Chicago’s temperatures remain below 80° for a third consecutive day Wednesday. With highs of 73° Monday and Tuesday—and a 77° high predicted this afternoon, the area is in the midst of its coolest spell in nearly two months.
A series of sub-80°days in August’s final two weeks occur on an average only once every three years.
The chill’s been most noticeable at night across the Upper Midwest. Embarrass, Minnesota slipped to 29° early Tuesday. Other lows included 34° at Bayfield and 36° at Hayward —each in northern Wisconsin. Chicago’s western suburbs have hosted low 50° lows but warming breezes off Lake Michigan’s 72° waters have limited cooling in the city to the low/mid 60s.
Cool as its been here, snow advisories were posted above 6,500 feet in northwest Montana overnight. Rains of 2.29” hit Tucson, Arizona Tuesday, the heaviest there in 22 years.
WGN-TV Chief Meteorologist Tom Skilling and the WGN Weather Center staff provide daily coverage of weather in the Chicago area.
