Uninterrupted sunshine returns Thursday along with comfortable, late May-level temperatures. The dramatic turnaround in our weather has silenced most area air conditioners. Only a week ago, highs here flirted with 90°. Wednesday’s peak afternoon reading of 70° was 20° cooler and the lowest daytime high here since May 28—nearly three weeks ago. The month has produced temperature surpluses each day and has generated the longest string of consecutive above-normal days of any June since 1919, when 26 above normal days occurred back to back.
A cool day this time of year isn’t a novelty in Chicago or the Midwest. Each June since 1981 has observed at least one daytime high below 70°.
Nighttime lows dip to the low 50s away from Lake Michigan Thursday night and to the low and mid 40s across the North Woods regions of Wisconsin and Michigan.
WGN-TV Chief Meteorologist Tom Skilling and the WGN Weather Center staff provide daily coverage of weather in the Chicago area.
