Thursday’s high temperatures warmed nearly 10 degrees over Wednesday, including the 100th day this year of 80 degrees or warmer at Midway Airport
Interesting note, the high on this date a year ago was an unseasonable 87 degrees despite the normal high of 69 degrees.
Despite the modest cool-down Friday and again early next week, daytime highs are expected to remain above normal for the foreseeable future.
Warmer than normal overall temperature trend to hold in place through mid-month
6–10-day outlook which covers the period Wednesday October 9 through Sunday October 13
8–14-day outlook which covers Friday October 11 through Thursday October 17