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Chicago, IL vs Wheat Ridge, CO weather comparison

Chicago

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Wheat Ridge endures about 23 more days above 90 °F each year.

Wheat Ridge picks up around 36 more inches of snow each winter. Wheat Ridge enjoys about 90 more sunny days a year than Chicago.

The year at a glance

Averages from 30 years of climate history, 1991-2020

Annual weather statistics for Chicago, IL and Wheat Ridge, CO
ChicagoMetricWheat Ridge
180 daysSunny daysclear or partly cloudy skies270 days
39 inPrecipitationper year20 in
132 daysWet daysrain or snow per year95 days
37 inSnowfallper year74 in
16 daysHot daysabove 90 °F39 days
102 daysFreezing nightsat or below 32 °F162 days
71%Humidityaverage relative58%
52 °FAverage temperatureyear round50 °F

Monthly temperatures

Average daily high and low for each month, in °F. The gap between the two lines is what an ordinary day feels like across the year.

ChicagoWheat Ridge

Daily highs

406080JanMarMayJulSepNovChicago, Jan: 32 °FChicago, Feb: 36 °FChicago, Mar: 46 °FChicago, Apr: 57 °FChicago, May: 68 °FChicago, Jun: 78 °FChicago, Jul: 83 °FChicago, Aug: 81 °FChicago, Sep: 75 °FChicago, Oct: 62 °FChicago, Nov: 49 °FChicago, Dec: 37 °FWheat Ridge, Jan: 47 °FWheat Ridge, Feb: 48 °FWheat Ridge, Mar: 56 °FWheat Ridge, Apr: 62 °FWheat Ridge, May: 71 °FWheat Ridge, Jun: 82 °FWheat Ridge, Jul: 88 °FWheat Ridge, Aug: 86 °FWheat Ridge, Sep: 79 °FWheat Ridge, Oct: 66 °FWheat Ridge, Nov: 55 °FWheat Ridge, Dec: 46 °F

Daily lows

204060JanMarMayJulSepNovChicago, Jan: 20 °FChicago, Feb: 23 °FChicago, Mar: 31 °FChicago, Apr: 41 °FChicago, May: 51 °FChicago, Jun: 61 °FChicago, Jul: 67 °FChicago, Aug: 67 °FChicago, Sep: 60 °FChicago, Oct: 47 °FChicago, Nov: 36 °FChicago, Dec: 25 °FWheat Ridge, Jan: 17 °FWheat Ridge, Feb: 19 °FWheat Ridge, Mar: 26 °FWheat Ridge, Apr: 33 °FWheat Ridge, May: 43 °FWheat Ridge, Jun: 51 °FWheat Ridge, Jul: 57 °FWheat Ridge, Aug: 55 °FWheat Ridge, Sep: 46 °FWheat Ridge, Oct: 34 °FWheat Ridge, Nov: 24 °FWheat Ridge, Dec: 17 °F
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Monthly temperatures (°F)
CityJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Chicago high323646576878838175624937
Wheat Ridge high474856627182888679665546
Chicago low202331415161676760473625
Wheat Ridge low171926334351575546342417

Monthly precipitation

Total rain plus melted snow for each month, in inches. Taller bars mean wetter months.

ChicagoWheat Ridge
0.02.04.0JanMarMayJulSepNovChicago, Jan: 2.4 inChicago, Feb: 2.1 inChicago, Mar: 2.8 inChicago, Apr: 4.5 inChicago, May: 4.4 inChicago, Jun: 4.0 inChicago, Jul: 3.6 inChicago, Aug: 3.8 inChicago, Sep: 3.0 inChicago, Oct: 3.3 inChicago, Nov: 2.8 inChicago, Dec: 2.4 inWheat Ridge, Jan: 0.9 inWheat Ridge, Feb: 0.9 inWheat Ridge, Mar: 1.9 inWheat Ridge, Apr: 2.7 inWheat Ridge, May: 3.2 inWheat Ridge, Jun: 2.1 inWheat Ridge, Jul: 1.6 inWheat Ridge, Aug: 1.5 inWheat Ridge, Sep: 1.4 inWheat Ridge, Oct: 1.6 inWheat Ridge, Nov: 1.2 inWheat Ridge, Dec: 0.8 in
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Monthly precipitation (inches)
CityJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Chicago2.42.12.84.54.44.03.63.83.03.32.82.4
Wheat Ridge0.90.91.92.73.22.11.61.51.41.61.20.8

Monthly sunny days

Days each month with clear or partly cloudy skies, so compare the same month between cities.

ChicagoWheat Ridge
01020JanMarMayJulSepNovChicago, Jan: 10 daysChicago, Feb: 11 daysChicago, Mar: 14 daysChicago, Apr: 13 daysChicago, May: 15 daysChicago, Jun: 16 daysChicago, Jul: 20 daysChicago, Aug: 20 daysChicago, Sep: 20 daysChicago, Oct: 16 daysChicago, Nov: 14 daysChicago, Dec: 11 daysWheat Ridge, Jan: 23 daysWheat Ridge, Feb: 20 daysWheat Ridge, Mar: 21 daysWheat Ridge, Apr: 18 daysWheat Ridge, May: 20 daysWheat Ridge, Jun: 24 daysWheat Ridge, Jul: 25 daysWheat Ridge, Aug: 24 daysWheat Ridge, Sep: 24 daysWheat Ridge, Oct: 24 daysWheat Ridge, Nov: 23 daysWheat Ridge, Dec: 24 days
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Monthly sunny days (days)
CityJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Chicago101114131516202020161411
Wheat Ridge232021182024252424242324

Keep comparing

Nearby cities and popular picks for each side of this matchup. Any two cities can be compared from the home page.

About this data

Every figure on this page is a 30 year average computed from daily climate history for 1991-2020, using each city's own coordinates. Wet days count days with measurable precipitation, calibrated against the wet day counts in NOAA's published climate normals. Sunny days count clear plus partly cloudy days, defined as average cloud cover of 63 percent or less and calibrated against NOAA's published sky cover tables. Snowfall figures are model estimates anchored to NOAA station measurements near each city.

Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information (ERA5, ERA5-Land).