| Memorial Day Weather for Northern Illinois: Statistics for Chicago and Rockford
Chicago:
Frequency distribution of high temperatures for Chicago. This dataset shows that the most frequent range of high temperatures on Memorial Day is in the 70 to 79 degree range. Since Memorial Day isn’t on a set day, there is no normal high temperature. The highest temperature on Memorial Day is 93 degrees which occurred on May 30th in 1942 and 1953. The lowest high temperature on Memorial Day is 42 degrees, which occurred on May 30th, 1889. Last year, on May 28th, the high temperature was 79.
Frequency distribution of low temperatures for Chicago. This dataset shows that the most frequent range of low temperatures on Memorial Day is in the 50 to 59 degree range. Since Memorial Day isn’t on a set day, there is no normal low temperature. The lowest temperature for Chicago on Memorial Day is 32, which occurred on May 25th in 1992. The highest low temperature on Memorial Day is 72 which occurred on May 30th in 1874 and 1921. The low temperature last year was 50 degrees.
Frequency distribution of precipitation for Chicago. This dataset shows that the most frequent amount of precipitation recorded on Memorial Day is 0.00”, which accounts for 54% of the days in the dataset. The next most frequent range is the 0.02” to 0.25” range. The highest amount of precipitation on Memorial Day occurred on May 28th, 1984 when 1.00” of rain fell. This is the only instance where an inch or more of precipitation fell on Memorial Day. Last year, a trace of precipitation fell. |
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