Chicago tops daily heat record for Oct. 29, toppling previous high set in 1901

Chicago on Tuesday broke a record more than a century old for the warmest daily temperature recorded on Oct. 29, according to the National Weather Service. Temperatures climbed to 82 degrees at O’Hare Airport Tuesday, topping the previous daily record of 78 degrees. Mark Ratzer, a meteorologist in the National Weather Service’s Chicago office, said that record had stood since 1901, though it was also met on Oct. 29, 1999.  The Chicago area has experienced what National Weather Service senior meteorologist Gino Izzi called “a pretty unprecedented warm spell” since Monday. The warm weather is forecast to continue through Wednesday […]