Snow in October? Take a look at this month's climate facts for Chicago

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Who loves October?

It is a month where we lose a lot of daylight. The nights get colder and the leaves change and fall.

AVERAGE TEMPERATURES

OCT 1 - Avg. High 68 ... Avg. Low 48

OCT 31 - Avg. High 56 ... Avg. Low 39

The hottest temperature ever recorded in October is 92 degrees on Oct. 1, 1972.

The coldest temperature ever recorded in October is 14 degrees on Oct. 25, 1887.

AVERAGE RAINFALL: 3.15"

AVERAGE SNOWFALL: 0.2"

Yes, we do average some very light measurable snow in October!

DAYLIGHT

We lose about 80 minutes of daylight over the month.

OCT 1 - Sunrise: 6:47am Sunset: 6:32pm

OCT 31 - Sunrise: 7:21am Sunset: 5:45pm