Cold weather will remain well entrenched over Chicago this week with temperatures more typical of January than early December. Normal highs typically reach 40º, but this week readings will struggle to reach the freezing mark. The combination of cold days and morning lows near or below zero over snow covered areas, point to one of the coldest December openings in years. The same storm that brought heavy snow to portions of the Chicago area dropped up to 16 inches of snow in southeast Kansas, where the city of Chanute dropped to a record low of -2º Saturday.
While no new snowstorms loom on the immediate horizon, several disturbances passing through the Midwest promise to bring Chicago frequent periods of light snow or snow showers, while reinforcing the cold weather. Some warming is finally showing up on long-range computer models, but is not expected arrive until next weekend at the earliest.
--By Steve Kahn, WGN-TV Meteorologist
WGN-TV Chief Meteorologist Tom Skilling and the WGN Weather Center staff provide daily coverage of weather in the Chicago area.
