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Chicago in February: every year compared

In February, Chicago averages highs of 1.4 °C and lows of -5.7 °C, with 54 mm of precipitation. The warmest February was 2017 (3.6 °C), the coldest 1979 (-8.8 °C).

Avg. highAvg. high 1.4 °C

Avg. lowAvg. low -5.7 °C

PrecipitationPrecipitation 54 mm

Rainy daysRainy days 8

Day by day through February

Normal high and low for each day of February in Chicago.

Normal high and low, day by dayNormal 1991–2020

Every February in Chicago, ranked

86 months of February since 1940. The last one, 2025, ranks 34 of 86 (−0.4 °C vs normal).

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2025 · -2.4 °C · −0.4 °C vs normal · rank 34 of 86

Warmest years

120173.6 °C
220243.1 °C
319983.0 °C
419541.6 °C
519991.3 °C

Coldest years

11979-8.8 °C
22015-8.7 °C
31978-8.6 °C
41941-8.3 °C
52014-8.2 °C

All 86 years in a table

Year	Mean temperature	Daytime highs	Night lows	Precipitation	Frost days	Snowfall	Rainy days
2025	-2.4 °C	1.2 °C	-6.1 °C	26 mm	22 days	16 cm	7 days
2024	3.1 °C	7.7 °C	-0.8 °C	21 mm	20 days	3 cm	4 days
2023	1.3 °C	5.2 °C	-2.8 °C	101 mm	19 days	5 cm	6 days
2022	-2.2 °C	1.8 °C	-6.1 °C	81 mm	26 days	23 cm	9 days
2021	-6.0 °C	-2.8 °C	-9.7 °C	39 mm	25 days	25 cm	6 days
2020	-1.1 °C	1.9 °C	-4.3 °C	36 mm	24 days	20 cm	9 days
2019	-2.1 °C	1.0 °C	-5.8 °C	88 mm	25 days	16 cm	11 days
2018	-1.2 °C	2.7 °C	-5.7 °C	116 mm	20 days	28 cm	15 days
2017	3.6 °C	8.3 °C	-0.8 °C	57 mm	16 days	2 cm	7 days
2016	-0.4 °C	2.8 °C	-3.5 °C	46 mm	23 days	15 cm	6 days
2015	-8.7 °C	-4.8 °C	-13.3 °C	37 mm	28 days	28 cm	5 days
2014	-8.2 °C	-4.2 °C	-12.4 °C	49 mm	27 days	22 cm	6 days
2013	-2.5 °C	0.7 °C	-5.9 °C	85 mm	26 days	40 cm	11 days
2012	0.5 °C	3.7 °C	-3.0 °C	43 mm	22 days	14 cm	10 days
2011	-2.9 °C	0.0 °C	-6.1 °C	86 mm	24 days	37 cm	13 days
2010	-2.8 °C	-0.2 °C	-5.6 °C	36 mm	28 days	29 cm	6 days
2009	-1.7 °C	2.3 °C	-5.9 °C	87 mm	24 days	8 cm	8 days
2008	-4.5 °C	-0.9 °C	-8.4 °C	93 mm	28 days	43 cm	12 days
2007	-7.2 °C	-4.1 °C	-10.5 °C	47 mm	28 days	25 cm	7 days
2006	-1.7 °C	2.0 °C	-5.4 °C	25 mm	24 days	3 cm	3 days
2005	0.3 °C	3.2 °C	-2.8 °C	71 mm	20 days	11 cm	7 days
2004	-2.3 °C	1.0 °C	-6.8 °C	18 mm	26 days	11 cm	5 days
