WGN Weather Center Blog: Archives

2010.06.03: We've Moved!

2010.06.03: Tim's Weather World: Oil Spill Steers Towards Florida

2010.06.02: Area rainfall totals, hit & miss storms to return this PM

2010.06.02: Thunderstorms arrive, flooding is the main concern

2010.06.02: More storm shots from the Pilsen area

2010.06.02: Storm clouds developing over the Loop

2010.06.01: 2 rounds of storms could pound area

2010.06.01: Thunderstorms and hail---no strangers to Chicago in June

2010.06.01: Severe thunderstorms batter sections of the Plains Tuesday evening

2010.06.01: How is dew point determined?

2010.06.01: Tim's Weather World: Money in Meteors

2010.05.31: Monday's storms in Donovan, Illinois

2010.05.31: Sunday night's storms in the Pilsen neighborhood

2010.05.31: Storm clouds over Lisle

2010.05.31: Round 1 of storms soaks parts of area

2010.05.31: Monday's storms a prelude to an active week

2010.05.31: Explaining the 'rain gush'

2010.05.31: Weather term: Rain gush

2010.05.31: Thunderstorms on Memorial Day bring heavy rainfall amounts

2010.05.31: Dry and pleasant start to Memorial Day, but storms now starting to fire west of Chicago

2010.05.30: June arrives with volatile weather patterns

2010.05.30: Active weather threatens significant rain totals

2010.05.30: Chicago summer with no 90s

2010.05.29: Holiday weekend may end with rain

2010.05.29: The sweltering highs and chilly lows of Chicago summers

2010.05.29: Why does warm air rise toward the ceiling when we have our heat and humidifier running?

2010.05.28: Year's second 90 due Sunday; Spring 2010 running 4th warmest of past 140 years

2010.05.28: Slowdown of approaching front boosts Memorial Day t-storm risk

2010.05.28: How daily and monthly average temperatures are calculated

2010.05.28: Tim's Weather World: Beach Weekend!

2010.05.28: Sun-drenched holiday weekend to foster a rebound in warmth and humidity; some storms possible

2010.05.27: Rapid El Nino demise could spell more Atlantic hurricanes

2010.05.27: Warm, humid Sunday on tap for Chicago

2010.05.27: Hudson Bay's effect on Chicago weather

2010.05.27: Wednesday morning sunrise pictures

2010.05.27: Thunderhead towers this afternoon above downstate Quincy; the view from above

2010.05.27: NOAA is out with its 2010 Atlantic Basin Hurricane Season forecast-and it's not good

2010.05.26: Warmest late May spell in at least 140 years surrenders to cool, dry NNE winds

2010.05.26: Temperatures in the 80s in store for Memorial Day weekend

2010.05.26: Sunday Dew Points

2010.05.26: Chicago's warmest May: 1977

2010.05.26: Weather term: "Katrina cough"

2010.05.26: South Dakota storm chase

2010.05.26: This afternoon's thunderstorms in their developmental stage

2010.05.26: Tim's Weather World: Staying Safe in the Sun

2010.05.25: Thunderstorms to bubble up in a 4th day of 80s; temp drop looms

2010.05.25: Another 80-degrees in Chicago

2010.05.25: Tuesday's t-storms

2010.05.25: What would Chicago's weather and climate be like without Lake Michigan

2010.05.25: Tuesday's towering cumulonimbus clouds

2010.05.25: Slow moving storms pummel sections of northwest and central Illinois

2010.05.24: Area broils in hottest, most humid early season air mass in years

2010.05.24: Winds force heat into retreat; Memorial Day weekend rain prospects

2010.05.24: Has Chicago ever had 100-degree weather in June?

2010.05.24: Chicago Climatology: First 90 degrees

2010.05.24: First official 2010 Chicago 90s occur 3 weeks earlier than normal; heat follows record high morning minimum at Midway

2010.05.23: Warm and humid through midweek

2010.05.23: Hot, humid Sunday sets stage for year's first 90 in Chicago Monday

2010.05.23: Illinois tornadoes of March 1938

2010.05.23: Weather term: May Gray

2010.05.22: Suddenly it's summer in the city

2010.05.22: Getting a jump on summer: Chicago's May 90s often come in bunches

2010.05.22: A terrible hailstorm in the Logan Square in July 1956

2010.05.22: Friday night storms in Naperville

2010.05.21: Warmest weekend here in 40 weeks; Sunday/Monday flirt with 90

2010.05.21: Once warmth arrives, 'blocking pattern' to lock heat in all week

2010.05.21: Why no lightning in tornado videos?

2010.05.21: Friday's developing fog in Oak Brook

2010.05.21: Weather word: Rain

2010.05.21: Cloud formations in Yorkville

2010.05.21: Double rainbow over Lisle

2010.05.21: Storms erupting south of Chicago, weather watch issued for most of Indiana

2010.05.21: Tim's Weather World: Looking at the Loop Current

2010.05.20: Daytime heating expected to allow new t-storms to bubble up this afternoon

2010.05.20: Upper 80s due Sunday/Monday; warming aloft to shut down rains

2010.05.20: Has a 100-degree temperature ever been recorded in the month of May in Chicago?

