Local City Information

Weather in April
  • Average High: 57 Degrees Fahrenheit
  • Average Low: 39 Degrees Fahrenheit

City Facts
  • Population: 2,896,000
  • Elevation: 578 feet/ 176 meters
  • Average Annual Rainfall: 36 inches/ 91 centimeters
  • Average Annual Snowfall: 38 inches/ 97 centimeters
  • Average January Temperature: 21 degrees F/ -6 degrees C
  • Average July Temperature: 73 degrees F/ 23 degrees
Did You Know?
 
Chicago's Windy City nickname has nothing to do with weather. It was coined in 1893 by Charles Dana, the editor of the now defunct New York Sun newspaper, in commenting on Chicago's politicians.


Orientation

Chicago dominates the southwest shore of Lake Michigan in northeastern Illinois. Saint Louis lies 297 miles/478 kilometers to the southwest, Indianapolis 185 miles/298 kilometers to the southeast, Milwaukee 92 miles/148 kilometers north, and the Iowa state line 173 miles/ 278 kilometers to the west.