Chicago is experiencing dangerous cold weather with "astonishing" temperatures, as wind chills plunge as low as -23°F, posing significant risks to residents, according to a pricing culture analysis provided to Newsweek.
The National Weather Service issued a cold-weather advisory for Chicago and other parts of the state this weekend, warning of “dangerously cold wind chills” that could dip as low as 20 to 25 degrees below zero.
Trainings for Illinois residents looking to join the National Weather Service's severe storm spotter program will be held virtually for the first time this year. There will also be in-person Community Weather Preparedness training sessions.
National Weather Service officials are expecting up to an inch of snow Wednesday morning as temperatures hover slightly about 10 degrees in Chicago. Officials said snow fall was expected mainly between 11 a.
Scattered snow showers have started to fall in parts of the Chicago area Wednesday morning starting, with more possible throughout the day.
The National Weather Service issued two advisories from 6 p.m. Sunday to noon Monday, and from 9 p.m. Monday to noon Tuesday.
The city of Chicago is expecting to see some snow on Wednesday, but will it be enough to bring the city closer to a typical January in that department?
Classes are canceled Wednesday for Maine South High School in Park Ridge, after a sprinkler line water pipe burst before the school day started. Students are being allowed to stay in common areas of the school for the day.
As Chicago braces for dangerously cold temperatures, you may notice some changes in the weather advisories issued by the National Weather Service.
Monday, the temperature is expected to drop to minus 3 at O’Hare International Airport. A low of minus 7 is expected at O’Hare Tuesday.
Both Monday and Tuesday are non-attendance days for Chicago Public Schools students. Wind chills will be -15 to -30 Tuesday morning and -10 to -20 Wednesday morning.
After digging into the archives, weather service meteorologists found that since 1942, fewer than 5% of Chicago’s sub-zero days have occurred with no snow: of 594 sub-zero days, only 28 lacked snow cover.