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A traveler checks his phone at the O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024. Over 70 flights were cancelled at Chicago airports Sunday. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
From 1 to 3 inches of snow fell across Chicago on Thursday. GET THE FREE ACCUWEATHER APP ... into the colder air over the region and result in such a snow event. ... currencies in the world right now.
The storm is now in its final act and will exit the Northeast later Thursday, ... Farther south in Chicago, 1.5 inches of snow was reported downtown as of late Wednesday, while totals of 2-3 ...
It was one of the largest Chicago snowstorms in history at the time, with 21 inches (53 cm) of snowfall in the two-day period. [1] Only 2 inches (5.1 cm) to 4 inches (10 cm) of snow was expected [2] but by the end of Sunday, January 14, the depth of snow on the ground peaked at 29 inches (74 cm). [3] The blizzard lasted for a total of 38 hours.
As of Thursday, the last time Chicago experienced measurable snowfall of 0.1 of an inch or more was earlier this year on March 15 when 1.8 inches fell. Though snow has fallen on five days since ...
Now verified, this is the all-time lowest temperature in the state of Illinois. [69] [70] Several people died in Chicago due to the cold. [71] The cold wave resulted in 1,444 flights being cancelled at O'Hare, and 254 flights being cancelled at Midway. [72]
In most areas, schools include extra days in their calendar as "built-in" snow days which allow a school to get in the minimum number of hours or days for instruction. [4] When the number of snow days taken is less than the number of built-in days, the days are given back by extending Memorial Day weekend, or making the school year end earlier ...
Gusty wind and sleet cut through the air Friday as 8-year-old Stella Dmytrenko-Hreczuch stood with her plastic snowboard next to a hill in Humboldt Park. Though as much as 8 inches of snow fell in ...