January 5 - CHICAGO - Weather History and Averages

Station: CHICAGO (2005 to 2025)
Country: US
State: IL
Latitude: 42.0
Longitude: -87.5

High Temperatures

On January 5 in CHICAGO the average high temperature is 32.6 °F (0.3 °C). The lowest recored high temperature was 11.5 °F (-11.4 °C) in 2018 and the highest recored high temperature was 49.6 °F (9.8 °C) in 2007. The high temperature is usually^* between 25.3 °F (-3.7 °C) and 39.8 °F (4.4 °C). About a quarter of the time, the high temperature is less than 25.3 °F (-3.7 °C), and another quarter of the time, the high temperature is greater than and 39.8 °F (4.4 °C). About 95% of the time, the high temperature has been between 11.5 °F (-11.4 °C) and 53.7 °F (12.0 °C).

Low Temperatures

On January 5 in CHICAGO the average low temperature is 22.4 °F (-5.3 °C). The lowest recored low temperature was -1.3 °F (-18.5 °C) in 2015 and the lowest recored low temperature was 42.8 °F (6.0 °C) in 2007. The low temperature is usually^* between 14.3 °F (-9.8 °C) and 30.5 °F (-0.8 °C). About a quarter of the time, the low temperature is less than 14.3 °F (-9.8 °C), and another quarter of the time, the low temperature is greater than and 30.5 °F (-0.8 °C). About 95% of the time, the low temperature has been between -1.0 °F (-18.4 °C) and 45.8 °F (7.7 °C).

Frost

On January 5 in CHICAGO expect the temperatures to drop below freezing for a risk of frost about 78.9% of the time.

^{Usually* in this context means around 50% of the
time, assuming a normal distribution of values.}

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

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