Historical Weather for Chicago, United States

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

Years 1985–1985 · Source: Meteostat

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

Latest Year Summary (1985)

Computed from observed daily Meteostat data for 1985 across the selected date window.

Average temperature

9.4°C

Long-term average unavailable

Total rainfall

1,141.2 mm

Across 1985 in the selected period

Rainfall details

  • 🌧️ 181 rain days
  • 💧 Wettest day: 1985-11-19 — 40.2 mm

Notable conditions

  • 🔥 Heatwave days: 1
  • 🥶 Frost days: 113
  • ❄️ Snow days: 52
  • 🌧️ Heavy rain days: 16

Average pressure

1,016.8 hPa

Weekly Rainfall Totals (1985)

Week of Dec 31: 23.8 mmWeek of Jan 7: 4.2 mmWeek of Jan 14: 7.5 mmWeek of Jan 21: 3.0 mmWeek of Jan 28: 2.3 mmWeek of Feb 4: 10.9 mmWeek of Feb 11: 20.4 mmWeek of Feb 18: 58.4 mmWeek of Feb 25: 10.7 mmWeek of Mar 4: 40.8 mmWeek of Mar 11: 7.9 mmWeek of Mar 18: 8.9 mmWeek of Mar 25: 74.7 mmWeek of Apr 1: 43.8 mmWeek of Apr 8: 12.7 mmWeek of Apr 15: 0.0 mmWeek of Apr 22: 9.1 mmWeek of Apr 29: 9.7 mmWeek of May 6: 7.5 mmWeek of May 13: 27.3 mmWeek of May 20: 4.2 mmWeek of May 27: 26.8 mmWeek of Jun 3: 1.2 mmWeek of Jun 10: 43.9 mmWeek of Jun 17: 26.7 mmWeek of Jun 24: 0.0 mmWeek of Jul 1: 29.1 mmWeek of Jul 8: 38.0 mmWeek of Jul 15: 0.6 mmWeek of Jul 22: 12.9 mmWeek of Jul 29: 43.2 mmWeek of Aug 5: 30.3 mmWeek of Aug 12: 34.9 mmWeek of Aug 19: 16.3 mmWeek of Aug 26: 10.1 mmWeek of Sep 2: 17.7 mmWeek of Sep 9: 2.2 mmWeek of Sep 16: 11.4 mmWeek of Sep 23: 17.3 mmWeek of Sep 30: 25.7 mmWeek of Oct 7: 57.4 mmWeek of Oct 14: 37.3 mmWeek of Oct 21: 1.9 mmWeek of Oct 28: 41.2 mmWeek of Nov 4: 41.3 mmWeek of Nov 11: 43.1 mmWeek of Nov 18: 65.0 mmWeek of Nov 25: 46.7 mmWeek of Dec 2: 3.4 mmWeek of Dec 9: 18.3 mmWeek of Dec 16: 3.5 mmWeek of Dec 23: 6.0 mmWeek of Dec 30: 0.0 mm
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Record extremes

Daytime High: 34.4°C · 08 Jul 1985

Nighttime Low: -31.0°C · 20 Jan 1985

Precip & wind peaks

Rain: 40.2 mm · 19 Nov 1985

Wind: 26.4 kts · 31 May 1985

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Observed daily conditions for Chicago, Illinois, United States

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1985 · 365 days

01 Jan → 31 Dec from Meteostat.

Year span

1985

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Observed extremes

High 34.4°C · Low -31.0°C

08 Jul 1985 to 20 Jan 1985 across 1 years.

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1985

365 days

01 Jan → 31 Dec

Temperature

High: -23.4°C → 34.4°C

Low: -31.0°C → 24.2°C

Precipitation

Rain: 1,141.2 mm

Snow: 727.3 cm

Wind

23.1 km/h avg · 48.8 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 Jan1.1°C-7.1°C23.4 mm52.5 cm35.7 km/hHeavy snowfall
02 Jan-7.3°C-13.7°C0.0 mm0.0 cm16.9 km/hOvercast
03 Jan-5.1°C-14.1°C0.0 mm0.0 cm13.9 km/hOvercast
04 Jan0.4°C-12.5°C0.0 mm0.0 cm25.1 km/hOvercast
05 Jan0.5°C-2.3°C0.0 mm0.0 cm25.4 km/hPartly cloudy
06 Jan3.1°C-2.2°C0.4 mm0.0 cm25.1 km/hLight drizzle
07 Jan0.8°C-0.6°C0.0 mm0.0 cm30.6 km/hOvercast
08 Jan-1.2°C-6.6°C0.0 mm3.5 cm22.1 km/hSlight snowfall
09 Jan-4.4°C-7.1°C0.1 mm2.1 cm20.2 km/hSlight snowfall
10 Jan-3.1°C-6.0°C3.9 mm34.3 cm19.9 km/hModerate snowfall
11 Jan-4.4°C-9.6°C0.2 mm4.9 cm21.1 km/hSlight snowfall
12 Jan-8.3°C-13.7°C0.0 mm0.0 cm29.7 km/hPartly cloudy
13 Jan-1.1°C-11.3°C0.0 mm0.0 cm31.7 km/hOvercast
14 Jan0.1°C-10.1°C0.8 mm7.0 cm35.2 km/hModerate snowfall
15 Jan-9.3°C-14.2°C0.0 mm0.0 cm24.8 km/hOvercast
16 Jan-4.2°C-12.0°C2.1 mm16.1 cm21.4 km/hModerate snowfall
17 Jan-4.1°C-8.6°C1.0 mm8.4 cm22.9 km/hModerate snowfall
18 Jan-3.3°C-8.1°C3.6 mm26.6 cm26.6 km/hModerate snowfall
19 Jan-9.1°C-26.4°C0.0 mm0.0 cm32.2 km/hOvercast
20 Jan-23.4°C-31.0°C0.0 mm0.0 cm31.9 km/hOvercast
21 Jan-6.6°C-23.1°C0.0 mm1.4 cm27.4 km/hSlight snowfall
22 Jan-6.3°C-10.6°C0.0 mm0.0 cm24.9 km/hOvercast
23 Jan-5.0°C-10.2°C0.0 mm0.0 cm27.7 km/hOvercast
24 Jan-2.0°C-7.8°C0.8 mm7.7 cm25.7 km/hSlight snowfall
25 Jan-3.1°C-14.8°C2.2 mm16.1 cm41.9 km/hModerate snowfall
26 Jan-7.2°C-20.0°C0.0 mm0.0 cm24.1 km/hOvercast
27 Jan-2.0°C-8.4°C0.0 mm0.0 cm23.0 km/hOvercast
28 Jan-7.1°C-14.7°C0.0 mm0.0 cm20.5 km/hOvercast
29 Jan-5.8°C-18.8°C0.0 mm0.0 cm10.8 km/hOvercast
30 Jan-2.9°C-9.9°C1.5 mm11.2 cm11.7 km/hModerate snowfall

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