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It has been an unusually warm winter in Chicagoland, but is this climate change or El Niño? The FOX 32 weather team explores the impact the warm winter will have on our crops, gardens, and wildlife this spring and summer.
CHICAGO, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- The first 14 days in February were about 11 degrees Celsius above normal, and tied to the second warmest first half of February in Chicago on record, as against the warmest first half of February with an average daily temperature of 5.22 degrees Celsius in 1882.
Valentine’s Day might be the holiday of love, but something else was heating up this month. The first half of the month is tied for the second warmest in Chicago on record, the latest in what has been an “exceptionally warm” winter, according to Ricky Castro, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Romeoville. The first 14 days in February were 12 degrees above normal, Castro said. ...
A wintry mix of freezing rain, sleet and snow is expected to descend over the Chicago area Monday through Tuesday morning, bringing icy conditions and slippery roads. Ice accumulations are predicted to reach 0.1 to 0.25 inches in the city and in most of Illinois, according to the National Weather Service. South of Interstate 80, more than 0.25 inches of ice could accumulate. A winter weather ...
While the Chicago area experienced a brief break in the most intense cold Thursday, the National Weather Service said “very cold air” and subzero wind chills will return and stick around until Sunday morning. The coldest wind chills, reaching as low as minus 30 degrees, are possible in northern Illinois. “There may not be a ton of snow … but into tomorrow morning the winds are going to pick up ...