Chantal is now a Tropical Depression. Flash flood concerns continue across portions of central North Carolina into Monday. Life-threatening surf and rip currents conditions are expected to continue at beaches along the U.S. East Coast from northeastern Florida to the Mid-Atlantic states during the next day or so. Flood Watches and recovery continue across central Texas. Read More >
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Coldest Temperatures
Public Information Statement National Weather Service Chicago IL 138 PM CST Sat Jan 6 2018/ 238 PM EST Sat Jan 6 2018 ...Top Ten Low Temperatures from Dec. 25 through Jan. 6... Observations are collected from a variety of sources with varying equipment and exposures. We thank all volunteer weather observers for their dedication. Not all data listed are considered official. LOW TEMPERATURES Location Temp Date(s) Provider ---------------------------------------------------------------- Watseka -22 F 01/01-03 COOP Pontiac Airport -21 F 01/01 AWOS Rochelle Airport -21 F 01/06 AWOS Rensselaer,IN -20 F 01/02 COOP Dixon -19 F 01/02-04 COOP Marseilles Lock/Dam -19 F 01/02-04 COOP Dwight -18 F 01/02 COOP Kankakee Airport -18 F 01/02 AWOS Paw Paw -18 F 01/02 COOP Peru Airport -18 F 01/01-02 AWOS Rochelle -18 F 01/03 COOP Sugar Grove - Aurora Airport -18 F 01/06 ASOS Kankakee -17 F 01/02 COOP Morris Airport -17 F 01/02 AWOS Ottawa -17 F 01/01 COOP Paxton -17 F 01/01-02 COOP Rensselaer, IN Airport -17 F 01/02 AWOS Joliet Airport -16 F 01/02 AWOS McHenry Statton Lock/Dam -16 F 01/02 COOP Morris -16 F 01/01 COOP Rockford Airport -16 F 01/06 ASOS Romeoville - Lewis Airport -16 F 01/02 AWOS De Kalb -15 F 01/01-03 COOP Aurora -14 F 01/02-03 COOP Du Page Airport -14 F 01/02 ASOS Joliet -14 F 01/02-03 COOP Lowell, IN -14 F 12/27 COOP Park Forest -14 F 01/03 COOP De Kalb Airport -14 F 01/02 AWOS Barrington -13 F 01/02 COOP Coal City 4NNW -13 F 01/06 COOP Elgin -13 F 01/02 COOP Indiana Dunes Nat. Lake. -13 F 01/02 COOP Valparaiso, IN Airport -13 F 01/02 COOP
New Year's Cold
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Chicago's high temperature of 1° was the coldest high temperature for the city since January 6, 2014 when the high temperature was -2°.
January 1 Cold
Public Information Statement National Weather Service Chicago IL 958 AM CST Mon Jan 1 2018 /1058 AM EST Mon Jan 1 2018/ ...Low Temperature and Wind Chills from New Year`s Day Morning... Observations are collected from a variety of sources with varying equipment and exposures. We thank all volunteer weather observers for their dedication. Not all data listed are considered official. LOW TEMPERATURES Location Temp Time/Date Provider --------------------------------------------------------------- Pontiac Airport -21 F 0735 AM 01/01 AWOS Peru Airport -19 F 0755 AM 01/01 AWOS 1 WNW Campus -19 F 0735 AM 01/01 CWOP 4 SW Ottawa -17 F 0800 AM 01/01 COOP 2 WSW Paxton -17 F 0630 AM 01/01 COOP 2 WNW Dixon -17 F 0734 AM 01/01 CWOP 1 W Streator -17 F 0801 AM 01/01 CWOP 1 E Paw Paw -17 F 0700 AM 01/01 COOP 2 WNW Dixon -17 F 0806 AM 01/01 CWOP Milford -17 F 0747 AM 01/01 CWOP Rochelle Airport -17 F 0715 AM 01/01 AWOS Morris Airport -14 F 0815 AM 01/01 AWOS Kankakee Airport -14 F 0835 AM 01/01 AWOS De Kalb Airport -13 F 0755 AM 01/01 AWOS Sugar Grove - Aurora Airport -13 F 0752 AM 01/01 ASOS Rockford Airport -13 F 0754 AM 01/01 ASOS Romeoville - Lewis Airport -12 F 0715 AM 01/01 AWOS Dupage Airport -12 F 0752 AM 01/01 ASOS Joliet Airport -10 F 0755 AM 01/01 AWOS Rensselaer Airport -9 F 0835 AM 01/01 AWOS Chicago O`Hare -9 F 0751 AM 01/01 ASOS Lansing Airport -8 F 0815 AM 01/01 AWOS Wheeling - Chi Exec Airport -8 F 0752 AM 01/01 ASOS Waukegan Airport -8 F 0755 AM 01/01 ASOS Chicago Midway -7 F 0753 AM 01/01 ASOS Gary Airport -6 F 0745 AM 01/01 AWOS Valparaiso Airport -6 F 0756 AM 01/01 ASOS LOW WIND CHILLS Location Wind Chill Time/Date Provider --------------------------------------------------------------- Pontiac Airport -42 F 0755 AM 01/01 AWOS Peru Airport -41 F 0755 AM 01/01 AWOS De Kalb Airport -36 F 0735 AM 01/01 AWOS Sugar Grove - Aurora Airport -35 F 0752 AM 01/01 ASOS Morris Airport -34 F 0915 AM 01/01 AWOS Dupage Airport -33 F 0752 AM 01/01 ASOS Kankakee Airport -33 F 0815 AM 01/01 AWOS Rockford Airport -33 F 0454 AM 01/01 ASOS Rochelle Airport -32 F 0655 AM 01/01 AWOS Romeoville - Lewis Airport -32 F 0855 AM 01/01 AWOS Rensselaer Airport -29 F 0755 AM 01/01 AWOS Chicago O`Hare -29 F 0851 AM 01/01 ASOS Gary Airport -28 F 0745 AM 01/01 AWOS Waukegan Airport -28 F 0655 AM 01/01 ASOS Chicago Midway -26 F 0553 AM 01/01 ASOS Valparaiso Airport -25 F 0756 AM 01/01 ASOS Lansing Airport -25 F 0755 AM 01/01 AWOS Wheeling - Chi Exec Airport -25 F 0852 AM 01/01 ASOS Joliet Airport -25 F 0935 AM 01/01 AWOS
January 2 Cold
Public Information Statement National Weather Service Chicago IL 1145 AM CST Tue Jan 2 2018 /1245 PM EST Tue Jan 2 2018/ ...Low Temperature and Wind Chills from January 2nd Morning... Observations are collected from a variety of sources with varying equipment and exposures. We thank all volunteer weather observers for their dedication. Not all data listed are considered official. LOW TEMPERATURES Location Temp Time/Date Provider --------------------------------------------------------------- Pontiac Airport -20 F 0555 AM 01/02 AWOS Streator -20 F 0800 AM 01/02 AWS Manteno -19 F 0705 AM 01/02 AWS Peru Airport -18 F 0755 AM 01/02 AWOS Beecher -18 F 0734 AM 01/02 AWS Rochelle Airport -18 F 0735 AM 01/02 AWOS Grant Park -18 F 0728 AM 01/02 CWOP Kankakee Airport -18 F 0635 AM 01/02 AWOS Dwight -18 F 0402 AM 01/02 CWOP 2 ESE Dixon -17 F 0854 AM 01/02 NONFEDAWOS Rensselaer Airport -17 F 0735 AM 01/02 AWOS Morris Airport -17 F 0715 AM 01/02 AWOS Milford -17 F 0747 AM 01/02 CWOP 3 WSW Fowler -16 F 0750 AM 01/02 INDOT Sugar Grove - Aurora Airport -16 F 0552 AM 01/02 ASOS Romeoville - Lewis Airport -15 F 0735 AM 01/02 AWOS Rockford Airport -15 F 0654 AM 01/02 ASOS Joliet Airport -14 F 0555 AM 01/02 AWOS Dupage Airport -14 F 0652 AM 01/02 ASOS De Kalb Airport -13 F 0735 AM 01/02 AWOS Valparaiso Airport -13 F 0620 AM 01/02 ASOS Lansing Airport -12 F 0615 AM 01/02 AWOS Chicago Midway -9 F 0753 AM 01/02 ASOS Chicago O`Hare -8 F 0751 AM 01/02 ASOS Gary Airport -8 F 0745 AM 01/02 AWOS LOW WIND CHILLS Location Wind Chill Time/Date Provider --------------------------------------------------------------- Rochelle Airport -36 F 0855 AM 01/02 AWOS Rensselaer Airport -36 F 0415 AM 01/02 AWOS Kankakee Airport -35 F 0455 AM 01/02 AWOS Pontiac Airport -35 F 0735 AM 01/02 AWOS Peru Airport -35 F 0415 AM 01/02 AWOS Valparaiso Airport -33 F 0638 AM 01/02 ASOS Sugar Grove - Aurora Airport -32 F 1252 AM 01/02 ASOS Morris Airport -32 F 0515 AM 01/02 AWOS De Kalb Airport -31 F 0135 AM 01/02 AWOS Dupage Airport -31 F 0752 AM 01/02 ASOS Rockford Airport -31 F 0754 AM 01/02 ASOS Lewis Airport, Romeoville -30 F 0735 AM 01/02 AWOS Chicago Midway -29 F 0753 AM 01/02 ASOS Lansing Airport -28 F 0615 AM 01/02 AWOS Joliet Airport -26 F 1015 AM 01/02 AWOS Chicago O`Hare -25 F 0751 AM 01/02 ASOS Gary Airport -24 F 0745 AM 01/02 AWOS Waukegan Airport -20 F 0955 PM 01/01 ASOS
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