Here are Chicago’s hottest days -- with temperatures of 100 degrees or higher -- on record

Temperatures at or above the century mark are a rarity in Chicago. Yet, 100 degrees was recorded on Aug. 24, 2023, for the first time in more than a decade at O’Hare International Airport, the city’s official recording site. That makes just 66 days, when looking back through more than 136 years of data kept by the National Weather Service, that have logged triple-digit temperatures. Chicago ...