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Get the Ottawa, IL local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days.
In Chicago alone, temperatures have been almost 8 degrees Fahrenheit above the historical average. However, a quick change h Storm dumps snow in Midwest, including Chicago and Indianapolis
Get the Chicago, IL local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days.
Chicago and its northern suburbs received between 18 and 22 inches (46 and 56 cm) of snow. Chicago broke a one-day snowfall record with 18.6 inches (47 cm) falling on January 2. The total snowfall figures are below: South Haven, MI: 28.0 in (71 cm) Chicago/O'Hare, IL: 21.6 in (55 cm) [1] Chicago/Midway, IL: 20.6 in (52 cm)
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.
The weather forecast on January 25 for the 26th was for rain or snow because the cold front was forecast to stall in the Chicago area. On the evening broadcast, the National Weather Service started talking about snow mixed with freezing rain, but it was not until the night that the forecast was changed to mention snowfall, giving an accumulation of 4 inches. [5]
The snowiest calendar day so far this season in Chicago was back on Jan. 25, when 3.6 inches was measured at O'Hare International Airport, the city's official site used by the National Weather ...
In Ottawa, the 37 centimeters of snow that fell on December 16 broke a new 24-hour December snowfall record set on December 21, 1977, while it fell 3 centimeters short of the all-time one day snowfall record of 40.4 centimeters set on March 2, 1947, which was part of its worst all-time snowfall event of 73 centimeters set on March 2–3, 1947.