2010.05.20: Storm chase pictures from Oklahoma

2010.05.19: Sunniest weather in 6 weeks sends temps soaring

2010.05.19: Summer-level warmth and humidity on its way to Chicago

2010.05.19: Tornadoes around the world

2010.05.19: What is the monsoon?

2010.05.19: Severe weather pictures from Texas

2010.05.19: Tim's Weather World: Stronger Sunshine

2010.05.18: Sun's return and 6 hours additional daylight to help break the Chicago area's May cool pattern

2010.05.18: Summer-level warmth to bring highest temperature in 9 months

2010.05.18: What's the largest diameter hail ever reported in the Chicago area?

2010.05.18: Remembering Mt. St. Helens

2010.05.17: Lack of May 80s unusual; 12 of past 13 days have produced temperature deficits

2010.05.17: 2010's warmest, most humid air due this weekend in Chicago

2010.05.17: Annual tornadoes in Illinois

2010.05.17: Check out our Skilling Storm Chase team

2010.05.17: Tim's Weather World: Feast or Famine Rain

2010.05.16: Clouds, showers and cool northeast winds to start the week

2010.05.16: Slowly changing upper-air pattern brings warmth here later in week

2010.05.16: The five horsemen of thunderstorms

2010.05.16: Weather history

2010.05.15: Clouds and cool east winds start the week

2010.05.15: Redefining "tornado alley"

2010.05.15: The U.S. supervolcano and effect on weather

2010.05.14: Rain on way after a pleasant weekend

2010.05.14: Cool May shows signs of warm-up after an early week rain

2010.05.14: Red skies at night

2010.05.14: We're back in Illinois heading north from Springfield and preparing for our Friday 5 & 9PM reports; what a week it's been!

2010.05.14: Tim's Weather World: Spotting Supercells

2010.05.13: Soggy week is ending on drier note

2010.05.13: Strong warm front triggers heavy rain--sends mercury soaring

2010.05.13: How Chicago fared during Midwest floods of 1993

2010.05.13: Tornado Myths

2010.05.13: Eastbound in southwest Missouri in driving rains; headed for rendezvous with strong t-storms

2010.05.13: 3+ inches of rain overnight across some northern suburbs

2010.05.12: Flood potential--more downpours and possible severe storms today

2010.05.12: Severe weather moves east into Illinois/Indiana Thursday

2010.05.12: Weather word: Thunder

2010.05.12: Midwest moisture and oil from the Gulf spill

2010.05.12: Blinding rain, white knuckle driving through torrential rain and a hail bombardment

2010.05.12: Sky's taken on greenish cast; temps have dropped from 82 to 70; lightning flashing with increasing frequency

2010.05.12: Coming up on a squall line producing golf ball hail, frequent lightning; Doppler scanned tops to near 60,000 ft.

2010.05.12: Wednesday storm chase underway

2010.05.12: Quiet weather day out in western Oklahoma Wed; storm focus shifts back east-and so do we

2010.05.12: A Burger and a Tornado please

2010.05.12: Tim's Weather World: Accuracy & Apathy

2010.05.11: Heavy downpours on tap for Chicago

2010.05.11: Severe weather in the Plains; another round of heavy rains in Chicago

2010.05.11: How many days of rain does Chicago average in a summer?

2010.05.11: Weather word: Tornado

2010.05.11: We're on the move Tuesday on the look-out for cap-busting t-storms in Oklahoma

2010.05.11: Our encounter with Monday's multiple vortex tornado had the phones ringing this morning

2010.05.10: City in line for 2 rounds of soaking rain

2010.05.10: Oklahoma twisters turn deadly --- at least 4 deaths reported

2010.05.10: Comparing strongest North American earthquakes: Alaska vs. New Madrid

2010.05.10: The 10 deadliest U.S. tornadoes

2010.05.10: Oklahoma tornado and severe weather outbreak turns into a national story; injuries, deaths and widespread damage reported

2010.05.10: Our rendezvous with a multiple vortex Oklahoma tornado; scary moments outside Medford, OK on Highway 11

2010.05.10: Tornado outbreak shifts south into central and eastern Oklahoma, NWC & NWS have a close encounter

2010.05.10: WGN Storm Chase Team heading north to Wichita, setting up to intercept another storm and possible tornado

2010.05.10: Skilling Storm Chase Team following a tornadic supercell in Northern Oklahoma

2010.05.10: Rain pouring down!

2010.05.10: Storms bearing down on us as we head into Wakita, OK-setting for the movie Twister

2010.05.10: "PDS" Tornado Watch issued until 10 PM in Kansas

2010.05.10: Atmospheric Armageddon?

