Station information
- Integrated Surface Dataset (ISD) station ID: 997338
- Country: US
- State: IL
- Latitude: 42.0
- Longitude: -87.5
High Temperatures
On January 29 in CHICAGO the average high temperature is 32.5 °F (0.3 °C). The lowest recored high temperature was 6.4 °F (-14.2 °C) in 2019 and the highest recored high temperature was 59.0 °F (15.0 °C) in 2013. The high temperature is usually* between 24.6 °F (-4.1 °C) and 40.3 °F (4.6 °C). About a quarter of the time, the high temperature is less than 24.6 °F (-4.1 °C), and another quarter of the time, the high temperature is greater than and 40.3 °F (4.6 °C). About 95% of the time, the high temperature has been between 9.7 °F (-12.4 °C) and 55.2 °F (12.9 °C).
Low Temperatures
On January 29 in CHICAGO the average low temperature is 21.9 °F (-5.6 °C). The lowest recored low temperature was 3.0 °F (-16.1 °C) in 2019 and the lowest recored low temperature was 39.9 °F (4.4 °C) in 2025. The low temperature is usually* between 14.1 °F (-9.9 °C) and 29.7 °F (-1.3 °C). About a quarter of the time, the low temperature is less than 14.1 °F (-9.9 °C), and another quarter of the time, the low temperature is greater than and 29.7 °F (-1.3 °C). About 95% of the time, the low temperature has been between -0.7 °F (-18.2 °C) and 44.5 °F (7.0 °C).
Frost
On January 29 in CHICAGO expect the temperatures to drop below freezing for a risk of frost about 80.9% 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