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A chronicle of American weather and climate  ·  Saturday, 24 October 2026

Chicago, Illinois Revisions MILEPOST 1490

Chicago's forecast for Friday has moved 13°F warmer

58°F in the 20261022T12:00Z run, 71°F in the 20261024T06:00Z — the 2nd-largest revision of the 5 cities on the roster that moved at all. The current run's 10th-to-90th percentile spread at that hour is 13°F.

Successive cycles do not merely refresh a forecast; they leave a trail. For Friday, October 30 at 21Z in Chicago, that trail runs from 58.3°F in the 20261022T12:00Z cycle to 70.9°F in the 20261024T06:00Z — a move of +12.6°F across 8 runs.

The change is about half the run's 10th-to-90th percentile spread, so the earlier forecast is still inside the current range of outcomes.

Model NBM-QMD, via api.weather.city /v1/history. Percentiles are the same run's own.

The numbers in this piece, with what they are measured against
forecast revision for Friday at 21Z
api.weather.city /v1/history (nbm-qmd)
12.6 °F normal 0.0 °F · 2 of 5
8 synoptic cycles
10th-to-90th percentile spread at that hour
api.weather.city (nbm-qmd)
12.9 °F normal 12.6 °F
current run
Milepost
1490 · laid 2026-10-24T16:25:23Z
Model
nbm-qmd · cycle 20261024T06:00Z
Desk
revision v1
Method
the same valid time read from successive synoptic cycles; the move is last run minus first run
Source
https://api.weather.city/v1/history
Digest
0fe83b96838a7fd6232e38c31867b8fad0076cd51a2b25285eb0e7d4663f5e60
Machine
JSON