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Highs reach 50 °F (10 °C) an average of 8.8 days each winter from December to February at Midway. Based on 30-year averages obtained from NOAA's National Climatic Data Center for the months of December, January and February, The Weather Channel ranked Chicago the sixth-coldest major U.S. city as of 2014. [31]
The Days of Rage cost Chicago and the state of Illinois about $183,000 ($100,000 for National Guard payroll, $35,000 in damages, and $20,000 for one injured citizen's medical expenses). Of Weather, 287 members were arrested during the Days of Rage and most of the Weathermen and SDS' leaders were jailed. [ 21 ]
Lake effect winds off Lake Michigan, unusual for the Chicago shoreline, resulted in enhanced snowfall for communities within about 10 miles (16 km) of the lake. Chicago and its northern suburbs received between 18 and 22 inches (46 and 56 cm) of snow. Chicago broke a one-day snowfall record with 18.6 inches (47 cm) falling on January 2.
The 1995 Chicago heat wave was one of the worst weather-related disasters in state history, with 525 dead within a five-day period as overnight lows remained as high as 84 °F (28.9 °C) and daytime highs reached up to 106 °F (41.1 °C). [6]
Chicago weather: Severe storms possible. Fox local. Emily Wahls. August 15, 2024 at 7:44 PM. CHICAGO - After a day of gloomy skies and rain, ... Next week’s forecast is looking pleasant, with ...
Chicago's Northerly Island recorded temperatures as low as −21 °F (−29 °C) and Chicago's Midway International Airport recorded a temperature of −22 °F (−30 °C); O'Hare's maximum of −10 °F (−23 °C) that day was a daily record and also only 1 °F (0.56 °C) higher than Chicago's official record cold maximum set on January 18 ...
National Weather Service Chicago, currently based in Romeoville, Illinois, is a weather forecast office responsible for monitoring weather conditions for 23 counties in Northern Illinois, the Chicago metropolitan area and Northwest Indiana. [ 1] The Army Signal Service established the first federal weather office in the region in Chicago on ...