.4 °C). The lowest recored high temperature was 4.1 °F (-15.5 °C) in 2009 and the highest recored high temperature was 43.3 °F (6.3 °C) in 2012. The high temperature is usually* between 24.3 °F (-4.3 °C) and 38.2 °F (3.5 °C). About a quarter of the time, the high temperature is less than 24.3 °F (-4.3 °C), and another quarter of the time, the high temperature is greater than and 38.2 °F (3.5 °C). About 95% of the time, the high temperature has been between 11.1 °F (-11.6 °C) and 51.4 °F (10.8 °C).
Low Temperatures
On January 16 in CHICAGO the average low temperature is 20.4 °F (-6.5 °C). The lowest recored low temperature was -10.3 °F (-23.5 °C) in 2009 and the lowest recored low temperature was 36.9 °F (2.7 °C) in 2023. The low temperature is usually* between 12.6 °F (-10.8 °C) and 28.1 °F (-2.2 °C). About a quarter of the time, the low temperature is less than 12.6 °F (-10.8 °C), and another quarter of the time, the low temperature is greater than and 28.1 °F (-2.2 °C). About 95% of the time, the low temperature has been between -2.1 °F (-19.0 °C) and 42.8 °F (6.0 °C).
Frost
On January 16 in CHICAGO expect the temperatures to drop below freezing for a risk of frost about 84.5% 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 2007 to 2025