Climate Data for Chicago at Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving Weather for Northern Illinois: Statistics for Chicago and Rockford

Chicago:
The following statistics comprises 136 years of data, however snowfall data began in 1884, so it comprises of 124 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.

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. 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. Last year, the high temperature was 33 degrees which is in the 2nd most common range of high temperatures.

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. Last year, the low temperature was 25 degrees, which is in the 2nd most common range of low temperatures.

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. Last year, 0.01” of precipitation fell.

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 70% 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. Last year, 0.1” of snow fell.

ADDITIONAL THANKSGIVING CLIMATE DATA ( * MEANS LAST OCCURRENCE)

MAX TEMP WARMEST	MIN TEMP WARMEST	PCPN WETTEST	SNOW MOST
69 Nov 24, 1966	57 Nov 26, 1896	1.56 Nov 28, 1968	3.0 Nov 27, 1980
64 Nov 26, 1914	54 Nov 24, 1966	0.68 Nov 28, 1918	2.5 Nov 24, 1949
63 * Nov 25, 1915	50 Nov 27, 1879	0.66 Nov 28, 1991	2.1 Nov 30, 1891
62 Nov 26, 1981	49 * Nov 25, 1915	0.60 Nov 24, 1887	1.8 Nov 23, 1950
61 * Nov 26, 1998	44 Nov 29, 1913	0.56 Nov 27, 1951	1.5 Nov 26, 1953
60 * Nov 25, 1976	42 Nov 25, 1965	0.53 Nov 29, 1923
59 * Nov 24, 1988	41 * Nov 21,1940	0.43 Nov 27, 1980
58 * Nov 23, 2006	40 Nov 22, 1979	0.36 Nov 25, 1897
57 Nov 22, 2001	39 * Nov 22, 2001	0.35 Nov 26, 1896
54 * Nov 22, 1990	38 * Nov 25, 1993	0.33 Nov 24, 1949

MAX TEMP COLDEST	MIN TEMP COLDEST	PCPN DRIEST	SNOW LEAST
14 Nov 27, 1930	-1 Nov 23, 1950	0.00 * Nov 23, 2006	0.0 * Nov 23, 2006
19 * Nov 24, 1881	0 Nov 28, 1872	T * Nov 24, 2005	T * Nov 24, 2005
22 Nov 22, 1945	3 Nov 27, 1930	0.01 * Nov 22, 2007	0.1 * Nov 22, 2007
24 * Nov 28, 1929	9 Nov 24, 1898	0.02 * Nov 28, 1957	0.3 * Nov 26, 1959
25 * Nov 22, 1956	10 * Nov 23, 1989	0.03 * Nov 28, 1935	0.5 * Nov 22, 1945
26 * Nov 26, 1936	12 * Nov 26, 1903	0.04 * Nov 23, 1950
27 * Nov 23, 1989	13 Nov 27, 1947	0.05 * Nov 22, 1985
28 * Nov 27, 1952	14 Nov 27, 1958	0.06 Nov 26, 1903
29 Nov 25, 1880	15 * Nov 28, 2002	0.07 Nov 27, 1975
30 * Nov 24, 1983	16 Nov 24, 2005	0.08 * Nov 26, 1970

Updated 10/28/2008 TJH and ACS

National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office