Record setting warm day expected

Record high and low temperatures are currently forecasted for the calendar day of Wednesday, December 15, 2021.

Chicago...

 Forecast High: 65   Current record high:     64 (1971)
 Forecast Low:  47   Current warm record low: 44 (1928)

Wednesday looks to be the warmest December day in Rockford since December 3, 2012 (69) and in Chicago since December 4, 2017 (65).

If reaching forecast values, Wednesday would be the latest 65+reading in December -- and calendar year -- in Rockford since December 29, 1984 (65), and Chicago since December 28, 1984 (69).