Chicago, IL: February

28 February 2026: February 2026 averaged 33.1°F in Chicago, IL, the warmest February since 2024, 25th warmest of 154.

February 2026

Mean temperature: 33.1°F; Warmest since 2024; 25th warmest of 154
Precipitation: 0.16 in; Driest since 1920; 3rd driest of 156

A normal February in Chicago, IL (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 27.8°F, between 21.6°F and 34°F in eight years of ten and 1.64 in of precipitation, between 0.70 in and 3.52 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every February in Chicago, IL since 1873: 33.1°F in 2026; the highest is 39.5°F, in 2024.

Normal range, 21.6 to 34°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every February in Chicago, IL from 1871 to 2026, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank	Days missing
2026	33.1	25	41.8	15	24.3	40	0.16	154	0
2025	27.2	77	34.2	81	20.3	71	0.52	143	0
2024	39.5	1	49.2	1	29.7	7	0.65	137	0
2023	33.9	19	42.2	12	25.5	30	3.83	8	0
2022	27.4	74	35.3	68	19.5	83	2.59	28	0
2021	20.2	135	27.4	136	13	134	1.25	104	0
2020	30.2	45	37.3	42	23.1	49	0.77	128	0
2019	25.9	101	34	84	17.8	107	2.81	24	0
2018	28.8	55	38	39	19.6	79	4.64	4	0
2017	38	4	47.7	2	28.4	12	1.52	89	0
2016	30.4	41	37.2	43	23.5	45	1.23	106	0
2015	14.6	153	23.4	153	5.7	153	1.45	94	0
2014	17.3	145	25.7	143	8.9	149	2.48	33	0
2013	26.1	96	33.1	98	19.1	93	2.96	21	0
2012	32.9	26	40.2	21	25.6	28	1.64	75	0
2011	26.2	93	32.7	100	19.6	79	3.52	11	0
2010	26.7	84	32.3	105	21.1	61	1.64	75	0
2009	28.2	63	36.9	45	19.6	79	3.39	15	0
2008	23	117	29.7	123	16.4	116	3.53	10	0
2007	17.9	142	24.4	147	11.5	139	1.61	80	0
2006	28.2	63	36.3	51	20	75	1.80	67	0
2005	32.4	27	38.9	34	26	24	2.19	48	0
2004	27.4	74	35.8	58	18.9	95	0.71	134	0
2003	23.6	116	32.3	105	14.9	120	0.19	153	0
2002	32.1	33	40.2	21	24.1	41	0.96	118	0
2001	26.1	96	34	84	18.2	104	2.57	31	0
2000	34.1	17	42.2	12	25.9	25	1.97	59	0
1999	34	18	42.1	14	25.9	25	1.64	75	0
1998	38.7	3	45	6	32.4	1	1.70	72	0
1997	29	53	35.1	70	22.8	53	5.56	1	0
1996	26	99	33.9	87	18.2	104	0.71	134	0
1995	26.4	89	33.9	87	19	94	0.41	147	0
1994	22	124	30.7	115	13.4	129	2.56	32	0
1993	24.3	113	31.8	108	16.9	112	0.82	127	0
1992	33.3	23	39.6	27	27	18	1.39	97	0
1991	31	37	39	32	23	50	0.62	139	0
1990	31.3	36	39.6	27	23	50	2.25	45	0
1989	19.6	140	27.2	138	12	138	0.77	128	0
1988	22.7	120	31.6	110	13.7	128	1.29	102	0
1987	33.8	21	42.5	10	25.2	32	0.99	116	0
1986	23.9	114	30.5	117	17.4	109	2.58	30	0
1985	20.3	133	28.2	131	12.5	136	3.46	14	0
1984	33.9	19	41.5	17	26.2	22	1.39	97	0
1983	30.4	41	37.5	40	23.4	47	2.06	54	0
1982	21.5	128	29.8	122	13.2	132	0.41	147	0
1981	28	66	36.6	47	19.4	85	2.35	41	0
1980	21.5	128	29	127	14	127	1.24	105	0
1979	16.7	151	23.8	150	9.5	147	1.11	110	0
1978	16.8	150	24.7	145	8.9	149	0.90	121	0
1977	26.9	82	34.4	77	19.5	83	0.72	133	0
1976	35.7	9	45.1	5	26.4	20	2.18	49	0
1975	26.9	82	33	99	20.8	66	2.29	42	0
1974	27	80	34.7	75	19.3	87	2.07	53	0
1973	30.2	45	36.3	51	24.1	41	1.27	103	0
1972	25.5	105	33.6	90	17.4	109	0.92	120	0
1971	28.2	63	35.5	63	20.9	64	2.39	38	0
1970	26.6	86	34.4	77	18.8	96	1.05	112	0
1969	30.3	43	35.8	58	24.7	36	0.25	152	0
1968	25.1	107	33.3	94	16.8	113	1.10	111	0
1967	22	124	29.7	123	14.3	125	1.86	64	0
1966	27.9	67	34.8	73	21	62	1.78	68	0
1965	27.4	74	36	57	18.7	99	1.76	70	0
1964	28.8	55	36.6	47	20.9	64	0.57	140	0
1963	19.1	141	28	132	10.3	143	0.54	141	0
1962	25.8	102	32.3	105	19.3	87	1.81	66	0
1961	34.3	16	41.4	18	27.2	15	0.90	121	0
1960	25.5	105	30.7	115	20.4	70	3.16	18	1
