Turning Point to the Warmer Side; Landmark Weather Week for Chicagoland This Week

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TODAY SUNRISE: 7:10 AM SUNSET: 4:57 PM

Chicagoland weather radar is all clear at about 11:20 AM.

Satellite images show cloudy conditions over northern Illinois at 11:21 AM.

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If you are looking forward to warmer weather, this week holds some hope when you look at general weather statistics. First of all, the sunset for much of Chicagoland pushes past 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, January 28. We start gaining more minutes of daylight (about three minutes per day) with later sunsets and earlier sunrises. In most of January, very little daylight is gained each day after the Winter Solstice in late December.

Thursday, January 28 is also the day that the normal low temperature for the day starts to rise (16°F to 17°F). The 16°F normal low holds from January 11 through January 27. By the end of February, the normal low is 24°F, and by the end of March the normal low is 34°F.

The normal high rises from 31°F to 32°F on Saturday January 30. The normal high rises above freezing at 33°F on Saturday, February 6.

January 20 is the day on record with the all-time record low temperature of -27°F, so this last week of January is the first week that puts us on the increasingly warm side of the all-time record low. Significant warmup of the record low doesn’t really start until March, when the first record low day above ZERO was 2°F, recorded on March 6, 1960. The first record low day above 32°F was recorded on May 11, 1981.

 NWS POINT FORECAST … 

Today
Rain, mainly after 4pm. High near 37. South southeast wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tonight
Rain before 2am, then rain and snow between 2am and 3am, then a chance of snow after 3am. Low around 32. South wind 10 to 15 mph becoming west after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Tuesday
A chance of snow before noon, then a chance of snow showers between noon and 3pm. Cloudy, with a temperature falling to around 29 by 5pm. West wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Tuesday Night
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 20. West northwest wind 10 to 15 mph.

Wednesday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 28. West northwest wind around 10 mph becoming southwest in the 
afternoon.

Wednesday Night
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 23.

Thursday
Partly sunny, with a high near 37.

Thursday Night
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26.

Friday
Mostly cloudy, with a high near 36.

Friday Night
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 31.

Saturday
A slight chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 42.

Saturday Night
A slight chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30.

Sunday

A slight chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 37.

 AIRPORT WEATHER OBSERVATIONS … 

Location Time
(cdt)
Sky/Weather Temp.
(ºF)
Dewpt.
(ºF)
Humidity
(%)
Wind
(mph)
Pressure
(in)
Chicago/O’Hare 11:51 Mostly Cloudy 36 26 67 S 10 29.81
Chicago Midway Airport 11:53 Mostly Cloudy 38 25 60 S 8 29.82
Chicago Executive Airport 11:52 Fair 35 26 70 S 12 29.83
Chicago / West Chicago, Dupage Airport 11:52 Fair 35 26 70 S 9 29.79
Aurora Municipal Airport 11:52 Fair 36 28 73 S 10 29.80
Gary Chicago International 11:45 Mostly Cloudy 37 25 60 S 12 29.84
Kenosha Regional Airport 11:53 Fair 34 25 70 SW 7 29.80
Chicago / Waukegan, Waukegan Regional Airport 11:55 Fair 34 26 73 S 12 29.80
Lansing Municipal Airport 11:35 Fair 37 26 66 S 16 G 20 29.84
Click on location name for the weather during the past two days at that site.

