Chicago IL Highest Temperature Each Year

Here's where you'll find answers to questions about the highest temperatures and hottest days in Chicago, Illinois. How hot did it get in 2019? When was the last time thermometers in Chicago rose above 100 °F? What was the highest temperature in Chicago five decades ago? Answers to those questions and much more can be found quickly and easily in the list below of record high temperatures.

This page gives the highest temperature for each year in Chicago and the date that it happened. A date with a plus sign beside it means it was that hot on at least one other day earlier that year.

These records were observed at Chicago's Midway Airport and go back to 1942. The highest temperature measured during that time was 106 degrees Fahrenheit (41 Celsius) on July 13, 1995.

Highest Chicago temperatures in recent years
Max °F	Date	Max °C
100	August 24, 2023	38
101	June 21, 2022	38
96	August 24, 2021	36
96	August 24, 2020	36
97	July 20, 2019	36
96	August 27, 2018 +	36
95	June 12, 2017	35
94	September 07, 2016 +	34
95	August 02, 2015	35
93	June 17, 2014 +	34
97	July 19, 2013	36
105	July 06, 2012	41
101	July 21, 2011	38
95	July 23, 2010	35

Highest temperature recorded at Chicago each year
Max °F	Date	Max °C
93	June 25, 2009 +	34
95	September 02, 2008	35
94	July 09, 2007	34
99	August 01, 2006 +	37
104	July 24, 2005	40
92	July 22, 2004 +	33
97	August 21, 2003	36
98	July 21, 2002	37
97	July 22, 2001	36
94	September 01, 2000 +	34
104	July 30, 1999	40
97	June 25, 1998	36
99	July 26, 1997	37
94	August 07, 1996 +	34
106	July 13, 1995	41
96	July 05, 1994	36
95	August 26, 1993	35
93	August 09, 1992	34
102	August 02, 1991 +	39
100	July 04, 1990	38
101	July 10, 1989	38
104	June 25, 1988	40
99	June 14, 1987	37
97	July 19, 1986	36
97	June 08, 1985	36
98	July 10, 1984	37
100	July 28, 1983 +	38
95	August 03, 1982	35
95	July 12, 1981	35
–	1980	–
92	August 07, 1979	33
95	September 08, 1978	35
99	July 15, 1977	37
100	July 10, 1976	38
94	August 11, 1975 +	34
99	July 14, 1974 +	37
97	August 27, 1973 +	36
96	July 22, 1972	36
101	June 28, 1971 +	38
99	July 02, 1970	37
96	June 26, 1969	36
96	June 23, 1968 +	36
93	May 26, 1967	34
98	July 10, 1966	37
94	July 23, 1965 +	34
98	August 03, 1964	37
99	July 01, 1963	37
96	August 20, 1962	36
95	August 31, 1961 +	35
100	September 07, 1960	38
96	September 08, 1959 +	36
94	August 30, 1958	34
96	June 17, 1957	36
103	July 01, 1956	39
100	July 27, 1955	38
100	June 25, 1954	38
104	June 20, 1953	40
101	June 28, 1952	38
92	August 31, 1951 +	33
93	August 16, 1950 +	34
102	July 03, 1949	39
98	August 24, 1948	37
101	August 06, 1947	38
100	July 18, 1946	38
99	July 31, 1945 +	37
100	June 27, 1944	38
97	June 27, 1943	36
100	July 17, 1942	38

Chicago - Highest Temperature for Each Year

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