Friday’s weather was a study in contrasts, with springlike 60s less than 250 miles west of Chicago at the same time snow accumulated at a rate of 2” an hour to the north on the shores of Lake Superior. Duluth, Minn., was hit by 9” in just five hours while nearby Adolph, Minn., was home to the Midwest’s heaviest daytime snow tally of 14”.
Snow stands more than two feet deep across much of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.
Though February’s 1.80” monthly precipitation in Chicago is headed for the books as the second consecutive month to produce a surplus, it hasn’t rained or snowed here at O’Hare, the city’s official observation site, in 9 days—the longest dry spell since a 14-day stretch four months ago from Oct. 3 through the 16th.
This final weekend of meteorological winter 2005-06 is to feel the part with daytime 30s. But, six years ago, Chicago’s temperature soared to 72°—a record for this date.
—Tom Skilling, WGN-TV meteorologist
WGN-TV Chief Meteorologist Tom Skilling and the WGN Weather Center staff provide daily coverage of weather in the Chicago area.