2010.05.10: Tim's Weather World: Northern Lights Above the Ash

2010.05.09: Clouds expected to build into rain at night

2010.05.09: Severe storms stay south, but heavy rains likely here

2010.05.09: Chicago's hottest day with rain

2010.05.09: The tornado that almost changed American music...

2010.05.09: Storm Chase Eve

2010.05.09: WGN Storm Chase coverage starts tonight at 9PM!

2010.05.09: Supercells/tornadoes likely to be part of Plains severe weather outbreak Monday--the first of several this week

2010.05.09: Be with us tonight on WGN News at 9pm as we introduce you to our guide & extreme weather photographer Jim Reed live from Wichita

2010.05.09: Rainbow near Crown Point Saturday afternoon

2010.05.08: "Dry Line" likely to be Monday's the zone of powerhouse t-storm eruption

2010.05.08: High energy (CAPE) values in the Plains threaten tornadic thunderstorms Monday

2010.05.08: A chilly start to Mother's day

2010.05.08: 2 sunny and warm Aprils -- but 2 drastically different summers

2010.05.08: Anticipation!

2010.05.08: The Legend of the Ice Saints

2010.05.08: Weather History: United States' second-deadliest tornado

2010.05.08: What a week for our storm chase and series; potent Plains severe weather outbreak with twisters a real possibility

2010.05.08: These could be the BIG ONES!

2010.05.08: Jim Reed: Very Severe Weather expected

2010.05.08: On the Road!

2010.05.08: What's Wrong with this Picture?

2010.05.08: Setting up for a white Mother's day in Gilman Wisconsin

2010.05.07: Chill settles over Chicago for weekend

2010.05.07: Coldest air in a month hits area; Skilling storm chase starts Monday

2010.05.07: Chance of rain, revisited

2010.05.07: Weather word: Flood

2010.05.07: Friday morning storm damage in Evanston

2010.05.07: Tim's Weather World: Powerful Spring Storm

2010.05.06: Thundery downpours could bring more rain in the next 7 days than over the past month

2010.05.06: Texas posts 100-degree readings while Midwest braces for snow

2010.05.06: How long has it been since Chicago has had a 100-degree day?

2010.05.06: Storm front chases fishermen off Lake Michigan

2010.05.06: The TV gods are smiling!

2010.05.06: This spring's sub-par rain trend may be getting tired; wetter overall pattern could be ahead in the next 2 weeks

2010.05.05: Models show 2-inch + rains next 2 weeks, possibly reversing dry trend

2010.05.05: Chicago's average number of 90-degree days

2010.05.05: Historical fire: Black Dragon Fire

2010.05.05: Tim's Weather World: Tracking Twisters, Tracking Vortex2

2010.05.04: Midway hits 80 for sixth time in 2010; most this early in 9 years

2010.05.04: Moisture widely varied across heartland; wetter 2-week pattern hinted

2010.05.04: What's the latest date for an official 32 degree low in Chicago?

2010.05.04: Lake Michigan winds

2010.05.03: Spring 2010 among the 7 warmest in 140 years here

2010.05.03: Late week storm may kick off a cooler, wetter pattern

2010.05.03: Chicago's flash flood of 2001

2010.05.03: Tim's Weather World: Soaked in the Southeast

2010.05.02: Severe storms could stir up afternoon

2010.05.02: 2010 among warmest Aprils in Midwest; gusty storms here Monday

2010.05.02: Snow in June

2010.05.02: Flood photos from Nashville

2010.05.01: April's warm ways to return by midweek

2010.05.01: May 1-2, 1940: Rare late-season snow blankets Chicago

2010.05.01: Chicago snow in June?

2010.05.01: Weather word: Lightning

2010.04.30: Stunning 175 mph jet stream has another rain-maker heading this way

2010.04.30: Saturday sunshine belies potential for more thundery rain tonight

2010.04.30: Heat lightning

2010.04.30: Tim's Weather World: Historic Tornado Study Starts Saturday

2010.04.29: First April to start and end with 80s, gusty storms may loom

2010.04.29: More wind in Chicago area, severe storms erupt to the west

2010.04.29: What is the United States' strongest earthquake?

2010.04.29: Weather word: Phlogiston

2010.04.29: Images of blowing dirt Thursday

2010.04.29: Wednesday's Wisconsin brush fires

2010.04.29: Check out these oil spill images

2010.04.29: Winds roaring, temps taking off too! Illinois could be headed to warmest April finish on record

2010.04.28: Coming days to see 40+ mph non-t-storm gusts deliver real warmth

2010.04.28: Surging temperatures and humid air set stage for severe weather

2010.04.28: The summers from 1985 through 1995

2010.04.28: Weather word: Diurnal

2010.04.28: Tim's Weather World: Tornado Alley Shift?

