The lack of snow here is turning into one for the books. Only 0.1” has been logged in the city in the month’s opening 15 days, little enough to rank among the least snowy 14% of all December opens on record since 1884. Over the past three decades, the period has averaged 42 times that amount (4.2”)!
Heavy snows shifted into the eastern Great Lakes Tuesday, accumulating abundantly. Cleveland, Ohio has measured 11.7” since Saturday. But, that amount paled in comparison to the 23.2” which has been measured since Saturday to the east at Pierpoint in northeast Ohio’s Ashtabula County. The region is well know for its heavy lake effect snows.
Chicago’s 28° high Tuesday was the coldest here since February 15 when readings peaked at 22°. Powerful SW winds Wednesday are to override some of the warming effect of the predicted 17° temps increase. Winds chills are likely to hover by afternoon in the low/mid 30s.
-Tom Skillling
