Chicago Midway Climate Normals

Official 1981-2010 Climate Normals

City: CHICAGO MIDWAY AP
State: IL
ID: 014819
Latitude: 41.7372
Longitude: -87.7775
Elevation:  619.9 ft

Temperature-Related Normals

Normal    Jan    Feb    Mar    Apr    May    Jun    Jul    Aug    Sep    Oct    Nov    Dec
High:    31.5   35.8   46.8   59.2   70.2   79.9   84.2   82.1   75.3   62.8   48.6   35.3
Mean:    24.8   28.7   38.8   50.4   60.9   71.0   75.9   74.1   66.4   54.2   41.5   29.0
 Low:    18.2   21.7   30.9   41.7   51.6   62.1   67.5   66.2   57.5   45.7   34.5   22.7
 CDD:       0      0      1     12     61    210    338    288    119     16      0      0
 HDD:    1245   1015    812    448    188     31      1      4     77    349    704   1116

Number of Days
T090:     0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.6    3.1    6.3    3.8    1.2    0.0    0.0    0.0
T100:     0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.1    0.3    0.1    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0
T000:     3.0    1.1    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    1.1
T032:    27.1   23.2   17.2    3.3    0.1    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    1.1   12.0   24.3
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Annual Values

 High Temp:    59.4 F
 Mean Temp:    51.4 F
  Low Temp:    43.5 F
Cooling DD:    1045
Heating DD:    5989

Days above  90 (T090):    15.1
Days above 100 (T100):     0.4
Days below   0 (T000):     5.2
Days below  32 (T032):   108.3
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Precipitation-Related Normals

Normal    Jan    Feb    Mar    Apr    May    Jun    Jul    Aug    Sep    Oct    Nov    Dec
Prcp:    2.06   1.94   2.72   3.64   4.13   4.06   4.01   3.99   3.31   3.24   3.42   2.57
Snow:    11.5    9.1    5.4    1.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.1    1.3    8.7

Number of Days
P001:    10.7    8.8   11.2   11.1   11.4   10.3    9.9    9.0    8.2   10.2   11.2   11.1
P010:     5.0    4.5    6.1    7.1    7.6    6.5    6.5    6.3    5.3    6.1    6.2    5.3
P100:     0.2    0.2    0.3    0.9    1.0    1.3    1.0    1.3    0.7    0.8    0.8    0.5
S001:     8.1    5.5    3.8    0.7    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.1    1.8    6.7
S010:     3.7    2.8    1.5    0.3    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.5    2.6
S100:     0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.0    0.1
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Annual Values

Precipitation:   39.09 inches
     Snowfall:    37.1 inches

   Days precipitation at or above 0 inches (P000):   123.1
Days precipitation at or above 0.10 inches (P010):    72.5
Days Precipitation at or above 1.00 inches (P100):     9.0
      Days Snowfall at or above 0.1 inches (S001):    26.7
      Days Snowfall at or above 1.0 inches (S010):    11.4
     Days Snowfall at or above 10.0 inches (S100):     0.1

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KEY:
High - average daily high temperature, degrees F
Mean - average daily mean temperature, degrees F
Low - average daily low temperature, degrees F
CDD - cooling degree days, base 50F
HDD - heating degree days, base 50F
T090 - number of Days with Temperatures above 90 degrees F
T100 - number of Days with Temperatures above 100 degrees F
T000 - number of Days with Temperatures below 0 degrees F
T032 - number of Days with Temperatures below 32 degrees F
Prcp - precipitation, inches
Snow - snowfall, inches
P001 - number of Days with Precipitation of 0.01 inches or more
P010 - number of Days with Precipitation of 0.10 inches or more
P100 - number of Days with Precipitation of 1.00 inches or more
S001 - number of Days with Snowfall of 0.1 inches or more
S010 - number of Days with Snowfall of 1.0 inches or more
S100 - number of Days with Snowfall of 10.0 inches or more

Page Source:
Dr. Jim Angel, State Climatologist
Illinois State Water Survey
Prairie Research Institute
University of Illinois

Data Source:
NOAA National Climatic Data Center