Chicago records hottest April 13 in 82 years

A group of people walk and jog along the Lakefront Trail north of Montrose Beach on Tuesday. The high Wednesday was 82, the first day of 2023 that was in the 80s. That set the stage for a record-breaking April 13, when the high was 83 at O’Hare Airport. (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times)

Chicago warmed up Thursday to a degree not felt on this day in more than 80 years.

The temperature reached 83 degrees at O’Hare Airport, surpassing the previous record high of 82 degrees for April 13 set in 1941, according to National Weather Service meteorologist Ricky Castro. Before then, the city had last hit 82 degrees in 1887.