1959	26.1	96	33.5	92	18.7	99	2.39	38	0
1958	20	137	26.7	142	13.3	130	0.33	151	0
1957	33.3	23	39.4	29	27.3	14	1.77	69	0
1956	29.3	51	35.8	58	22.9	52	2.26	44	0
1955	28.8	55	36.1	54	21.4	58	1.83	65	0
1954	37.5	5	45.5	4	29.6	8	2.40	37	0
1953	31.7	35	39.9	24	23.5	45	1.58	84	0
1952	32.2	31	38.7	35	25.8	27	0.44	146	0
1951	27.2	77	34.8	73	19.7	78	2.62	27	0
1950	26.2	93	33.2	97	19.3	87	3.35	16	0
1949	27.8	68	35.5	63	20.1	74	2.42	35	0
1948	26.3	92	34.3	80	18.3	103	1.62	78	0
1947	20.5	132	27.6	135	13.3	130	0.38	149	0
1946	28.6	60	36.5	50	20.6	68	0.98	117	0
1945	28.8	55	35.4	65	22.1	55	1.18	109	0
1944	29	53	36.6	47	21.3	60	1.70	72	0
1943	27.8	68	37.2	43	18.4	101	1.34	99	0
1942	26.5	88	30.5	117	22.6	54	3.03	19	0
1941	25.6	104	31.8	108	19.4	85	1.01	114	0
1940	29.3	51	34.1	82	24.4	38	0.89	123	0
1939	27.6	71	35.6	62	19.6	79	1.98	58	0
1938	34.6	14	40.2	21	29	10	2.11	52	0
1937	26.4	89	34.1	82	18.8	96	0.63	138	0
1936	15.3	152	23.5	152	7	152	1.33	100	0
1935	29.7	48	34.7	75	24.6	37	1.59	83	0
1934	22.9	118	30	121	15.8	117	0.52	143	0
1933	26.2	93	34	84	18.4	101	1.22	107	0
1932	34.9	11	42.7	9	27.2	15	1.21	108	0
1931	35.6	10	40.9	20	30.2	6	0.76	130	0
1930	37.1	7	43.8	7	30.4	5	1.42	96	0
1929	21.6	127	28.4	128	14.8	121	0.54	141	0
1928	30.3	43	36.7	46	23.9	44	1.57	85	0
1927	34.9	11	41.1	19	28.8	11	0.75	131	0
1926	30.9	38	35.4	65	26.4	20	2.92	22	0
1925	32.2	31	39.4	29	24.9	33	1.62	78	0
1924	28.8	55	33.3	94	24.4	38	1.68	74	0
1923	22.3	123	29.1	125	15.5	119	1.05	112	0
1922	29.4	49	37.4	41	21.4	58	0.74	132	0
1921	33.5	22	38.7	35	28.2	13	0.38	149	0
1920	25.7	103	31.6	110	19.9	76	0.13	155	0
1919	30.5	39	36.1	54	24.9	33	2.78	26	0
1918	27.2	77	35.3	68	19.2	92	2.81	24	0
1917	19.8	139	28.3	129	11.3	140	0.67	136	0
1916	25	109	31.2	113	18.8	96	0.87	125	0
1915	34.5	15	39.8	25	29.3	9	1.92	63	0
1914	20.3	133	27.3	137	13.2	132	0.93	119	0
1913	24.8	111	32.6	101	17.1	111	1.97	59	0
1912	21.7	126	27.7	134	15.8	117	1.57	85	0
1911	32.4	27	38.3	38	26.5	19	2.27	43	0
1910	24.8	111	31.4	112	18.2	104	0.89	123	0
1909	32.4	27	39.2	31	25.6	28	3.84	7	0
1908	26.7	84	32.4	104	21	62	3.72	9	0
1907	26.4	89	33.4	93	19.3	87	1.00	115	0
1906	27.5	73	34.4	77	20.7	67	2.37	40	0
1905	17	146	23.8	150	10.1	145	1.95	61	0
1904	17	146	24.5	146	9.5	147	1.71	71	0
1903	24.9	110	30.4	119	19.3	87	3.03	19	0
1902	20.7	131	27	139	14.4	124	1.53	88	0
1901	17	146	23.2	154	10.9	142	2.05	55	0
1900	20.1	136	28	132	12.1	137	3.52	11	0
1899	17.9	142	25.5	144	10.3	143	1.60	81	0
1898	27.6	71	33.7	89	21.5	56	2.59	28	0
1897	28.4	62	33.3	94	23.4	47	2.22	47	0
1896	26.6	86	32.5	102	20.6	68	3.48	13	0
1895	17	146	24.1	149	9.9	146	1.60	81	0
1894	22.9	118	29.1	125	16.7	115	2.13	50	0
1893	21.4	130	28.3	129	14.6	123	2.44	34	0
1892	30.2	45	35	72	25.3	31	1.57	85	0
1891	28.6	60	35.7	61	21.5	56	1.95	61	0
1890	32.4	27	38.7	35	26.2	22	2.42	35	0
1889	19.9	138	26.8	140	13	134	1.31	101	0
1888	22.5	122	30.9	114	14.1	126	1.51	90	0
1887	26	99	35.1	70	16.8	113	5.10	2	0
1886	29.4	49	39	32	19.9	76	1.51	90	0
1885	17.8	144	26.8	140	8.8	151	2.01	56	0
1884	27.8	68	35.4	65	20.2	73	3.17	17	0
1883	22.6	121	30.4	119	14.7	122	4.74	3	0
1882	39	2	46.4	3	31.6	2	2.24	46	0
1881	25.1	107	32.5	102	17.7	108	4.28	5	0
1880	34.8	13	42.5	10	27.1	17	2.91	23	0
1879	27	80	33.6	90	20.3	71	1.47	93	0
1878	36.5	8	41.6	16	31.3	3	2.12	51	0
1877	37.3	6	43.5	8	31.1	4	0.06	156	0
1876	31.9	34	39.8	25	24	43	3.90	6	0
1875	14.6	153	24.4	147	4.9	154	1.99	57	0
1874	30.5	39	36.1	54	24.9	33	1.51	90	0
1873	23.7	115	36.2	53	11.1	141	0.47	145	0
1872							0.84	126	29
1871							1.45	94	28

