August marked Chicago's 11 straight month of above-normal temperatures:
[A] string of warmer than normal readings never before observed here. Meteorological summer itself is to finish as the third-warmest in 142 years of weather records here. Not surprisingly, the season’s been a sunnier than usual one producing 76% of its possible sun—more than summer’s usual 66% here.
The Climate Prediction Center forecasts an above-normal autumn as well. Good thing the election is about empty chairs at empty tables...