Motorists are advised to give them space and slow down. Snow plows could also be seen in the suburbs. Temperatures were -10 to -20 by the afternoon and most of Ohio was -20 or below on the morning of. In Forest Park, the snow is accumulating, covering the grass and neighborhoods there.Īnd in south suburban Minooka, the drive was just treacherous early Wednesday. 6.5 total snowfall with true severe blizzard conditions. Voting now underway for Chicago's 'You Name a Snowplow' contest It's melting on the highways, but it's a slippery mess. Near Roosevelt Road and the Eisenhower Expressway, snow can be seen sticking to the side roads. The main roads were cleared for the most part but were very slick. Snow was coming down fast in Oak Brook about 5 a.m., and the roads were partially snow-covered. At Midway, there were 137 cancellations and delays of less than 15 minutes. 26-27, breaking the previous snow record for the city of 19 inches on. A whopping 23 inches of snow fell from Jan. "We haven't had a ton so when we get snow like this, it's actually fun especially for the kids.ĭrone captures rare moment moose sheds antlers in forest | VIDEOĪs of about 11:17 a.m., there were91 cancellationss at O'Hare, with average delays of about 30 minutes. The January 1967 blizzard is regarded as the worst snowstorm on record in Chicago. Meanwhile, father Frank Russell welcomed the winter weather. Some little ones helped their dad shovel snow, but they also found time to play in it. The maps, which are based on analysis of the data, are released each Thursday at 8:30 a.m. Snowfall totals: How much did your neighborhood get. NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data obtained from the Goddard Earth Sciences DAAC.The snow is packable kind of snow, the kind that is great for snowballs. The National Weather Service reported the total snowfall in significant areas and counties. Average weekly temperatures in the area shown in this image have ranged from 5 degrees Celsius above average to more than 8.3 degrees Celsius above average, according to the National Climate Data Center. January 2006 has been warmer than average across the United States. At this time in 2005, the shores of both lakes were fringed with ice. Excessive heat continues in the Southwest U.S. Remarkably, the lakes show no sign of freezing. Dangerous heat peaks in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, and Midwest today and Saturday before a cold front provides these regions with a welcomed return of cooler and more comfortable temperatures Sunday. Borchardt says there’s a chance Chicago could.
global temperatures, at least nominally, above the 20th-century average. The snow hit with strong winds with gusts. Snow totals for North Jersey Northern New Jersey had 8. The deep blue waters of Lakes Michigan, left, and Huron, right, stand out starkly against the background of white. 1-3 winter storm brought Chicago its largest snowfall of the season 5.6 inches with all but 0.2 of that falling on Groundhog Day. Saturday Janumarked only the 6th New Year’s Day since 1884 that 3 or more inches of snow has fallen on New Year’s Day here in Chicago. The 3.5 inches preliminary O’Hare snow total makes this not only this season’s heaviest. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer ( MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite captured this image of the storm on January 21, 2006, a day after the snow fell. Wednesday saw the Chicago area’s heaviest snowfall of the lackluster 2022-2023 snow season.
Snow in February ranges from over 20 inches in heavy snowfall years to under 2.6 inches in light years. Beyond the traffic accidents caused by icy roads, the storm was not a remarkable one. Similarly in January, fresh snowfall in the heaviest years amounts to 14.6 inches or more, while the lightest years get 5.5 inches or less. The first snow storm of 2006 dumped several inches of snow across a wide swath of the Midwest, with snowfall totals from four to five inches recorded in Chicago to as much as a foot just north of the city.
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