First snow 2026-27 ยท Chicago, IL

When does Chicago get its first snow?

None yet through Nov 7. Normal first measurable snow: Nov 16.

This winter
None yet
Normal date
Nov 16 (1991-2020 median)
Earliest on record
Oct 12, 2006
Latest on record
Jan 9, 1997
Record since
1884 (138 winters)
Station
Chicago O'Hare International Airport
Snow so far
0 in

Common questions

When does Chicago get its first snow?

Around Nov 16. That is the median date of the first measurable snow (at least 0.1 inch of snow (a trace does not count)) at Chicago O'Hare International Airport over the 1991-2020 winters, our calculation from NOAA's record.

Has Chicago had its first snow this winter?

None yet through Nov 7. Normal first measurable snow: Nov 16.

What is the earliest first snow on record in Chicago?

Oct 12, 2006, in a record that goes back to 1884.

What is the latest first snow on record in Chicago?

Jan 9, 1997.

Every winter on record

First snow in Chicago by season
SeasonDateSnow
2025-26Nov 90.5 in
2024-25Nov 212.9 in
2023-24Oct 310.9 in
2022-23Nov 151 in
2021-22Dec 281.5 in
2020-21Nov 240.7 in
2019-20Oct 301.2 in
2018-19Nov 91 in
2017-18Nov 100.1 in
2016-17Dec 46.4 in
2015-16Nov 204.2 in
2014-15Oct 310.1 in
2013-14Nov 110.4 in
2012-13Dec 200.2 in
2011-12Dec 90.5 in
2010-11Dec 10.1 in
2009-10Dec 40.2 in
2008-09Nov 160.1 in
2007-08Nov 210.2 in
2006-07Oct 120.3 in
2005-06Nov 160.1 in
2004-05Nov 244.3 in
2003-04Dec 100.1 in
2002-03Nov 171 in
2001-02Dec 140.1 in
2000-01Nov 160.1 in
1999-00Dec 50.1 in
1998-99Nov 80.2 in
1997-98Nov 30.3 in
1996-97Jan 95.6 in
1995-96Nov 111.9 in
1994-95Dec 64 in
1993-94Nov 60.1 in
1992-93Oct 200.3 in
1991-92Nov 100.4 in
1990-91Dec 30.5 in
1989-90Oct 180.7 in
1988-89Nov 60.4 in
1987-88Oct 200.1 in
1986-87Nov 110.3 in
1985-86Nov 210.4 in
1984-85Dec 50.2 in
1983-84Nov 280.7 in
1982-83Nov 260.4 in
1981-82Nov 201.6 in
1980-81Nov 180.2 in
1979-80Nov 271.6 in
1978-79Nov 200.3 in
1977-78Nov 130.3 in
1976-77Oct 270.1 in
1975-76Nov 120.1 in
1974-75Nov 132 in
1973-74Dec 50.6 in
1972-73Oct 180.2 in
1971-72Nov 80.1 in
1970-71Nov 140.3 in
1969-70Nov 130.7 in
1968-69Nov 180.8 in
1967-68Oct 261.7 in
1966-67Nov 21.5 in
1965-66Dec 160.3 in
1964-65Nov 190.4 in
1963-64Dec 20.3 in
1962-63Oct 250.3 in
1961-62Nov 191.5 in
1960-61Nov 90.3 in
1959-60Nov 123.4 in
1958-59Nov 280.7 in
1957-58Oct 261.9 in
1956-57Nov 210.1 in
1955-56Nov 21.4 in
1954-55Oct 290.1 in
1953-54Nov 53.2 in
1952-53Oct 203 in
1951-52Nov 34.4 in
1950-51Nov 100.3 in
1949-50Nov 160.1 in
1948-49Dec 90.3 in
1947-48Nov 231.2 in
1946-47Dec 120.2 in
1945-46Nov 220.5 in
1944-45Dec 50.7 in
1943-44Nov 290.2 in
1942-43Nov 280.3 in
1941-42Nov 72.8 in
1940-41Nov 154.8 in
1939-40Nov 20.4 in
1938-39Nov 260.2 in
1937-38Nov 181.1 in
1936-37Nov 230.6 in
1935-36Nov 210.2 in
1934-35Dec 30.1 in
1933-34Nov 70.4 in
1932-33Nov 150.6 in
1931-32Nov 270.2 in
1930-31Nov 251.4 in
1929-30Oct 230.7 in
1928-29Dec 41.8 in
1927-28Nov 173.8 in
1926-27Nov 91.3 in
1925-26Oct 271.2 in
1924-25Nov 170.6 in
1923-24Oct 300.7 in
1922-23Nov 210.2 in
1921-22Nov 110.8 in
1920-21Oct 280.2 in
1919-20Nov 270.3 in
1918-19Nov 220.5 in
1917-18Oct 230.1 in
1916-17Nov 130.1 in
1915-16Nov 160.3 in
1914-15Dec 70.2 in
1913-14Oct 211.9 in
1912-13Nov 240.4 in
1911-12Nov 140.6 in
1910-11Nov 20.1 in
1909-10Dec 50.2 in
1908-09Nov 40.2 in
1907-08Nov 303 in
1906-07Oct 291.7 in
1905-06Dec 10.2 in
1904-05Dec 21.6 in
1903-04Nov 60.2 in
1902-03Nov 270.5 in
1901-02Nov 180.1 in
1896-97Nov 54 in
1895-96Nov 191 in
1894-95Nov 122.5 in
1893-94Nov 213 in
1892-93Nov 250.8 in
1891-92Nov 140.8 in
1890-91Dec 10.3 in
1889-90Nov 140.3 in
1888-89Nov 160.5 in
1887-88Nov 191.7 in
1886-87Nov 181.9 in
1885-86Nov 230.7 in
1884-85Nov 250.5 in

Sources

https://ryanhallyall.com/trackers/first-snow/chicago