Chicago Weather In May

The highest recorded temperature for Chicago Illinois for the past 47 years in May was 22 degrees Celsius, on May 25, 1982, and the typical high is 21. The lowest documented temperature in May for Chicago for the past 47 years was -32 registered on May 18, 1983, and the standard low recorded daily temperature is 9.

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

National Weather Service data shows that the high temperature in Chicago on May First averages 4 degrees Celsius and the high on the final day of May averages 1 degrees. The low measured temperature in Chicago on May First averages -4 degrees and the low on the last day of the month averages -8 degrees.

Chicago usually receives an average of 8.59 centimeters of rain during May. The most precipitation recorded on a single day in May, according to May Chicago Weather data, was 11.35 centimeters on May 25, 1982. Chicago averages 0.254 centimeters of snow in May.On May 31, 1978 Chicago received 25.65 centimeters of precipitation, the highest snowfall recorded in a single day in May.