Climate Data for Christmas Day for Chicago and Rockford

Christmas Weather for Northern Illinois: Statistics for Chicago and Rockford

Chicago:

The following statistics comprises 145 years of data, however snowfall data began in 1885, so it is composed of 132 years of data. Data collection began at the University of Chicago, then at Midway, and currently at O'Hare which is now the official station for Chicago.

To see the daily climate data for Chicago for Christmas from 1871-Present, click here.

Frequency distribution of high temperatures for Chicago. This dataset shows that the most frequent range of high temperatures on Christmas is in between 30 and 39 degrees. The normal high for Christmas at Chicago is 32 degrees, which falls in the most frequent range. The highest temperature recorded on Christmas is 64 degrees set in 1982. The coldest high temperature on Christmas is -5 degrees which occurred in 1983. In 2016, the high temperature was 39 degrees.

Frequency distribution of low temperatures for Chicago. This dataset shows that the most frequent range of low temperatures on Christmas is in between 20 and 29 degrees. The normal low temperature on Christmas in Chicago is 18 degrees. The lowest temperature recorded on Christmas is -17 degrees which occurred in 1983. The highest low temperature for Christmas was 46 degrees in 1936. In 2016, the low temperature was 32 degrees.

Frequency distribution of precipitation for Chicago. This dataset shows that the most frequent amount of precipitation recorded on Christmas is 0.00”, which accounts for 38% of the days in the dataset. The next most frequent range is 0.02” to 0.25". The highest amount of precipitation on Christmas occurred in 1909 and 1950 when 0.50” of precipitation fell. There has never been an instance where over an inch of precipitation fell on Christmas. In 2016, 0.09" of precipitation fell.

Frequency distribution of snowfall for Chicago. This dataset shows that the most frequent amount of snowfall recorded on Christmas is 0.0”, which accounts for 46% of the days in the dataset. The next most frequent range is a Trace through 0.9". The highest amount of snowfall recorded on Christmas occurred in 1950 when 5.1” of snow fell. In 2016, no snow fell.

ADDITIONAL CHRISTMAS CLIMATE DATA ( * MEANS LAST OCCURRENCE)

MAX TEMP WARMEST	MIN TEMP WARMEST	PCPN WETTEST	SNOW MOST
64 1982	46 1936	0.50 * 1950	5.1 1950
56 * 1936	42 * 1940	0.47 1982	5.0 1909
55 1971	36 1982	0.46 2009	4.3 1933
52 * 1994	35 * 1957	0.38 1957	4.1 1951
50 * 1940	34 * 1973	0.35 * 1973	3.9 1935
49 1932	33 * 2014	0.34 * 1965
47 1889	32 * 2016	0.32 1951
46 * 1946	31 * 1954	0.28 1933
45 * 2011	30 * 2006	0.26 1903
44 * 2015	29 * 2011	0.22 1882

MAX TEMP COLDEST	MIN TEMP COLDEST	PCPN DRIEST	SNOW LEAST
-5 1983	-17 1983	0.00 * 2015	0.0 * 2016
2 1985	-11 1985	T *2006	T * 2006
6 1924	-8 1980	0.01 * 2012	0.1 * 2012
9 1996	-7 2000	0.02 * 2004	0.2 * 2001
10 * 1902	-6 1924	0.03 * 2005	0.3 * 2004
15 * 1977	-3 1984	0.04 * 1944
16 1914	-2 * 1935	0.05 * 1979
17 * 2000	-1 * 1990	0.07 * 2013
18 * 1993	0 *2008	0.08 2002
19 * 2004	1 * 1996	0.09 * 2016

Updated 12/18/2017 ACS