2010.04.27: A 45+ degrees temp rebound is getting underway; 70s due Thursday, near 80 Friday

2010.04.27: Friday night storms towering into jet stream likely to be fast-movers

2010.04.27: Straight-line wind known as "derecho"

2010.04.27: Weather word: Radar

2010.04.26: April continues among warmest on record and mildest here in 33 years

2010.04.26: Biggest warm-up in 2 weeks means more 70s for Chicago

2010.04.26: Rotation and funnel clouds

2010.04.26: Weather word: Knot

2010.04.26: Tim's Weather World: Saturday's Severe Weather Outbreak

2010.04.26: Storms weaken as low pressure moves to east coast

2010.04.26: Upper-level pattern favors cool start to week, then notable warm-up

2010.04.26: Animal Extinctions

2010.04.26: People in Meteorology: Cleveland Abbe

2010.04.25: A rainy morning in Highland, Indiana

2010.04.24: Tornadoes hit Gulf Coast states while Chicago threatened by heavy rains

2010.04.24: Tornado outbreak to the south/heavy rains in Illinois

2010.04.24: Volcanoes and global cooling

2010.04.24: How far is the horizon?

2010.04.24: Correct use of astronomy terms

2010.04.23: Predicted 2"+ weekend rains would be area's heaviest in 6 months

2010.04.23: Strong temperature rebound may result in 80 degrees here later next week

2010.04.23: Volcanoes and weather change

2010.04.23: Tim's Weather World: Supercharged Volcano

2010.04.22: Storm bearing down on Chicago spawns dozens of Plains twisters; the biggest single day tornado tally of 2010

2010.04.22: Bursts of drenching, sometimes thundery rain ahead, severe weather threat downstate

2010.04.22: What causes lightning in volcanic eruptions?

2010.04.22: What is Ozone?

2010.04.21: Pneumonia front bisecting the Chicago area produces Wednesday's eye-catching 40+degree east/west temperature spread

2010.04.21: Spring's wettest storm to deliver thundery 1 to 3-inch rains; severe weather threatens south

2010.04.21: Will ash from the Iceland volcano affect weather in Chicago?

2010.04.21: Definition of Meteorology

2010.04.21: Sunset on a cloudy evening

2010.04.21: Aerial shot of today's clouds over Waukegan

2010.04.21: Tim's Weather World: Severe Season Still "Quiet"

2010.04.20: Temps to take a hit once front passes and winds lake winds strengthen

2010.04.20: Oak Lawn twister was 43 years ago; thundery, wet weekend ahead

2010.04.20: Which winter was snowier, this one or last?

2010.04.19: It's lake breeze season; east winds blow 48 percent of the time

2010.04.19: Volcano behind European air travel chaos small compared to others

2010.04.19: How often are Chicago's extreme temperature records broken?

2010.04.19: What is "Volcanic winter"?

2010.04.19: "Ash plume" from Iceland volcano

2010.04.19: Tim's Weather World: Will Warming Lift Lid on Volcanoes?

2010.04.18: Weekend chill expected to subside this week

2010.04.18: After morning frost, chill to ease; late-week storm to end dry spell

2010.04.18: Do 80s in April lead to hot summers?

2010.04.18: Weather term: Volcanic ash

2010.04.17: Another frosty night before temps rebound

2010.04.17: Two storms---one white, one wet---make April 1975 city's 2nd wettest

2010.04.17: Trace of precipitation too small to measure

2010.04.17: Weather word: Severe clear

2010.04.16: Weekend highs 25+ degrees off past week's 80s; frost a threat Saturday night

2010.04.16: Not clear if volcanic ash cloud will produce cooling; April's been sunnier here than normal

2010.04.16: Rapid temperature drops in April

2010.04.16: Impact of volcanic eruption on Britain

2010.04.16: Tim's Weather World: Tracking Twisters with VORTEX2

2010.04.16: A 50-degree temp drop to take Chicago from 80s to frost

2010.04.15: Ash streaming from volcano playing havoc with European air travel

2010.04.15: Chicago snow in April

2010.04.15: Oak trees and lightning

2010.04.15: What created the thick rays in this sunset?

2010.04.15: Apparent meteor races across Wednesday sky around 10 pm; sonic booms reported in Iowa

2010.04.14: Warmest spring temps here since 1977, the polar opposite of a year ago

2010.04.14: Illinois spring rains down from year ago; limited rain a boon to farmers

2010.04.14: How accurate are the forecasts in "The Old Farmer's Almanac"?

2010.04.14: Weather word: Virga

2010.04.14: Weather and Farming udate from John Hazzard; Wilmington,il

2010.04.14: More Fermilab pictures!

2010.04.14: 2010's third 80 is on the books!

2010.04.14: Tim's Weather World: Lightning Means More Mushrooms

2010.04.13: Only 5 of the past 81 years have seen as many 80s this early

2010.04.13: Wednesday's warmth streamed north from Arkansas

2010.04.13: Has Chicago ever experienced an official 100 mph wind speed?

