Chicago Weather In December

The highest recorded temperature in December for Chicago Illinois for the past 47 years was 22 degrees Celsius, registered on December 25, 1982, and the standard high is 1. The coldest December day in Chicago for the past 47 years was -32 most recently measured on December 18, 1983, while the normal low measured temperature is -6.

United States National Weather Service historical Chicago December Weather data shows that on December 23, 1983, the high temperature did not exceed -24 degrees Celsius, the lowest high measured in Chicago in the past 47 years. Weather Service records additionally show that on December 1, 1982, the recorded low temperature for the day did not drop below 14 degrees, the highest low measured in Chicago in the last 47 years.

Historical weather data accumulated by the National Weather Service shows that the average daily high temperature in Chicago on December First is 4 degrees Celsius and the average high on the last day of December is 1 degrees. The low recorded temperature in Chicago on December First averages -4 degrees Celsius and the low temperature on the final day of December averages -8 degrees.

Chicago normally receives an average of 6.17 centimeters of rain during December. December Chicago Weather records indicate that on December 25, 1982 Chicago received 11.35 centimeters of precipitation, the highest amount of rain recorded in a single day in December. Chicago averages 20.574 centimeters of snow in December.On December 31, 1978 Chicago received 25.65 centimeters of precipitation, the highest snowfall recorded in a single day in December.