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Weather extremes

How extreme does Blue Island's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Blue Island has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.

Based on 50+ years of daily weather observations (1971–present), from the Chicago Midway Ap 3Sw station 12 km away. Updated through May 2026 — an all-time extreme only changes when a more extreme day actually occurs, so some dates are old. That is normal, not stale data.

The four kinds of extreme

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Blue Island has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
106°F Jul 13, 1995

That is about 21°F hotter than a normal July afternoon in Blue Island (typical high near 85°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 106°F Jul 13, 1995
2 105°F Jul 6, 2012
3 104°F Jun 25, 1988
❄️ Coldest night
-25°F Jan 20, 1985

About 44°F colder than a normal January night in Blue Island (typical low near 20°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 -25°F Jan 20, 1985
2 -22°F Jan 10, 1982
3 -22°F Jan 30, 2019
🌧️ Most rain in one day
5.72 in Jul 17, 1996

More rain in a single day than Blue Island usually gets in the whole month of July (typical July total about 4.0 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 5.72 in Jul 17, 1996
2 5.11 in Oct 14, 2017
3 4.77 in Jul 24, 2010
Most snow in one day
17.6 in Jan 2, 1999

Close to a whole typical January's snow in one day (Blue Island averages about 13 in across the month).

The three most extreme on record

1 17.6 in Jan 2, 1999
2 17.2 in Feb 1, 2015
3 16.5 in Jan 13, 1979

How hot and cold it gets, month by month

The shaded band is the normal range of daily temperatures for each month. The dots show the most extreme it has ever been — so you can see how far beyond a normal day the records really sit.

-50°-30°-10°10°30°50°70°90°110°130° all-time high 106°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Blue Island's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — July's 106°F is about 21°F beyond a normal hot afternoon. Its record cold is just as far below a normal winter night — the dots mark how rare each extreme really is.

In plain terms

In a normal year, Blue Island's warmest days reach the mid-80s°F and its coldest nights drop to the low 20s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 106°F and as low as −25°F. A single day has delivered over 6 inches of rain or close to 18 inches of snow. Those are the outer edges worth knowing if you are moving here, planning a trip, or thinking about a house.
Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from NOAA's U.S. Climate Normals, measured at Little Red School House (NOAA GHCN station USC00115110), about 17 km from the city centre.

How we build these numbers →