2010.04.13: Weather word: Aeolian

2010.04.12: A Cubs opener hasn't been warmer in 15 years; 80 due Wednesday & Thursday

2010.04.12: Coming 80s aside, pattern for the next 2 weeks looks cool

2010.04.12: Winds much higher at observation deck than at ground level

2010.04.12: Saturday's Fermilab event in Batavia

2010.04.12: Tim's Weather World: Get Ready to Sneeze

2010.04.11: Midweek burst of warmth to boost highs near 80

2010.04.11: Mild week and ample moisture promising signs for growing season

2010.04.11: Chilly Cubs home openers

2010.04.11: Weather On This Date: April 12, 1934

2010.04.10: Warm-up building to midweek peak

2010.04.10: The 45th anniversary of the Palm Sunday tornadoes: April 11, 1965

2010.04.10: Preliminary outlook for the 2010 hurricane season

2010.04.10: Weather word: Gust

2010.04.10: Speakers for the 2010 Fermilab/WGN-TV Tornado and Severe Weather Seminar

2010.04.10: April makes a return to its warmer ways

2010.04.10: El Nino's predicted demise may signal active 2010 hurricane season

2010.04.10: 80-degree and 90-degree days in Chicago

2010.04.09: Tim's Weather World: Trouble in the Tropics?

2010.04.08: From frost to the 70s; a 40-degree temperature surge ahead

2010.04.08: Saturday warmth could tangle with jet stream, ignite gusty t-storms

2010.04.08: What causes large hail

2010.04.08: Weather Location: Bagdad, Calif.

2010.04.08: Snow snapshots from Suamico, Wisconsin

2010.04.08: Thursday's flurries not unusual; 8 of 10 years see them this late in the season

2010.04.07: Strong winds to drive temperature rebound--70s back for weekend

2010.04.07: Wet Easters

2010.04.07: Weather Word: Frontogenesis

2010.04.06: Thundery downpours could bring 1-2 inch rains; mixed late night snow a threat

2010.04.06: Intensifying rains Wednesday; frost threatens Thursday night

2010.04.06: July 24, 2009 hailstorm in northwest Illinois

2010.04.06: Weather word: Hail

2010.04.06: Severe thunderstorm rolling into Maple Park Monday night

2010.04.06: Temps jump 26 degrees in just 30 minutes, more storms tonight

2010.04.06: Great link to fantastic storm pictures from RedEye readers

2010.04.06: Hail of a storm hits the Chicago area

2010.04.05: Thunderstorms tap energy of 100 mph jet stream, mixing damaging winds down to the ground

2010.04.05: Arrival of Chicago's most humid air in 6 months fueling storm downpours, turning dry spring wet

2010.04.05: Aurora, Illinois' serious fish kill in the summer of 1953.

2010.04.05: Wether word: What is a front?

2010.04.05: Hail in Morton Grove

2010.04.05: Hail in Park Ridge

2010.04.05: Monday's lightning display in Chicago

2010.04.04: Bunny hot: Easter's high topped last July 4

2010.04.04: Sunday storm brings Illinois its first severe weather reports of 2010

2010.04.04: Earliest back-to-back 80s at Chicago

2010.04.04: Weather Term: Severe weather

2010.04.04: Hail producing storms already firing west and southwest of Chicago

2010.04.04: Strong to severe thunderstorms possible this afternoon and tonight

2010.04.03: City set for mildest Easter in 12 years

2010.04.03: The 'super outbreak' of tornadoes on April 3-4, 1974

2010.04.03: Mild Christmas followed by a snowy Easter

2010.04.03: Weather word: Thunderstorm

2010.04.02: Temperatures soared as the winds roared Friday

2010.04.02: Next week could bring warmth and possibly active storms

2010.04.02: Warm Saturday before Easter

2010.04.02: Weather Term: Fire weather

2010.04.02: Wind damage in Bartlett on Friday

2010.04.01: Rare early warmth spills into a 2nd day; dozens of new records set across 12 states

2010.04.01: Record warmth in Midwest; next warm surge could ignite storms

2010.04.01: Double daylight saving time during World War II

2010.04.01: What is Acid rain?

2010.04.01: Happy dogs enjoying the warmth in Chicago

2010.04.01: Blooming pussywillow tree in Winfield, Ind.

2010.04.01: Chicago establishes a new record and its first official 80-warmest here in 6+ months

2010.04.01: Tim's Weather World: Serene Severe Weather Season So Far

2010.03.31: Warmth of this intensity at such an early date is rare; new records possible

2010.03.31: Warm weather makes rare early entrance in Chicago area

2010.03.31: What's the difference between scattered and isolated thunderstorms?

2010.03.31: Chicago's April weather stats

2010.03.31: Spring is in the air!

