CDUS43 KLOT 152143 CLIMDW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 443 PM CDT THU OCT 15 2026 ................................... ...THE CHICAGO-MIDWAY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 15 2026... VALID TODAY AS OF 0400 PM LOCAL TIME. CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1928 TO 2026 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL ................................................................... TEMPERATURE (F) TODAY MAXIMUM 66 2:59 PM 88 1947 64 2 63 MINIMUM 60 10:01 AM 29 1937 47 13 56 AVERAGE 63 55 8 60 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.01 1.66 1967 0.12 -0.11 0.18 MONTH TO DATE 1.70 1.72 -0.02 1.59 SINCE SEP 1 7.10 4.49 2.61 2.15 SINCE JAN 1 39.24 28.52 10.72 26.97 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TODAY 2 10 -8 5 MONTH TO DATE 25 115 -90 43 SINCE SEP 1 52 174 -122 64 SINCE JUL 1 52 178 -126 66 COOLING TODAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 36 17 19 62 SINCE SEP 1 240 153 87 266 SINCE JAN 1 1211 1109 102 1407 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (80) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 30 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (150) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.1 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 81 1:00 PM LOWEST 72 12:00 AM AVERAGE 77 .......................................................... THE CHICAGO-MIDWAY CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 87 1963 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 30 1944 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 15 2026.......SUNRISE 7:03 AM CDT SUNSET 6:09 PM CDT OCTOBER 16 2026.......SUNRISE 7:04 AM CDT SUNSET 6:08 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$