Editorial Reviews. Amazon.com Review. Cujo is so well-paced and scary that people tend to read it quickly, so they mostly remember the scene of the mother and son trapped in the hot Pinto and threatened by the rabid Cujo, forgetting the multifaceted story in which that scene is embedded. This is definitely a novel that rewards re-reading.
Average Temperatures for Chicago. Chicago's coldest month is January when the average temperature overnight is 14.3Â°F. In July, the warmest month, the average day time temperature rises to 83.5Â°F. The driest month in Chicago is February with 1.63 inches of precipitation, and with 4.62 inches August is the wettest month.
(Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) Temperatures of 100 degrees or more in Chicago are actually fairly rare. In fact, since 2000, there has been only one day above 100, according to the National Weather Service. 1988 was especially brutal, with seven days of 100 degrees or more.