As the Chicagoland region bounces back from Friday night’s snowstorm, the outlook for the next 5 days looks to be dry. While this weekend’s rainfall and heavy snow ensured that Chicago’s precipitation for the month of January would be above normal for the first time since last February, the string of days with above-normal temperatures since Dec. 22 marches on. Forecasts for daily readings through next Saturday average some 13° above normal, and the total consecutive number of days above-normal now projects to reach 37.
Low temperatures in the teens Saturday morning snapped an unusual record set this month—never before since records began in 1871 has January failed to produce a single sub-20° temperature before Jan. 22.
The seasonably mild period may be coming to an end as computer models are showing increasingly strong indications that a much colder upper air pattern may evolve after next weekend.
WGN-TV Chief Meteorologist Tom Skilling and the WGN Weather Center staff provide daily coverage of weather in the Chicago area.
