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Todays weather in Chicago - Friday - 22 May 2026
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A National Weather Service beach warning is active through Saturday with four-to-six-foot waves on Lake Michigan — stay out of the water. Thursday itself stays dry but cold, with a wet stretch ahead before a Memorial Day warmup near 80 degrees.
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Chicago, the lake is not playing nice this weekend. A National Weather Service beach warning is active right now through Saturday afternoon, and that means four to six-foot waves on Lake Michigan.
Here's the practical read for your Thursday. Bring a light jacket or layer.
The pattern shifts by Saturday. Patchy rain moves in, and the exact timing is still a bit loose, but count on it showing up at some point.
Here's the turn worth holding onto. By Memorial Day Monday, temperatures push up near eighty degrees.
The one flag past the holiday: late the following weekend, May thirtieth and thirty-first, moderate to heavy showers are forecast with more confidence now than just a few days ago. Specific amounts are still unclear, but a heavier system is building.
Chicago. Stay off the beach, layer up today, and keep one eye on Saturday's rain window.
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