Historical Weather for Chicago, United States

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Chicago, Illinois, United States (01-01 → 31-12)

Years 1945–1945 · Source: Meteostat

Showing 1 year series with 365 days for Chicago, Illinois, United States.

Latest Year Summary (1945)

Computed from observed daily Meteostat data for 1945 across the selected date window.

Average temperature

9.3°C

Long-term average unavailable

Total rainfall

1,103.1 mm

Across 1945 in the selected period

Rainfall details

  • 🌧️ 200 rain days
  • 💧 Wettest day: 1945-05-27 — 42.1 mm

Notable conditions

  • 🔥 Heatwave days: 3
  • 🥶 Frost days: 106
  • ❄️ Snow days: 35
  • 🌧️ Heavy rain days: 12

Average pressure

1,017.2 hPa

Weekly Rainfall Totals (1945)

Week of Jan 1: 3.1 mmWeek of Jan 8: 14.5 mmWeek of Jan 15: 2.5 mmWeek of Jan 22: 4.0 mmWeek of Jan 29: 5.2 mmWeek of Feb 5: 7.0 mmWeek of Feb 12: 2.8 mmWeek of Feb 19: 22.2 mmWeek of Feb 26: 13.3 mmWeek of Mar 5: 7.9 mmWeek of Mar 12: 19.3 mmWeek of Mar 19: 46.1 mmWeek of Mar 26: 14.9 mmWeek of Apr 2: 36.4 mmWeek of Apr 9: 39.6 mmWeek of Apr 16: 19.7 mmWeek of Apr 23: 25.2 mmWeek of Apr 30: 40.1 mmWeek of May 7: 32.7 mmWeek of May 14: 66.2 mmWeek of May 21: 58.3 mmWeek of May 28: 29.0 mmWeek of Jun 4: 15.7 mmWeek of Jun 11: 37.1 mmWeek of Jun 18: 14.4 mmWeek of Jun 25: 60.2 mmWeek of Jul 2: 9.9 mmWeek of Jul 9: 12.9 mmWeek of Jul 16: 1.9 mmWeek of Jul 23: 31.7 mmWeek of Jul 30: 10.5 mmWeek of Aug 6: 5.3 mmWeek of Aug 13: 16.9 mmWeek of Aug 20: 0.8 mmWeek of Aug 27: 8.8 mmWeek of Sep 3: 5.3 mmWeek of Sep 10: 59.1 mmWeek of Sep 17: 14.1 mmWeek of Sep 24: 104.0 mmWeek of Oct 1: 13.2 mmWeek of Oct 8: 3.4 mmWeek of Oct 15: 12.3 mmWeek of Oct 22: 6.5 mmWeek of Oct 29: 24.5 mmWeek of Nov 5: 11.3 mmWeek of Nov 12: 23.6 mmWeek of Nov 19: 10.8 mmWeek of Nov 26: 23.3 mmWeek of Dec 3: 0.5 mmWeek of Dec 10: 1.8 mmWeek of Dec 17: 5.5 mmWeek of Dec 24: 47.8 mmWeek of Dec 31: 0.0 mm
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Record extremes

Daytime High: 33.1°C · 31 Aug 1945

Nighttime Low: -21.2°C · 10 Jan 1945

Precip & wind peaks

Rain: 42.1 mm · 27 May 1945

Wind: 27.0 kts · 04 Apr 1945

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Observed daily conditions for Chicago, Illinois, United States

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1945 · 365 days

01 Jan → 31 Dec from Meteostat.

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1945

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Observed extremes

High 33.1°C · Low -21.2°C

31 Aug 1945 to 10 Jan 1945 across 1 years.

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1945

365 days

01 Jan → 31 Dec

Temperature

High: -14.6°C → 33.1°C

Low: -21.2°C → 23.7°C

Precipitation

Rain: 1,103.1 mm

Snow: 455.7 cm

Wind

23.2 km/h avg · 50.0 km/h peak

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Daily values for the first series (showing up to 30 rows)

DayHigh (°C)Low (°C)Rain (mm) (mm)Snow (cm) (cm)Wind (kts) (km/h)Conditions
01 Jan-1.6°C-16.1°C0.0 mm0.0 cm33.1 km/hOvercast
02 Jan-14.6°C-19.7°C0.0 mm0.0 cm24.8 km/hOvercast
03 Jan-4.9°C-15.3°C0.9 mm6.3 cm28.0 km/hModerate snowfall
04 Jan-8.3°C-17.9°C0.6 mm4.2 cm18.2 km/hSlight snowfall
05 Jan-7.9°C-13.5°C0.6 mm4.2 cm15.6 km/hSlight snowfall
06 Jan-4.9°C-8.5°C1.0 mm7.0 cm19.2 km/hSlight snowfall
07 Jan-1.4°C-7.3°C0.0 mm0.0 cm14.5 km/hOvercast
08 Jan-2.4°C-10.2°C3.7 mm25.9 cm29.5 km/hModerate snowfall
09 Jan-11.8°C-20.8°C0.0 mm0.0 cm27.6 km/hOvercast
10 Jan-10.4°C-21.2°C1.1 mm7.7 cm15.8 km/hSlight snowfall
11 Jan0.8°C-20.2°C0.0 mm0.0 cm37.5 km/hOvercast
12 Jan3.4°C-2.6°C0.2 mm0.0 cm38.0 km/hLight drizzle
13 Jan-0.9°C-6.1°C4.9 mm34.3 cm18.5 km/hModerate snowfall
14 Jan0.4°C-2.7°C4.6 mm32.2 cm19.5 km/hModerate snowfall
15 Jan-2.4°C-6.5°C2.0 mm14.0 cm25.8 km/hModerate snowfall
16 Jan-3.1°C-7.4°C0.0 mm0.0 cm19.7 km/hOvercast
17 Jan-4.0°C-8.1°C0.0 mm0.0 cm13.3 km/hOvercast
18 Jan-0.4°C-7.8°C0.0 mm0.0 cm10.8 km/hOvercast
19 Jan-1.4°C-5.4°C0.0 mm0.0 cm23.0 km/hOvercast
20 Jan-1.7°C-4.0°C0.0 mm0.0 cm11.6 km/hOvercast
21 Jan-2.0°C-5.8°C0.5 mm3.5 cm9.7 km/hSlight snowfall
22 Jan-1.1°C-4.3°C0.8 mm5.6 cm30.8 km/hSlight snowfall
23 Jan0.0°C-9.1°C0.0 mm0.0 cm36.8 km/hOvercast
24 Jan0.2°C-5.9°C0.0 mm0.0 cm23.2 km/hOvercast
25 Jan-4.6°C-8.9°C3.1 mm21.7 cm11.6 km/hModerate snowfall
26 Jan-2.0°C-5.4°C0.1 mm0.7 cm10.6 km/hSlight snowfall
27 Jan-2.6°C-6.7°C0.0 mm0.0 cm11.5 km/hOvercast
28 Jan-4.2°C-9.0°C0.0 mm0.0 cm16.6 km/hOvercast
29 Jan-9.9°C-14.2°C0.0 mm0.0 cm21.4 km/hOvercast
30 Jan-12.1°C-16.4°C0.0 mm0.0 cm23.8 km/hOvercast

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