2010.03.30: Warmest temps in a half year on the way here even as record rains drench the Northeast

2010.03.30: Soil moisture a factor in summer temperatures

2010.03.30: Chicago's late-season snowstorm of April 2-3, 1975

2010.03.30: Weather Word: Pluvial

2010.03.29: Warmest temperatures in six and a half months just two days away

2010.03.29: Major shift in jet stream pattern to bring area near-record warmth

2010.03.29: Weather events that changed American history

2010.03.28: Major-league warm-up in store for city

2010.03.28: Warm surge could bring year's first 80-degree high -- 3 weeks early

2010.03.28: Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1965

2010.03.27: Sunday chill, but warmer days ahead

2010.03.27: March 28, 1920: Palm Sunday tornadoes devastate the Chicago area

2010.03.27: Has Chicago ever gone through March and April without a 70-degree day?

2010.03.26: Tornado season has been calm so far

2010.03.26: Approaching warmth may trigger severe weather in the Plains

2010.03.26: Relative humidity below 10 percent

2010.03.26: Weather History: Tri-state tornado

2010.03.25: Climb from the chill about to begin

2010.03.25: A cold Friday --- then Chicago's temperatures surge begins

2010.03.25: Is Chicago's 2009-10 snow season finished?

2010.03.25: Chicago--- the "Windy City"

2010.03.24: 47-degree swing heading Chicago's way

2010.03.24: City flirts with windy, wet storm; 2010's highest temps next week?

2010.03.24: Do weekends in Chicago have lousier weather?

2010.03.24: Tim's Weather World: The Chase is On!

2010.03.23: Tranquil, sunny days unlikely to last

2010.03.23: Widely variable weather for Chicago in the next 10 days

2010.03.23: What are supercells?

2010.03.23: Weather word: Bai

2010.03.23: Springtime in Florida-Rainbow over Clearwater Beach

2010.03.22: Chicago dodging major weather woes in March

2010.03.22: Chicago weather remains quietly---probably

2010.03.22: When do Chicago fireflies arrive?

2010.03.22: Tim's Weather World: Location, Location, Location

2010.03.21: Often stormy March should remain quiet

2010.03.21: Annual climb of temperatures takes its biggest step up in March

2010.03.21: Frost despite lows in the 40s?

2010.03.21: Up to 5" of snow reported in Chicago's north suburbs, 8" in Miami (Oklahoma that is)

2010.03.20: Snow should disappear in the Chicago area as temperatures rebound quickly

2010.03.20: Early week upper flow brings milder air from the east, then southwest

2010.03.20: The spectacle of a double rainbow

2010.03.20: Weather word: Flood

2010.03.20: Snow "sticking" in Chicago's northern suburbs

2010.03.19: Year's warmest air yields to cold winds which drop city temps 15 degrees in 12 minutes

2010.03.19: Wintry storm to swipe Chicago -- southern Plains to bear full brunt

2010.03.19: Chicago's meteorological 'impossibilities'

2010.03.19: Dramatic temperature falls this evening

2010.03.18: Snow to follow 60s, hardly the weather most favored for spring's Saturday open

2010.03.18: Predicting snow tallies on warm ground dicey; more snow for Oklahoma

2010.03.18: How does the lack of subzero weather this season in Chicago compare with past years?

2010.03.18: Weather word: Inversion

2010.03.18: A beautiful Thursday evening in Chicago

2010.03.18: Tim's Weather World: Quiet Start To Severe Season So Far...

2010.03.17: Jarring shift from 70-degrees to possible wet snow ahead

2010.03.17: Weekend snow could stick; most years have snow beyond March 18

2010.03.17: What is the earliest date for the last measurable snowfall of a season in Chicago?

2010.03.17: Area headed for 2010's warmest temps yet; first 70 in 4 months possible

2010.03.16: Clash of seasons could see 70 degrees and snow inside next 5 days

2010.03.16: How often has it been 60 degrees or higher on that day?

2010.03.16: Weather Word: Pressure

2010.03.16: Tim's Weather World: So Long Cold Winter

2010.03.15: Sun's return to help temperatures to take off in coming days

2010.03.15: Temperatures headed for 2010 highs Thursday/Friday, could flirt with 70°

2010.03.15: St. Patrick's Day snowstorm of 1965 in Chicago

2010.03.15: Wether Term: Observational day

2010.03.15: I've got sunshine on a cloudy day-finally!

