If you were thinking it seems like it hasn’t snowed much in January, you would be right. The total, as measured at O’Hare International Airport, is half an inch. A total that low is pretty unusual. Only seven years since 1885 saw totals of less than an inch. Normal is 10.8 inches. Why the lack of snow? Well, it’s been warm and unremarkable, according to meteorologists at the National Weather Service in Romeoville. The area hasn’t seen the usual blasts of arctic air.
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Inches of snow that fell
in Chicago in January
By year
50
inches
2017:
40
0.5 inches
Normal:
10.8
inches
30
20
10
1900
1920
1940
1960
1980
2000
Years with most
snow in January
42.5 inches
40.4 inches
33.7 inches
32.3 inches
29.6 inches
1918
1979
2014
1978
1999
Years with least
snow in January
0.2 inches
0.3 inches
0.3 inches
0.4 inches
0.5 inches
0.5 inches
1928
1394
1900
1989
1949
2017
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Inches of snow that fell in Chicago in January
By year
50
inches
2017:
40
0.5 inches
30
Normal:
10.8 inches
20
10
1890
1900
’10
’20
’30
’40
’50
’60
’70
’80
’90
2000
’10
Years with most
snow in January
Years with least
snow in January
1918
1979
2014
1978
1999
42.5 inches
40.4 inches
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33.7 inches
32.3 inches
29.6 inches
0.2 inches
0.3 inches
0.3 inches
0.4 inches
0.5 inches
0.5 inches
1928
1394
1900
1989
1949
2017
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Inches of snow that fell in Chicago in January
By year
50
inches
2017:
40
0.5 inches
30
Normal:
10.8 inches
20
10
1890
1900
1910
1920
1930
1940
1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010
Years with most
snow in January
Years with least
snow in January
1918
1979
2014
1978
1999
42.5 inches
40.4 inches
33.7 inches
32.3 inches
29.6 inches
1928
1394
1900
1989
1949
2017
0.2 inches
0.3 inches
0.3 inches
0.4 inches
0.5 inches
0.5 inches
There have only been four Januaries since 1885 with less snow than this year. With a normal accumulation of 10.8 inches, most Januaries in the last 132 years have seen 10 to 20 inches total.
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January snowfall totals by year
132 years
of data
Less than 1 inch:
7 years
(5.3%)
1 to 5 inches:
29 years
(22.0%)
5 to 10 inches:
36 years
(27.2%)
10 to 20 inches:
45 years
(34.1%)
20 inches or more:
15 years
(11.4%)
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January snowfall totals by year
Less than 1 inch:
7 years
(5.3%)
20 inches
or more:
15 years
(11.4%)
1 to 5 inches:
29 years
(22.0%)
132 years
of data
10 to 20
inches:
45 years
(34.1%)
5 to 10 inches:
36 years
(27.2%)
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January snowfall totals by year
Less than 1 inch:
7 years
(5.3%)
20 inches
or more:
15 years
(11.4%)
1 to 5 inches:
29 years
(22.0%)
132 years
of data
10 to 20
inches:
45 years
(34.1%)
5 to 10 inches:
36 years
(27.2%)
The normal high temperature for January is 31 degrees, this January saw 20 days warmer than that high. The normal low is 16.5 degrees, this January saw only 6 days colder.
Daily precipitation and temperatures for January 2017
Temperatures that are at or below freezing
Precip. (inches)
Snowfall (inches)
High temp. (F)
Low temp. (F)
0
0
40
17
0.11
0
40
25
Trace
0
39
19
0
0
19
7
Trace
Trace
13
3
Trace
Trace
9
0
0
0
18
0
0
0
19
2
0.02
0.2
33
19
0.2
0
51
25
0.33
0
43
25
0.05
0.2
28
19
0
0
27
16
0
0
35
21
0
0
36
20
0.9
Trace
37
30
0.48
0
39
35
Trace
0
36
30
0.46
0
42
30
0.18
0
43
38
Trace
0
59
40
0.01
0
46
38
0
0
42
36
Trace
0
38
34
0.09
Trace
42
34
Trace
Trace
34
30
Trace
Trace
31
24
Trace
Trace
29
24
Trace
0.1
28
21
SOURCES: Midwestern Regional Climate Center, National Weather Service
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