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CLIORD
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
148 AM CDT THU APR 23 2026
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..THE CHICAGO-OHARE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 22 2026
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)
YESTERDAY
MAXIMUM 73 1:22 PM 91 1980 62 11 74
MINIMUM 51 10:57 PM 24 1986 43 8 41
AVERAGE 62 52 10 58
PRECIPITATION (IN)
YESTERDAY 0.00 1.55 1981 0.13 -0.13 T
MONTH TO DATE 6.09 2.61 3.48 1.99
SINCE MAR 1 10.63 5.06 5.57 4.98
SINCE JAN 1 13.32 9.02 4.30 7.48
SNOWFALL (IN)
YESTERDAY 0.0 0.2 1893 0.0 0.0 0.0
MONTH TO DATE 0.0 1.1 -1.1 T
SINCE MAR 1 1.8 6.6 -4.8 2.8
SINCE JUL 1 34.1 38.2 -4.1 17.6
SNOW DEPTH 0
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING
YESTERDAY 3 13 -10 7
MONTH TO DATE 263 374 -111 373
SINCE MAR 1 912 1182 -270 1003
SINCE JUL 1 5272 5651 -379 5138
COOLING
YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0
MONTH TO DATE 16 0 16 3
SINCE MAR 1 17 2 15 3
SINCE JAN 1 17 2 15 3
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (240)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.0
SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 78 6:00 AM
LOWEST 44 8:00 PM
AVERAGE 61
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THE CHICAGO-OHARE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 88 1960
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 25 1873
1986
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
APRIL 23 2026.........SUNRISE 5:59 AM CDT SUNSET 7:42 PM CDT
APRIL 24 2026.........SUNRISE 5:57 AM CDT SUNSET 7:43 PM CDT
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
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