Have you gotten snow yet this season?

[muon2]

Light snow just started falling here an hour ago, adding to the 8 inch base from last weekend. We are supposed to get 4-8 inches by tomorrow night but the winds are going to pick up to 30 mph. Then Sat night the temps will plummet to zero, dropping well below zero throughout Sun.

[muon2]

Light snow just started falling here an hour ago, adding to the 8 inch base from last weekend. We are supposed to get 4-8 inches by tomorrow night but the winds are going to pick up to 30 mph. Then Sat night the temps will plummet to zero, dropping well below zero throughout Sun.

So far we have missed the worst of the prediction. There was maybe 4 inches of very light snow, the winds didn't pick up as much as anticipated, it stayed above zero during the daytime today, and they are now only forecasting a low tonight of -15 instead of -18.

[muon2]

We were way up into the 50's yesterday after a night of consistent rain. Though it's seasonal today, the half foot of snow cover pretty much vanished overnight.

[muon2]

After a vigorous start in Dec, winter has flatlined here. Dec started with 11 days of snow in the first 17 days, but there has only been 0.6 inches of snow since 12/19 - the second lowest amount for the mid-winter period. Jan was also the second cloudiest on record, and slightly warmer than normal. There were plenty of seasonably cold days, but the cold cloudy days didn't convert to snow. The precipitation favored the warmer than average days last month so there was almost 3 inches of rain in Jan.

[muon2]

We have a record high today of 67 at O'Hare smashing the old record of 60 from 1880. It's been so mild for the last two months, that many people I've talked to have forgotten how severe the first half of Dec was. We also can joke about the groundhog claiming 6 more weeks of winter.

[muon2]

What an incredibly beautiful Saturday it is today in Chicago. One of those unseasonably warm February days that you could just sit/walk around outside all day. Currently 63 and not a cloud in the sky.

And it reached 67 surpassing the old record of 62 from 1981. Then again it was a beautiful day to test drive some cars after spending a day at the Chicago Auto Show last Sat.

[muon2]

We have a record high today of 67 at O'Hare smashing the old record of 60 from 1880. It's been so mild for the last two months, that many people I've talked to have forgotten how severe the first half of Dec was. We also can joke about the groundhog claiming 6 more weeks of winter.

What an incredibly beautiful Saturday it is today in Chicago. One of those unseasonably warm February days that you could just sit/walk around outside all day. Currently 63 and not a cloud in the sky.

And it reached 67 surpassing the old record of 62 from 1981. Then again it was a beautiful day to test drive some cars after spending a day at the Chicago Auto Show last Sat.

The NWS service officially put the high on 2/18 at 70.

Yesterday reached 69 beating 65 from 1930. The pleasant temps led to a nice hike in the Morton Arboretum. The witch hazel was in bloom, but there were still some thin ice spots on large shaded ponds. We will see today if we can make it 4 record days in a row.

[muon2]

Chicago made it 4 in row yesterday. The high of 70 beat the old record of 64 from 1930. It's going to seem like a shock when temperatures get back to normal highs in the upper 30's forecast for the weekend.

[muon2]

Chicago's 4 day streak of record highs was broken yesterday. It was mostly cloudy, and there was a little bit of rain, and that held the high to 66. That would have been good enough for a record on the previous days, but on 2/21/1930 it reached 67. Still, 66 is almost 30 degrees warmer tan the normal high of 37.

[muon2]

Chicago's 4 day streak of record highs was broken yesterday. It was mostly cloudy, and there was a little bit of rain, and that held the high to 66. That would have been good enough for a record on the previous days, but on 2/21/1930 it reached 67. Still, 66 is almost 30 degrees warmer tan the normal high of 37.

Chicago is back to record highs today after a one day, one degree lapse. It's only a tie of the 1922 record of 68, but it's great to enjoy this in Feb.

[muon2]

What was that about consecutive record highs earlier this week? It's now 32 and the light rain/drizzle is starting to change over to snow.

[muon2]

Tuesday was warm and ended with tornadic thunderstorms. This morning there's a coating of snow on the ground, the first real coating since Christmas. It's supposed to be up in th 60's again by the start of next week. This seems more like early spring than late winter. In any case I'd say March came in like a lion.