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CLIORD
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
438 PM CST SAT FEB 28 2026
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..THE CHICAGO-OHARE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 28 2026
VALID TODAY AS OF 0400 PM LOCAL TIME.
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1871 TO 2026
WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
TODAY
MAXIMUM 45 12:22 AM 62 2016 41 4 57
MINIMUM 29 3:59 PM -10 2015 26 3 34
AVERAGE 37 33 4 46
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY T 1.35 1882 0.08 -0.08 0.00
MONTH TO DATE 0.16 1.97 -1.81 0.52
SINCE DEC 1 4.76 6.07 -1.31 4.43
SINCE JAN 1 2.69 3.96 -1.27 2.50
SNOWFALL (IN)
TODAY T 11.3 1900 0.3 -0.3 0.0
MONTH TO DATE 1.1 10.7 -9.6 4.9
SINCE DEC 1 21.9 29.6 -7.7 11.9
SINCE JUL 1 32.3 31.6 0.7 14.8
SNOW DEPTH 0
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING
TODAY 28 32 -4 19
MONTH TO DATE 889 1016 -127 1049
SINCE DEC 1 3390 3319 71 3368
SINCE JUL 1 4359 4470 -111 4135
COOLING
TODAY 0 0 0 0
MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0
SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0
SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 24 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (10)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 30 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (10)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.4
SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
LIGHT SNOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 69 3:00 PM
LOWEST 36 10:00 AM
AVERAGE 53
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THE CHICAGO-OHARE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 41 71 1992
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 26 -5 1962
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
FEBRUARY 28 2026......SUNRISE 6:28 AM CST SUNSET 5:41 PM CST
MARCH 1 2026.........SUNRISE 6:26 AM CST SUNSET 5:42 PM CST
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
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