Climate Data for Christmas Day for Chicago

Christmas Weather for Northern Illinois: Statistics for Chicago and Rockford

Christmas Climate

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.

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.


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.

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.

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.

ADDITIONAL CHRISTMAS CLIMATE DATA

MAX TEMP WARMEST	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
52 1893	35 1941	0.35 1949
52 1891	35 1888	0.34 1965
50 1940	35 1881	0.34 1879
50 1877	34 1973	0.34 1877

MAX TEMP COLDEST	MIN TEMP COLDEST
-5 1983	-17 1983
2 1985	-11 1985
6 1924	-8 1980
9 1996	-7 2000
10 1902	-6 1924
10 1892	-3 1984
15 1977	-3 1903
15 1899	-2 1935
15 1879	-2 1892
15 1878	-1 1990, 1914

Updated 12/18/2020