DOWNTOWN — Chicago has broken its seventh record in a row for high temperatures.
The latest record was broken on Tuesday, when it hit 91 degrees in Chicago. The city has seen record-high temperatures every day since Wednesday.
To put that in perspective: It's the first time in the city's recorded history there have been seven days of 90-degree temperatures in September, according to the National Weather Service.
In fact, there have only been 27 times in all of Chicago's recorded history — including the past seven days — where there was a week of 90-degree weather during any part of the year, according to the National Weather Service.
The record-breaking weather started last week and peaked when thermometers hit 95 degrees on Wednesday, making it the warmest day of the year.
But the heat should die down soon: The National Weather Service expects temperatures to drop Tuesday night. Wednesday could see things cool down to the low 70s, and Thursday and Friday will be even chillier with temperatures in the 60s.
#Chicago-O'Hare has been as high as 91° so far, breaking old record of 90° for 9/26 set in 1998. 7th straight 90°+ & record high set. #ilwx
— NWS Chicago (@NWSChicago) September 26, 2017
Including 2017, there have now only been 27 overall stretches of 7 consecutive 90° days in #Chicago. Most recent was on 7/12-18/2012. #ilwx https://t.co/yEnshRDiyq
— NWS Chicago (@NWSChicago) September 26, 2017
This has been only occurrence of 7 consecutive 90s entirely w/in month of Sept in #Chicago. Latest streak til 2017 was 8/28-9/3/1953. #ilwx https://t.co/i6CiaXxxmZ
— NWS Chicago (@NWSChicago) September 26, 2017
