We usually think in terms of a couple months when we think about winter turning into spring, but the weather pattern is changing so quickly now that it might all happen this week. A scant five days will separate Sunday’s snow and today’s flurries from highs in the lower 60s later this week.
The 1-3 inches of snow that had fallen across the Chicago area as of Sunday evening ended a 22-day “mini snow drought” that had prevailed since Feb. 11 when 1.2” fell. On average, only seven days elapse between accumulating snows at this time of the year.
Midway Airport weather statistician Frank Wachowski reports that Sunday’s snow brings the city’s seasonal snow total to 29 inches, and that is 68 percent of the full-season total of 42.9” that normally falls at Midway.
A major weather pattern change is taking place, and for Chicago that means higher temperatures and showery weather. At least some rain is expected on four of the next six days.
--Richard Koeneman, WGN Weather Center meteorologist
WGN-TV Chief Meteorologist Tom Skilling and the WGN Weather Center staff provide daily coverage of weather in the Chicago area.