2010.03.15: Proof positive of snow on the ground in 50 states

2010.03.15: Another powerhouse storm slams the Northeast

2010.03.14: Week ahead could bring city both 60s and snow

2010.03.14: Weekend storm brings threat of severe weather and snow to Illinois

2010.03.14: Closest distance between U.S. temperature extremes

2010.03.14: Weather Person: Aristotle

2010.03.13: 1000 mile storm soaks Chicago, wallops Northeast

2010.03.13: Marching backwards: Two Marches that started mild, ended wintry

2010.03.13: Chicago flood of August 1987

2010.03.13: Colorful birds on a wire

2010.03.12: Clouds, wind and rain conspire to end 2010's longest mild streak

2010.03.12: Temps back to 60s later next week only to pull back strongly a week from now

2010.03.12: Sunlight in March

2010.03.12: Weather Word: Probability

2010.03.12: Tim's Weather World: Daylight Savings Time Can Kill You

2010.03.11: T-storms pepper parts of area with hail; powerful winds, more rain come next, targeting area late Friday into the weekend

2010.03.11: Friday's calm start belies strong winds expected toward evening

2010.03.11: When does the sun reach 45 degrees above the horizon in Chicago?

2010.03.11: Weather word: Rain

2010.03.11: Thunderstorm clouds

2010.03.11: Navy Pier sunset in Chicago

2010.03.11: Hail in Grundy County

2010.03.11: Rainbow sightings Thursday

2010.03.11: Hail producing storms reported south and west of Chicago

2010.03.10: Wednesday's 60s here top highs in Phoenix, Tucson, Las Vegas, San Diego and Los Angeles

2010.03.10: Storm to turn into weekend wind machine; 1-2-inch rains in coming days

2010.03.10: Has an icebreaker ship ever made it to the North Pole?

2010.03.10: What is advection fog?

2010.03.10: Chicago records its first 60+ temperature in nearly 4 months!

2010.03.10: Tim's Weather World: Severe Weather Season's Slow Start

2010.03.09: A 61-degree high would be the mildest here in 4 months!

2010.03.09: Rainfall may be twice normal over the coming week; windee weekend ahead

2010.03.09: April 1961: Biggest late-season snowstorm to hit Chicago

2010.03.09: Weather word: Fog

2010.03.09: Dense fog to persist through early morning

2010.03.08: Longest winter sub-50 streak ending; mildest air in 3+ months coming

2010.03.08: Storm to slow in blocking pattern that holds rains through weekend

2010.03.08: A foggy Monday evening

2010.03.08: March and April in Chicago

2010.03.08: Weather Term: Wind chill temperature

2010.03.08: Monday evening fog

2010.03.08: Snowstorm in Alaska

2010.03.08: Sunbathing Chicago snowman

2010.03.08: Tim's Weather World: Another Eye in the Sky

2010.03.07: Peeks of sun today, then clouds roll in for the rest of the week

2010.03.07: Stagnant pattern to keep city's string of sub-50-degree days going

2010.03.07: Last subzero reading in March

2010.03.07: Spring really IS on the way

2010.03.06: Showers today, dry Monday, then four rainy days

2010.03.06: Current forecasts belie approach of severe weather system

2010.03.06: Has Lake Michigan ever completely frozen over?

2010.03.06: Saturday should be the warmest day so far this month....

2010.03.05: 50-degree mark proving elusive in the city

2010.03.05: Sunny Saturday, then a cold, dreary and rainy week

2010.03.05: Status of the recent U.S. drought

2010.03.05: Spectacular sunset in Hebron, Indiana

2010.03.05: Tim's Weather World: Making Tornadoes

2010.03.04: Chicago dodging March swings, so far

2010.03.04: Uncharacteristically quiet weather in normally stormy March

2010.03.04: Full moon 10 times brighter than half moon?

2010.03.03: Snow, our long-time companion, is checking out

2010.03.03: Lake breeze slows warming despite less snow cover

2010.03.03: Which March 1 was most "lion-like? in Chicago"

2010.03.03: Weather Term: "Meteorological Cancer"

2010.03.03: Solar halo as seen in Scottsdale, Arizona

2010.03.03: Tim's Weather World: Earth Says "Cheese"

2010.03.02: Days slowly get milder, but no heat wave

2010.03.02: March departures from normal to be similar to winter's anomalies

2010.03.02: Largest temperature forecast error

2010.03.02: Weather term: Black ice

2010.03.02: Another snowstorm buries Asheville, NC

2010.03.01: A brief summary of the winter just ended

2010.03.01: When the cold came late: Chicago's winter of 1931-32

2010.03.01: March temperatures in Chicago: 70-degree highs vs sub-zero lows

2010.03.01: Weather word: Season

2010.03.01: Tim's Weather World: Enough With The Hype!

2010.02.28: A chilly, gray start to March

2010.02.28: Next storm spares Chicago -- but targets Southeast with rain, snow

2010.02.28: Weather word: Katabatic winds

2010.02.28: Relative humidity: Summer vs. winter

2010.02.28: Tsunami flips boats, causes some panic for mariners in Huatulco, Mexico

2010.02.27: Snowy February to end on a dreary, chilly note.

2010.02.27: Stronk earthquakes no stranger to Chile; tsunami sweeps Pacific

2010.02.27: March 1910: Model of meteorological perfection one century ago

2010.02.27: December-February snow cover in Chicago

2010.02.27: East coast snowstorm totals top 50", state of emergency declared in New Hampshire

2010.02.26: 33-hour snowstorm buries New York City under 2 feet of snow; 37 inches reported in nearby New Brunswick, N.J.

