Tropical Storm Rafael formed Monday in the Caribbean and will bring heavy rain to Jamaica and the Cayman Islands before strengthening into a hurricane and likely hitting Cuba, forecasters said.
The National Weather Service issued a wind advisory Thursday in effect from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. as officials are expecting wind gusts up to 50 mph. The advisory is for portions of north central and northwest Illinois where west winds are expected between 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph, officials […]
Chicago on Tuesday broke a record more than a century old for the warmest daily temperature recorded on Oct. 29, according to the National Weather Service. Temperatures climbed to 82 degrees at O’Hare Airport Tuesday, topping the previous daily record of 78 degrees. Mark Ratzer, a meteorologist in the National Weather Service’s Chicago office, said that record had stood since 1901, though it was also met on Oct. 29, 1999. The Chicago area has experienced what National Weather Service senior meteorologist Gino Izzi called “a pretty unprecedented warm spell” since Monday. The warm weather is forecast to continue through Wednesday […]
If Tuesday’s high reaches above 78 degrees, it will break the daily record for Oct. 29 set in 1999. Wednesday temperatures will be just shy of the record high for Oct. 30.
Hurricane Kristy strengthened into a Category 2 storm in the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday and was expected to remain away from land as it quickly grows more powerful, forecasters said.
A sunny day with a high near 83 degrees is in store for the city of Chicago on Monday. “It’s definitely on the unseasonably warm side,” said Zachary Yack, a National Weather Service meteorologist. But Monday’s high probably won’t break records. The hottest Oct. 21 in Chicago history was in 1953, when a high of 87 was recorded. On the hottest October day in Chicago ever — Oct. 6, 1963 — the mercury peaked at 94 degrees.
Hurricane Oscar made landfall early Sunday in the southeastern Bahamas and was heading toward Cuba, an island recently beleaguered by a massive power outage.
National Weather Service officials are expecting the season’s first frost to hit the area overnight Tuesday following a day of showers and possible thunderstorms near Lake Michigan.
Beecher, Crete, Flossmoor, Lansing, Markham, Sauk Village and South Holland firefighters went to Florida to assist hurricane cleanup.
At least eight people were dead, but many expressed relief that Hurricane Milton wasn’t worse.