- Country: US
- State: IL
- Latitude: 42.0
- Longitude: -87.5
High Temperatures
On January 1 in CHICAGO the average high temperature is 34.2 °F (1.2 °C). The lowest recored high temperature was 11.8 °F (-11.2 °C) in 2018 and the highest recored high temperature was 54.7 °F (12.6 °C) in 2011. The high temperature is usually* between 27.1 °F (-2.7 °C) and 41.3 °F (5.2 °C). About a quarter of the time, the high temperature is less than 27.1 °F (-2.7 °C), and another quarter of the time, the high temperature is greater than and 41.3 °F (5.2 °C). About 95% of the time, the high temperature has been between 13.5 °F (-10.3 °C) and 54.9 °F (12.7 °C).
Low Temperatures
On January 1 in CHICAGO the average low temperature is 24.4 °F (-4.2 °C). The lowest recored low temperature was -3.8 °F (-19.9 °C) in 2018 and the lowest recored low temperature was 34.7 °F (1.5 °C) in 2023. The low temperature is usually* between 16.8 °F (-8.5 °C) and 31.9 °F (-0.0 °C). About a quarter of the time, the low temperature is less than 16.8 °F (-8.5 °C), and another quarter of the time, the low temperature is greater than and 31.9 °F (-0.0 °C). About 95% of the time, the low temperature has been between 2.3 °F (-16.5 °C) and 46.4 °F (8.0 °C).
Frost
On January 1 in CHICAGO expect the temperatures to drop below freezing for a risk of frost about 75.2% 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 2023