Historical Weather for Chicago, United States

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

Years 1955–1955 · Source: Meteostat

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

Latest Year Summary (1955)

Computed from observed daily Meteostat data for 1955 across the selected date window.

Average temperature

10.5°C

Long-term average unavailable

Total rainfall

826.1 mm

Across 1955 in the selected period

Rainfall details

  • 🌧️ 178 rain days
  • 💧 Wettest day: 1955-10-05 — 40.5 mm

Notable conditions

  • 🔥 Heatwave days: 21
  • 🥶 Frost days: 124
  • ❄️ Snow days: 42
  • 🌧️ Heavy rain days: 7

Average pressure

1,017.1 hPa

Weekly Rainfall Totals (1955)

Week of Dec 27: 1.1 mmWeek of Jan 3: 34.6 mmWeek of Jan 10: 2.2 mmWeek of Jan 17: 4.2 mmWeek of Jan 24: 5.3 mmWeek of Jan 31: 4.0 mmWeek of Feb 7: 11.1 mmWeek of Feb 14: 21.0 mmWeek of Feb 21: 14.1 mmWeek of Feb 28: 19.8 mmWeek of Mar 7: 1.9 mmWeek of Mar 14: 13.0 mmWeek of Mar 21: 35.9 mmWeek of Mar 28: 0.0 mmWeek of Apr 4: 5.3 mmWeek of Apr 11: 23.9 mmWeek of Apr 18: 42.2 mmWeek of Apr 25: 3.6 mmWeek of May 2: 4.8 mmWeek of May 9: 21.0 mmWeek of May 16: 7.2 mmWeek of May 23: 44.7 mmWeek of May 30: 1.3 mmWeek of Jun 6: 74.7 mmWeek of Jun 13: 2.1 mmWeek of Jun 20: 4.5 mmWeek of Jun 27: 15.5 mmWeek of Jul 4: 28.0 mmWeek of Jul 11: 16.5 mmWeek of Jul 18: 31.4 mmWeek of Jul 25: 0.7 mmWeek of Aug 1: 43.2 mmWeek of Aug 8: 0.1 mmWeek of Aug 15: 0.3 mmWeek of Aug 22: 4.1 mmWeek of Aug 29: 36.9 mmWeek of Sep 5: 6.8 mmWeek of Sep 12: 0.6 mmWeek of Sep 19: 11.7 mmWeek of Sep 26: 27.0 mmWeek of Oct 3: 59.8 mmWeek of Oct 10: 19.9 mmWeek of Oct 17: 7.9 mmWeek of Oct 24: 24.3 mmWeek of Oct 31: 20.9 mmWeek of Nov 7: 8.0 mmWeek of Nov 14: 24.0 mmWeek of Nov 21: 10.3 mmWeek of Nov 28: 18.0 mmWeek of Dec 5: 0.6 mmWeek of Dec 12: 2.9 mmWeek of Dec 19: 0.5 mmWeek of Dec 26: 2.7 mm
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Record extremes

Daytime High: 35.7°C · 27 Jul 1955

Nighttime Low: -22.5°C · 29 Jan 1955

Precip & wind peaks

Rain: 40.5 mm · 05 Oct 1955

Wind: 26.1 kts · 22 Mar 1955

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Observed daily conditions for Chicago, Illinois, United States

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1955 · 365 days

01 Jan → 31 Dec from Meteostat.

Year span

1955

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Observed extremes

High 35.7°C · Low -22.5°C

27 Jul 1955 to 29 Jan 1955 across 1 years.

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1955

365 days

01 Jan → 31 Dec

Temperature

High: -14.8°C → 35.7°C

Low: -22.5°C → 26.4°C

Precipitation

Rain: 826.1 mm

Snow: 498.4 cm

Wind

21.9 km/h avg · 48.4 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 Jan5.8°C0.7°C1.1 mm0.0 cm22.7 km/hLight drizzle
02 Jan2.9°C-2.6°C0.0 mm0.0 cm17.3 km/hOvercast
03 Jan8.9°C0.5°C0.3 mm0.0 cm23.8 km/hLight drizzle
04 Jan5.0°C2.5°C2.2 mm0.0 cm15.9 km/hLight drizzle
05 Jan7.6°C1.4°C31.5 mm0.0 cm28.1 km/hModerate rain
06 Jan2.2°C-3.1°C0.2 mm0.0 cm22.8 km/hLight drizzle
07 Jan1.8°C-4.2°C0.1 mm0.7 cm17.7 km/hSlight snowfall
08 Jan5.8°C-1.4°C0.1 mm0.7 cm17.6 km/hSlight snowfall
09 Jan3.4°C-0.7°C0.2 mm0.0 cm28.7 km/hLight drizzle
10 Jan-0.1°C-2.3°C0.0 mm0.0 cm17.1 km/hOvercast
11 Jan-0.2°C-2.0°C0.0 mm0.0 cm12.6 km/hOvercast
12 Jan1.1°C-2.4°C2.2 mm15.4 cm28.5 km/hModerate snowfall
13 Jan-2.0°C-5.3°C0.0 mm0.0 cm28.9 km/hOvercast
14 Jan1.1°C-5.4°C0.0 mm0.0 cm31.0 km/hOvercast
15 Jan1.7°C-4.1°C0.0 mm0.0 cm35.4 km/hOvercast
16 Jan-1.9°C-6.2°C0.0 mm0.0 cm21.1 km/hOvercast
17 Jan-1.7°C-6.3°C0.0 mm0.0 cm15.0 km/hOvercast
18 Jan-1.0°C-2.3°C0.5 mm3.5 cm25.1 km/hSlight snowfall
19 Jan-1.0°C-2.5°C1.5 mm10.5 cm24.3 km/hSlight snowfall
20 Jan-0.7°C-5.3°C0.0 mm0.0 cm24.0 km/hOvercast
21 Jan2.4°C-3.1°C2.2 mm14.7 cm27.7 km/hModerate snowfall
22 Jan-3.5°C-7.0°C0.0 mm0.0 cm28.6 km/hOvercast
23 Jan-5.4°C-9.2°C0.0 mm0.0 cm24.3 km/hOvercast
24 Jan-1.2°C-9.4°C3.1 mm21.7 cm20.2 km/hModerate snowfall
25 Jan-2.1°C-13.1°C0.4 mm2.8 cm28.5 km/hSlight snowfall
26 Jan-5.5°C-17.5°C0.8 mm5.6 cm30.5 km/hModerate snowfall
27 Jan-14.4°C-21.9°C0.0 mm0.0 cm26.3 km/hOvercast
28 Jan-11.7°C-17.2°C1.0 mm7.0 cm20.1 km/hSlight snowfall
29 Jan-11.4°C-22.5°C0.0 mm0.0 cm17.3 km/hOvercast
30 Jan-10.0°C-16.8°C0.0 mm0.0 cm17.0 km/hOvercast

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