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Chicago, Illinois – January 2026 featured sharp temperature swings and a bitterly cold finish across northern Illinois.
According to the National Weather Service Chicago, the month opened unusually warm, with high temperatures reaching the upper 50s to lower 60s on January 8 and 9. Daily record highs were set in Rockford, while Chicago recorded one of its warmest January days on record. That warmth also contributed to heavy rainfall, including 1.92 inches on January 8 in Chicago, now the city’s wettest January day on record…