Chicago’s mild April, the fifth warmest to date, will continue in that vein through the weekend with daytime highs continuing to average 5 to 10° above normal. However, by early next week a cold upper low over central Canada will sink south into the Great Lakes region putting at least a temporary hold on the balmy weather. By Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon readings should hover in the lower and middle 50s as brisk northwest winds and sun-blotting clouds make the temperature downturn even more noticeable.
Cooler weather has already arrived in Texas. The Dallas-Fort Worth area which recorded its highest April temperature on record a few days ago with a torrid 101º, could only muster a cool 72º high Thursday.
Late snowfall reports from this week’s South Dakota Black Hills’ blizzard are amazing. Final snowfall totals topped 6 ft. (74") at Lead while Deadwood recorded more than 4 ft. (52").
-Steve Kahn WGNTV Meteorologist
WGN-TV Chief Meteorologist Tom Skilling and the WGN Weather Center staff provide daily coverage of weather in the Chicago area.
