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More than 2,000 flights at OHare International Airport were canceled with at least another 400 canceled at Midway International Airport. The blob of blue that represents a forecast of colder than average temperatures, is expanding and moving towards us. It is no exaggeration to say it feels more like March than January so far this month. Carolyn Hallman, an office supervisor, tried to take the usual 35-minute bus trip from her workplace on Wacker Drive to her home. Some of the extreme weather in Illinois has been known to have drastic consequences. An avalanche of snow protest votes carried Jane Byrne to the most stunning political upset in Chicago history late Tuesday as the second biggest primary election turnout in 40 years crushed the legendary Democratic machine and ended Michael Bilandics two-year reign in City Hall., After a couple of CTA buses sideswiped each other on a narrow section of Addison Street, near Sheridan Road, 13 buses and several cars got stuck in a snowbound traffic jam before things could be sorted out on Jan. 15, 1979. The official snowfall for Chicago, measured at OHare Airport, was 2.5 inchesthe last time we had measurable snow this late was 30 years ago. November is the last month of autumn and the first month of snowfall in Chicago. In December, for instance, one in four years totals over 10.3 inches of snow. Access to these data supports the Federal Emergency Management Agency's need for near real-time observations . Rip Currents Chicago gets snow more often than many places in Illinois. 12 Warmest Beaches in California: Weather & Water. (Jose M. Osorio, Chicago Tribune), Sources: National Weather Service Chicago; Tribune archives. Does it snow in Chicago? There are also monthly and yearly counts of the days that the city normally has heavy snowstorms and deep snow accumulated on the ground. We have now moved into the "mild" category, the least miserable of all the categories. On three of four of those, the snow builds up to over ten inches. The citys proximity to Lake Michigan also means Chicago experiences cooler summers and warmer, snowier winters thanks to the lakes effect. Text Products Copyright 2023 Current Results Publishing Ltd. Sorry, the location you searched for was not found.