Friday marked one of the coldest days in Chicago years, but how cold did it really get?
According to the National Weather Service, just before 8 a.m. Chicago’s air temperatures reached as low as -11 degrees with -36-degree wind chills.
While it’s not the coldest air the city has ever seen, it did mark a record.
The low air temperature of -11 degrees Friday morning breaks the previous daily record of -4 degrees from 1963 for Jan. 23.
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It’s also one of the coldest in recent history.
Only four days have seen high temperatures stay below zero since 1996.
-1 degree: Dec. 23, 2022-10 degrees: Jan. 30, 2019 (record minimum high temp is -11 degrees in 1994 & 1983)-2 degrees: Jan. 6, 2014-1 degree: Jan. 15, 2009
It’s also the lowest temperature in Chicago since Jan. 15, 2024.
But it’s far from the coldest ever recorded in the city.
In fact, in the 1980s, Chicago saw air temperatures reach beyond -20 degrees multiple times.
-27 degrees Jan. 20, 1985 (wind chill was -60 degrees)-26 degrees Jan. 10, 1982-25 degrees Jan. 16, 1982 & Dec. 24, 1983
So how long will it last?
While the extreme cold warning came to an end at 12 p.m., a cold weather advisory will go into effect directly after and last until 9 a.m. Saturday.
Temperatures are likely to remain below average from Jan. 30 through Feb. 5, according to the NBC 5 Storm Team.
Saturday’s high temperature is forecast to be 10 degrees. Morning wind chills Saturday will still be bitter, with feels-like temps as low as -30. Parts of the Chicago area could also see snow chances Saturday and Sunday as part of a winter storm set to hit multiple states, with heavy snow and crippling ice.
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