January 12 - CHICAGO - Weather History and Averages

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

High Temperatures

On January 12 in CHICAGO the average high temperature is 36.3 °F (2.4 °C). The lowest recored high temperature was 24.6 °F (-4.1 °C) in 2009 and the highest recored high temperature was 52.7 °F (11.5 °C) in 2013. The high temperature is usually^* between 30.5 °F (-0.8 °C) and 42.2 °F (5.7 °C). About a quarter of the time, the high temperature is less than 30.5 °F (-0.8 °C), and another quarter of the time, the high temperature is greater than and 42.2 °F (5.7 °C). About 95% of the time, the high temperature has been between 19.4 °F (-7.0 °C) and 53.3 °F (11.8 °C).

Low Temperatures

On January 12 in CHICAGO the average low temperature is 25.7 °F (-3.5 °C). The lowest recored low temperature was 8.1 °F (-13.3 °C) in 2016 and the lowest recored low temperature was 38.1 °F (3.4 °C) in 2013. The low temperature is usually^* between 18.9 °F (-7.3 °C) and 32.5 °F (0.3 °C). About a quarter of the time, the low temperature is less than 18.9 °F (-7.3 °C), and another quarter of the time, the low temperature is greater than and 32.5 °F (0.3 °C). About 95% of the time, the low temperature has been between 6.0 °F (-14.5 °C) and 45.4 °F (7.5 °C).

Frost

On January 12 in CHICAGO expect the temperatures to drop below freezing for a risk of frost about 73.4% 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 2007 to 2025

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