2003	-4.7 °C	-1.1 °C	-8.7 °C	13 mm	28 days	6 cm	5 days
2002	0.2 °C	3.6 °C	-3.7 °C	33 mm	22 days	7 cm	7 days
2001	-2.3 °C	1.2 °C	-6.2 °C	78 mm	27 days	10 cm	9 days
2000	1.0 °C	4.2 °C	-2.9 °C	44 mm	21 days	19 cm	5 days
1999	1.3 °C	4.6 °C	-2.3 °C	25 mm	18 days	4 cm	8 days
1998	3.0 °C	5.8 °C	0.3 °C	58 mm	14 days	0 cm	8 days
1997	-1.1 °C	1.6 °C	-4.3 °C	150 mm	26 days	15 cm	7 days
1996	-2.8 °C	1.1 °C	-6.7 °C	36 mm	20 days	3 cm	9 days
1995	-3.0 °C	0.7 °C	-6.4 °C	22 mm	26 days	2 cm	4 days
1994	-5.6 °C	-2.0 °C	-9.9 °C	47 mm	24 days	27 cm	8 days
1993	-3.9 °C	-0.6 °C	-7.3 °C	32 mm	28 days	21 cm	7 days
1992	0.6 °C	3.6 °C	-2.2 °C	46 mm	19 days	2 cm	8 days
1991	-0.6 °C	3.0 °C	-4.1 °C	19 mm	23 days	10 cm	2 days
1990	-0.6 °C	3.1 °C	-4.6 °C	94 mm	24 days	23 cm	10 days
1989	-6.1 °C	-2.8 °C	-9.4 °C	24 mm	28 days	19 cm	7 days
1988	-4.5 °C	-0.5 °C	-8.5 °C	42 mm	29 days	24 cm	8 days
1987	0.3 °C	4.2 °C	-3.3 °C	25 mm	26 days	0 cm	3 days
1986	-3.7 °C	-1.0 °C	-6.5 °C	77 mm	23 days	27 cm	13 days
1985	-4.7 °C	-1.5 °C	-8.6 °C	91 mm	23 days	25 cm	12 days
1984	1.1 °C	4.5 °C	-2.2 °C	54 mm	17 days	13 cm	9 days
1983	-0.2 °C	3.0 °C	-3.3 °C	37 mm	20 days	6 cm	6 days
1982	-5.6 °C	-2.5 °C	-9.3 °C	23 mm	26 days	13 cm	8 days
1981	-2.3 °C	1.5 °C	-6.1 °C	72 mm	20 days	23 cm	7 days
1980	-5.4 °C	-2.3 °C	-9.0 °C	44 mm	25 days	24 cm	8 days
1979	-8.8 °C	-6.0 °C	-12.8 °C	38 mm	28 days	18 cm	9 days
1978	-8.6 °C	-5.0 °C	-12.5 °C	12 mm	28 days	8 cm	5 days
1977	-3.2 °C	0.4 °C	-6.7 °C	35 mm	24 days	13 cm	7 days
1976	1.0 °C	5.7 °C	-3.5 °C	73 mm	15 days	14 cm	9 days
1975	-2.9 °C	-0.3 °C	-6.0 °C	79 mm	26 days	31 cm	10 days
1974	-3.4 °C	0.1 °C	-7.3 °C	79 mm	26 days	23 cm	8 days
1973	-2.2 °C	1.0 °C	-5.5 °C	37 mm	23 days	14 cm	9 days
1972	-4.6 °C	-0.9 °C	-8.7 °C	33 mm	28 days	22 cm	10 days
1971	-3.5 °C	0.4 °C	-7.0 °C	64 mm	23 days	5 cm	9 days
1970	-3.5 °C	0.5 °C	-7.6 °C	19 mm	25 days	11 cm	5 days
1969	-2.4 °C	0.1 °C	-5.1 °C	10 mm	27 days	7 cm	4 days
1968	-5.2 °C	-0.8 °C	-9.1 °C	41 mm	28 days	8 cm	5 days
1967	-6.2 °C	-2.0 °C	-11.1 °C	49 mm	27 days	33 cm	8 days
1966	-3.4 °C	-0.0 °C	-7.1 °C	56 mm	25 days	4 cm	6 days
1965	-4.2 °C	0.3 °C	-8.1 °C	55 mm	26 days	21 cm	10 days
1964	-2.8 °C	0.8 °C	-6.9 °C	17 mm	29 days	12 cm	5 days
1963	-8.2 °C	-3.9 °C	-13.4 °C	20 mm	28 days	12 cm	7 days