 CHICAGO EXECUTIVE AIRPORT … 

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Time
(cst)
Wind
(mph)
Vis.
(mi.)
Weather Sky Cond. Temperature (ºF) Relative
Humidity
Wind
Chill
(°F)
Heat
Index
(°F)
Pressure Precipitation (in.)
Air Dwpt 6 hour altimeter
(in)
sea level
(mb)
1 hr 3 hr 6 hr
Max. Min.
25 10:52 S 12 10.00 Fair CLR 35 26 70% 27 NA 29.83 1010.7
25 09:52 S 9 10.00 Fair CLR 32 25 75% 24 NA 29.83 1010.9
25 08:52 S 9 9.00 Fair CLR 30 24 79% 22 NA 29.85 1011.4
25 07:52 S 7 8.00 Fair CLR 27 22 81% 19 NA 29.87 1012.2
25 06:52 S 7 10.00 Fair CLR 28 23 81% 21 NA 29.86 1012.0
25 05:52 S 6 9.00 Fair CLR 27 23 27 23 85% 20 NA 29.87 1012.2
25 04:52 S 6 9.00 Fair CLR 27 23 85% 20 NA 29.88 1012.5
25 03:52 SE 6 8.00 Fair CLR 26 22 84% 19 NA 29.89 1012.7
25 02:52 SE 6 7.00 Fair CLR 26 22 84% 19 NA 29.91 1013.5
25 01:52 SE 5 6.00 Fog/Mist CLR 24 22 91% 18 NA 29.92 1013.9
25 00:52 Calm 4.00 Fog/Mist CLR 25 23 92% NA NA 29.93 1014.2
24 23:52 Calm 4.00 Fog/Mist CLR 23 22 30 23 96% NA NA 29.93 1014.5
24 22:52 Calm 4.00 Fog/Mist CLR 25 23 92% NA NA 29.94 1014.6
24 21:52 Calm 5.00 Fog/Mist CLR 26 24 92% NA NA 29.94 1014.6
24 20:52 Calm 5.00 Fog/Mist CLR 28 25 88% NA NA 29.95 1015.0
24 19:52 Calm 5.00 Fog/Mist CLR 27 24 89% NA NA 29.95 1015.1
24 18:52 Calm 6.00 Fair with Haze CLR 29 24 82% NA NA 29.95 1015.2
24 17:52 Calm 6.00 Fog/Mist CLR 27 23 32 27 85% NA NA 29.95 1015.0
24 16:52 Calm 5.00 A Few Clouds with Haze FEW027 30 23 75% NA NA 29.95 1015.1
24 15:52 Calm 5.00 Overcast with Haze OVC026 32 24 73% NA NA 29.94 1014.7
24 14:52 W 3 5.00 Overcast with Haze OVC025 32 24 73% NA NA 29.93 1014.4
24 13:52 SW 6 5.00 Overcast with Haze OVC017 31 24 76% 25 NA 29.94 1014.7
24 12:52 SW 9 5.00 Overcast with Haze OVC016 30 24 79% 22 NA 29.95 1015.0
24 11:52 SW 8 6.00 Overcast with Haze OVC015 28 22 28 24 78% 20 NA 29.96 1015.5
24 10:52 SW 7 6.00 Overcast with Haze OVC015 27 21 78% 19 NA 29.98 1016.2
24 09:52 SW 8 7.00 Overcast OVC015 26 20 78% 18 NA 29.99 1016.5
24 08:52 W 8 7.00 Overcast OVC016 25 19 78% 16 NA 29.99 1016.4
24 07:52 SW 12 G 18 8.00 Overcast OVC018 25 18 75% 14 NA 29.97 1015.8
24 06:52 SW 10 10.00 Overcast OVC024 24 17 75% 14 NA 29.98 1016.2
24 05:52 SW 9 10.00 A Few Clouds FEW031 25 16 25 24 69% 16 NA 29.98 1016.2
24 04:52 SW 9 10.00 Fair CLR 25 16 69% 16 NA 29.98 1016.1
24 03:52 S 13 G 21 10.00 Fair CLR 25 17 72% 13 NA 29.99 1016.3
24 02:52 SW 12 10.00 Fair CLR 25 17 72% 14 NA 30.01 1017.1
24 01:52 SW 8 10.00 Fair CLR 25 17 72% 16 NA 30.03 1017.7
24 00:52 S 7 10.00 Fair CLR 25 18 75% 17 NA 30.04 1018.1

 MORE HELPFUL LINKS …  

LIVE RADAR | STORM TRACKS | UNISYS US IR SAT | UNISYS Midwest IR SAT | UNISYS More IR SAT

WunderMap® with Temperature/Wind Data || Google: Arlington Heights Temps | NE Illinois Temps

Full Screen Motion Weather Radar (Wunderground.com)

Midwest Cloud Cover with Arlington Heights Weather Forecast | SWPC Aurora Forecast

ChicagoWeatherStation.com I O’Hare Normal Temps/Precip I O’Hare Record Temps, Precip, Snow

SUNLIGHT DATA FOR SECURITY, TRAFFIC SAFETY, AND SPORTS
SunCalc.net data with solar azimuth and trajectory, times for dawn, sunrise, solar noon, sunset, dusk …



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