National Weather Service officials said there is a slight chance of snow flurries before 9 a.m. Saturday in the Chicago area. Officials expect conditions Saturday to be sunny but blustery with temperatures in the high 20s. Friday, temperatures in the 50s were recorded before dropping in the night hours. Current conditions at O’Hare International Airport […]
National Weather Service officials issued a wind advisory Friday in effect from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. for central and northern Cook County and DuPage County.
Snow seasons in Chicago are tracked from July through the following June. The area normally can expect 38.4 inches.
The weather this weekend is just the start to warming weather coming in the week ahead in Chicago. After several frigid days, the weekend is offering some above-freezing temperatures with highs around 34 in the Chicago area on Saturday and climbing to around 41 on Sunday with some more sunshine expected, according to the National […]
On Friday, a high of 31 degrees was expected in portions of north central and northeast Illinois as well as northwest Indiana.
While temperatures are expected in the low 20s in Chicago, wind chills are expected to hover as low as negative 9 degrees.
National Weather Service officials said wind chills of about 20 below zero are expected Wednesday morning as well as possible snow.
Chicago area has been experiencing frigid conditions in recent days. But according to the National Weather Service, windchills dropped in 11 states. Warning of “life-threatening cold,” temperatures are expected to hover in the single digits into midweek, officials said.
Chicago and the surrounding areas remain under a cold weather advisory as dangerously below zero wind chills could cause frostbite within 30 minutes of exposure.
Harsh weather moved west as a polar vortex was expected to grip the Rockies and the northern Plains after winter storms pummeled the eastern U.S. over the weekend.