1962	-4.8 °C	-1.4 °C	-8.5 °C	41 mm	27 days	20 cm	10 days
1961	-0.8 °C	3.3 °C	-5.0 °C	45 mm	25 days	12 cm	9 days
1960	-4.2 °C	-1.7 °C	-7.4 °C	72 mm	28 days	33 cm	11 days
1959	-4.5 °C	-0.7 °C	-8.8 °C	72 mm	28 days	10 cm	10 days
1958	-7.1 °C	-3.7 °C	-10.7 °C	21 mm	25 days	8 cm	7 days
1957	-0.5 °C	2.6 °C	-4.0 °C	49 mm	25 days	5 cm	8 days
1956	-3.0 °C	0.4 °C	-7.0 °C	62 mm	27 days	27 cm	13 days
1955	-2.7 °C	1.0 °C	-6.7 °C	52 mm	24 days	11 cm	7 days
1954	1.6 °C	5.2 °C	-2.2 °C	69 mm	20 days	16 cm	11 days
1953	-0.5 °C	3.2 °C	-4.6 °C	41 mm	23 days	5 cm	7 days
1952	-0.4 °C	2.5 °C	-3.3 °C	20 mm	28 days	6 cm	6 days
1951	-3.5 °C	0.1 °C	-7.6 °C	85 mm	23 days	17 cm	12 days
1950	-3.6 °C	-0.2 °C	-7.4 °C	98 mm	28 days	35 cm	14 days
1949	-2.9 °C	0.9 °C	-7.7 °C	74 mm	26 days	12 cm	9 days
1948	-4.5 °C	-0.7 °C	-8.7 °C	55 mm	25 days	9 cm	8 days
1947	-7.7 °C	-3.4 °C	-12.1 °C	11 mm	27 days	6 cm	4 days
1946	-4.0 °C	0.3 °C	-8.7 °C	53 mm	27 days	20 cm	7 days
1945	-4.0 °C	0.1 °C	-7.7 °C	42 mm	27 days	9 cm	9 days
1944	-3.3 °C	1.0 °C	-7.5 °C	54 mm	28 days	15 cm	7 days
1943	-4.6 °C	0.4 °C	-9.8 °C	36 mm	26 days	12 cm	6 days
1942	-7.5 °C	-4.1 °C	-11.0 °C	46 mm	28 days	27 cm	7 days
1941	-8.3 °C	-4.0 °C	-12.8 °C	34 mm	27 days	7 cm	4 days
1940	-5.3 °C	-2.0 °C	-8.9 °C	48 mm	29 days	34 cm	9 days

February records

Hottest day

20.5 °C

February 27, 2024 estimate

Nearby station: 23.9 °C on February 27, 1976 measured

Coldest night

-27.1 °C

February 2, 1951 estimate

Nearby station: -28.9 °C on February 9, 1933 measured

Wettest day

72 mm

February 21, 1997 estimate

The weather on your birthday in Chicago

Any day since 1940: high, low, rain, snow, and how warm it was compared with the same date in every other year.

Questions & answers

How warm is Chicago in February?

Highs average 1.4 °C and lows -5.7 °C. A typical February brings 0 hot days (30 °C or more) and 24 frost days.

Does it rain a lot in Chicago in February?

About 54 mm falls in February, over some 8 days with at least 1 mm. The wettest February was 1997 (150 mm), the driest 1969 (10 mm).

What was the warmest February in Chicago?

2017, with a mean temperature of 3.6 °C. The coldest was 1979 (-8.8 °C). The last one, 2025, ranks 34 of 86.