HIGH: 5
LOW: -5
* Winter Solstice occurs at 6:04 a.m. making this Chicago’s shortest day of the year, 9 hours and 8 mins.
* Temperatures start off around 5 degrees above zero and stay almost steady throughout the day.
* Strong westerly winds at speeds of 30 m.p.h. with gusts over 40 m.p.h. combined with the 5-degree or lower temperatures will drive wind chills to dangerous 20 to 25 degrees below zero levels.
* Overnight winds diminish, but falling temps keep wind chills 20 degrees below zero.
DEC. 21 TEMPERATURES
Normal high/low: 33(degrees)/19(degrees)
Record high: 62(degrees) (1967)
Record low: -14(degrees) (1989)
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