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Todays weather in Chicago - Thursday - 21 May 2026
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Chicago hits its coldest morning in weeks this Thursday, running ten degrees below normal for mid-May with biting winds and active Lake Michigan beach hazards. Get the full forecast — what to wear, commute conditions, and when the weekend warmup finally arrives.
Audio is available on Spreaker — see link below.
Chicago. It's the coldest morning you've had in weeks, and it's mid-May.
Here's the practical read. This is not a light jacket morning.
Stay off the lakefront. Beach hazards are active along Lake Michigan right now, and that's not a casual advisory.
Wednesday was already rough, and Thursday carries that right through. This whole midweek stretch has been unseasonably cold, with the kind of day-to-day swings that late spring in this city is genuinely capable of.
And flip it will. By Sunday, temperatures are expected to jump to around twenty-four degrees Celsius.
Chicago. Bundle up this morning, and don't let the calendar fool you.
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