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2024	39.5
1882	39
1998	38.7
2017	38
1954	37.5
1877	37.3
1930	37.1
1878	36.5
1976	35.7
1931	35.6

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
2015	14.6
1875	14.6
1936	15.3
1979	16.7
1978	16.8
1905	17
1904	17
1901	17
1895	17
2014	17.3

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1997	5.56
1887	5.10
1883	4.74
2018	4.64
1881	4.28
1876	3.90
1909	3.84
2023	3.83
1908	3.72
2008	3.53

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1877	0.06
1920	0.13
2026	0.16
2003	0.19
1969	0.25
1958	0.33
1947	0.38
1921	0.38
1995	0.41
1982	0.41

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 65°F; 27 February 2026, 16 February 2026
Coldest night: 7°F; 1 February 2026
Wettest day: 0.06 in; 19 February 2026

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February 2026 brought 0.16 in of precipitation in Chicago, IL, the driest February since 1920, 3rd driest of 156.
The hottest day of February 2026 in Chicago, IL: 65°F on Friday 27 February 2026 and Monday 16 February 2026.
The coldest night of February 2026 in Chicago, IL: a low of 7°F on Sunday 1 February 2026.
The wettest day of February 2026 in Chicago, IL: 0.06 in on Thursday 19 February 2026.