Climate Data for Thanksgiving Day for Chicago and Rockford

Thanksgiving Weather for Northern Illinois: Statistics for Chicago and Rockford

Thanksgiving Weather History

Chicago:
The following statistics comprises 148 years of data, however snowfall data began in 1884, so that element comprises of 136 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 Thanksgivings from 1872-Present, click here.

Graph of high temperatures in Chicago on Thanksgiving

Frequency distribution of high temperatures for Chicago. This dataset shows that the most frequent range of high temperatures on Thanksgiving is in between 40 and 49 degrees, however the range of 30-39 degrees is not that far behind. Since Thanksgiving doesn’t always occur on the same day, there is no normal high. The highest temperature recorded on Thanksgiving is 69 degrees set on November 24^th, 1966. The coldest high temperature on Thanksgiving is 14 degrees which occurred on November 27^th, 1930.


Frequency distribution of low temperatures for Chicago. This dataset shows that the most frequent range of low temperatures on Thanksgiving is in between 30 and 39 degrees. The lowest temperature recorded on Thanksgiving is -1 which occurred on November 23^rd, 1950. The highest low temperature for Thanksgiving was 57 degrees in 1896.

Frequency distribution of precipitation for Chicago. This dataset shows that the most frequent amount of precipitation recorded on Thanksgiving is 0.00”, which accounts for 43% of the days in the dataset. The next most frequent range is 0.02” to 0.25”, closely followed by a trace of precipitation. The highest amount of precipitation on Thanksgiving occurred on November 28^th, 1968 when 1.56” of precipitation fell. This is the only instance of where over an inch of precipitation fell on Thanksgiving.

Amount of snowfall that fell in Chicago on Thanksgiving

Frequency distribution of snowfall for Chicago. This dataset shows that the most frequent amount of snowfall recorded on Thanksgiving is 0.0”, which accounts for 72% of the days in the dataset. The next most frequent range is a Trace, followed by 0.1” to 0.9”. The highest amount of snowfall recorded on Thanksgiving occurred on November 27^th, 1980 when 3.0” of snow fell.

ADDITIONAL THANKSGIVING CLIMATE DATA ( * MEANS LAST OCCURRENCE)

MAX TEMP WARMEST	MIN TEMP WARMEST	PRECIPITATION WETTEST
69 Nov 24, 1966	57 Nov 26, 1896	1.56 Nov 28, 1968
64 Nov 26, 1914	54 Nov 24, 1966	0.68 Nov 28, 1918
63 * Nov 22, 2012	50 Nov 27, 1879	0.66 Nov 28, 1991
62 Nov 26, 1981	49 * Nov 25, 1915	0.60 Nov 24, 1887
61 * Nov 26, 1998	48 Nov 26, 2015	0.56 Nov 27, 1951
60 * Nov 26, 2015	44 * Nov 29, 1913	0.53 Nov 29, 1923
59 * Nov 24, 1988	42 * Nov 22, 2012	0.43 Nov 27, 1980
58 * Nov 23, 2006	41 * Nov 21, 1940	0.42 Nov 26, 2015
57 Nov 22, 2001	40 * Nov 24, 2011	0.36 Nov 25, 1897
54 * Nov 22, 1990	39 * Nov 22, 2001	0.35 Nov 26, 1896

MAX TEMP COLDEST	MIN TEMP COLDEST
14 Nov 27, 1930	-1 Nov 23, 1950
19 * Nov 24, 1881	0 Nov 28, 1872
22 Nov 22, 1945	3 Nov 27, 1930
24 * Nov 28, 1929	9 Nov 24, 1898
25 * Nov 22, 1956	10 * Nov 23, 1989
26 * Nov 26, 1936	12 * Nov 26, 1903
27 * Nov 27, 2014	13 Nov 27, 1947
28 * Nov 27, 1952	14 Nov 27, 1958
29 Nov 25, 1880	15 * Nov 27, 2014
30 * Nov 24, 1983	16 Nov 24, 2005

Updated 11/25/2020