Has anyone been keeping track of the snow and temperatures in Chicago? I've spent my entire life in the Midwest and we are experiencing one of the snowiest and coldest winters since 1979! Since Thanksgiving, it has been snowing, freezing, melting, then snowing, freezing and melting again. This has lead to several delays at our airports, highways have been closed due to white outs or black ice. Monday, January 6th, most of Chicago was shutdown: public & private schools, libraries, Park District's, Art Institute of Chicago, trains were delayed due to snow banks, passengers had to be rescued by Motor Coaches, even colleges which rarely close, closed. We were hit hard by the "polar vortex". People stayed home for days until it started to thaw.
How much has it snowed in Chicago?
Cumulative seasonal snowfall, as of January 21,2014 was approaching 4 feet — 44.8 inches. That’s 260 percent of Chicago’s normal season-to-date snowfall (17.2 inches) and 122 percent of the city’s normal full-season total of 36.7 inches. In 130 years of official snowfall data, only two winters have had more snow through Jan. 21: 1951-52 with 54.0 inches and 1978-79 with 66.3 inches.
What about the temperatures and wind chill?
December ran 4 degrees below normal and January, as of the 21st, nearly 3 degrees below normal. Wind chills tonight will dip down to 20-30 below zero. Bitter cold and strong winds will cause wind chills to plummet again down to 30 below or even colder late Thursday night and into early Friday morning. The longer range forecast keeps us in the deep freeze through the end of January and hints at a frigid start to February.
Chicago's winter weather pattern continues as if it is on steroids. Our weekend forecast is predicting more snow, up to another 3 inches and temps in the sub zeros. Anyone want to trade places with me? Must be 60 degrees at least.
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