It's Official, Chicago Is Colder Than Parts Of The Arctic, Yukon, And Mars (2024)

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Is Chicago colder than the Arctic? ›

Chicago's temperatures are even colder than some found in the Arctic Circle. For example, Murmansk in Russia is the world's most populous city in the Arctic Circle, and according to the Weather Channel their high temperature Sunday is expected to be 10 degrees.

19) that Chicago is even colder than Mars. The Red Planet's temperature was minus 2 degrees, according to NASA, while Chicago was minus 6 degrees with a wind chill of minus 20 degrees.

In official temperature records dating from November 1, 1870, to the present, Chicago's lowest temperature reading stands at -27 degrees on January 20, 1985. The world's lowest temperature is -128.6 degrees at the (then) Soviet Vostok Station, Antarctica, on July 21, 1983.

Chicago, however, is not one of the coldest cities in the United States on average. Most of the extreme winter weather conditions are experienced in December and January.

Canada. Most places in Canada would be colder and snowier that Chicago.

Chicago's climate is typically continental with cold winters, warm summers, and frequent short fluctuations in temperature, humidity, cloudiness, and wind direction. Many consider the more moderate temperatures of spring and fall to be the most pleasant.

The city of Chicago at -40 degree celsius is actually colder than Antarctica (where summer time temperature is hovering at -27 degree celsius), North Pole and Alaska. This is unprecedented in US history.

So it's not as bad as you might think. Moscow's winter is only 4 degrees colder than Chicago and yearly average temperature is only 7 degrees colder.

Chicago, Illinois is in or near the cool temperate moist forest biome whereas Reykjavík is in or near the boreal wet forest biome. The mean temperature is 6.2 °C (11.1°F) warmer. Average monthly temperatures vary by 16.4 °C (29.5°F) more in Chicago, Illinois.

The coldest day ever happened on Jan. 20, 1985. The low was 27 degrees below zero that day – and conditions were dangerous.

What is America's coldest city? ›

Fairbanks, Alaska

With a minimum average temperature of about minus 17 degrees Fahrenheit, Fairbanks takes the cake as the coldest city in the U.S. The northernmost major city in Alaska, Fairbanks has seen record cold temperatures reaching minus 66 degrees in the past.

The driest month in Chicago is February with 1.63 inches of precipitation, and with 4.62 inches August is the wettest month.

Where is it 70 degrees year-round in the U.S.? While temperatures fluctuate throughout the year in most U.S. states, there are few states with warm weather that see averages around 70-degree weather year-round. These states include Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, and New Mexico.

Alaska is the coldest state in the U.S., with an average statewide temperature of 28.4 degrees in 2023.

At Chicago O'Hare International Airport, for example, it's 0° F, but the windchill makes it feel like -19° F — which is, however, warmer than a third station in Antarctica, the South Pole Station, where the temperature is -22° F.

In fact, Antarctica is much colder than the Arctic, and there are several good reasons. The main reason that Antarctica is colder than the Arctic is that Antarctica is a landmass surrounded by ocean, and the Arctic is an ocean surrounded by landmasses.

On Jan. 30-31, 2019, it was so cold that wind chills plunged to 50 below zero. Surface temps fell to minus 23 – and then we got snow!