October in Chicago Was One for the Weather Record Books

Source WTTW
Original Load Date Nov. 2, 2026, 12:02 p.m.
Last Updated Nov. 2, 2026, 12:02 p.m.
Original URL https://news.wttw.com/2026/11/02/october-chicago-was-one-weather-record-books

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November has a tough act to follow after October delivered unseasonably warm and dry weather. The average temperature of 60.8 degrees in Chicago was 6.8 degrees above normal, good enough to earn a tie for the sixth warmest October in the more than 150 years since record keeping began, [ according t...