Christmas Weather for Northern Illinois: Statistics for Chicago and Rockford
Chicago:
The following statistics comprises 148 years of data, however snowfall data began in 1885, so it is composed of 135 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.
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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 0.1" through 0.9" followed closed by a Trace. The highest amount of snowfall recorded on Christmas occurred in 1950 when 5.1” of snow fell.
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MAX TEMP |
MIN TEMP WARMEST |
PCPN WETTEST |
SNOW MOST |
64 1982 |
46 1936 |
0.50 1950 |
5.1 1950 |
57 2019 |
42 1940 |
0.50 1909 |
5.0 1909 |
56 1936 |
42 1877 |
0.47 1982 |
4.3 1933 |
56 1895 |
37 2019 |
0.46 2009 |
4.1 1951 |
55 1971 |
36 1982 |
0.38 1957 |
3.9 1935 |
52 1994 |
35 1957 |
0.35 1973 |
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52 1893 |
35 1941 |
0.35 1949 |
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52 1891 |
35 1888 |
0.34 1965 |
|
50 1940 |
35 1881 |
0.34 1879 |
|
50 1877 |
34 1973 |
0.34 1877 |
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MAX TEMP COLDEST |
MIN TEMP COLDEST |
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-5 1983 |
-17 1983 |
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2 1985 |
-11 1985 |
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6 1924 |
-8 1980 |
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9 1996 |
-7 2000 |
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10 1902 |
-6 1924 |
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10 1892 |
-3 1984 |
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15 1977 |
-3 1903 |
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15 1899 |
-2 1935 |
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15 1879 |
-2 1892 |
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15 1878 |
-1 1990, 1914 |
Updated 12/18/2020