2010.02.26: Big snow hits Scotland

2010.02.26: February's 3rd megastorm dumps a season's worth of snow in days

2010.02.26: Crippling storm of March 25-26, 1970

2010.02.26: Weather Word: Crud

2010.02.26: Sundogs visible in the Chicago area this morning

2010.02.26: Portions of Scotland also buried in snow

2010.02.26: A snowy Times Square

2010.02.26: Snowstorm in Stroudsburg Pennsylvania

2010.02.26: The Big White Apple

2010.02.25: Eastern storm spins clouds/snow this way; February now the 3rd snowiest of past 125 years

2010.02.25: Latest Eastern mega-storm stalled; Interior Northeast mountain snows being measured in feet

2010.02.25: What is sleet?

2010.02.25: Chicago's warm Feb, 1976 weather

2010.02.25: Snow in Arlington Heights

2010.02.25: Almost 43 year to the date-Another intense snowstorm hits Chicago

2010.02.25: Tim's Weather World: Nifty Fifty Inches of Snow

2010.02.24: Thundery lake-effect snows hit the area producing local whiteout conditions, 6-inch + accumulations

2010.02.24: Intensifying Eastern Storm slows to a crawl smothering interior Northeast under wind-driven snows

2010.02.24: What is ice?

2010.02.24: Thunderstorms over the Arctic Ocean

2010.02.24: Another view of tonight's Gurnee snowstorm

2010.02.24: Near whiteout conditions in Naperville

2010.02.24: Gurnee- the new White City

2010.02.24: Heavy snow in Mt. Prospect

2010.02.24: Snow returns to the Chicago area, some of it will be heavy

2010.02.23: Meso-low development to trigger lake snows

2010.02.23: Lake's warmth and 'lift' generated by jet stream to bring lake snow

2010.02.23: Chicago's rare temperatures

2010.02.22: Chicago is in the midst of its 8th snowiest season of the past 125 years

2010.02.22: Late season arctic punch threatens to provoke lake snow development Wednesday

2010.02.22: Precipitation and Lake Michigan/Huron/Superior water levels

2010.02.22: What causes yellow snow?

2010.02.22: Fog, snow and Golf in Antioch, Illinois

2010.02.22: Birds spotted in Aurora tree

2010.02.22: Monday street scene in Buffalo Grove

2010.02.22: Snow in Macomb, Illinois

2010.02.22: Tim's Weather World: Stonger Hurricanes in Warmer World?

2010.02.21: Heavy wet snow blasts Chicago area

2010.02.21: Storm should deliver city's third straight 50-plus-inch snow season

2010.02.21: Weather Word: White desert

2010.02.21: Why didn't the Cubs play from May 6 to 11 in 1960?

2010.02.21: Winter Storm Watch upgraded to a warning for part of the Chicago area...

2010.02.20: Heavy wet snow likely later Sunday night into Monday

2010.02.20: Snowflakes: Nature's exotic ice creations

2010.02.20: When wind chill drops below 32 degrees

2010.02.20: Weather Word: Avalanche

2010.02.20: Snowfall totals, Winter Storm Watch issued

2010.02.19: Looming storm could make this the 2nd February in history with two 10"-plus snows

2010.02.19: Various snow forecast techniques suggest a foot of snow could hit Sunday night/Monday

2010.02.19: Large snowstorm in 1939

2010.02.19: Survey of preliminary data on potential Sunday night-Monday night winter storm

2010.02.19: Current spell of mild air just a tease--big snowstorm looms Sunday night/Monday

2010.02.19: Midwest storm potential being monitored Sunday night/Monday; West Coast headed for wetter pattern

2010.02.19: Weather Word: Firn

2010.02.19: Weekend travel outlook

2010.02.19: Tim's Weather World: Hurricanes & Droughts

2010.02.19: Chance of major snow after Feb. 18

2010.02.19: Weather Word: Winterkill

2010.02.17: Sunshine's return welcomed in a cloudier than normal February

2010.02.17: Pacific storm could become a weekend snow producer in Midwest

2010.02.17: Was snow found in all 50 states on Feb. 12?

2010.02.17: Snow in the Eternal City- February 12, 2010

2010.02.17: Weather Word: Kona

2010.02.17: Beauty despite the cold: Valentine's Day photos from Wisconsin

2010.02.17: Photos from recent snowstorm in Pittsburgh

2010.02.16: Longer days, stronger sunlight up against snow-pack and temp-restraining blocking pattern

2010.02.16: Sunday snow potential not yet certain-but being monitored; February's 15+ inches snowiest here in 29 years

2010.02.16: "Whiteout" conditions

2010.02.16: Sunday's blue skies over Chicago

2010.02.16: Lemont icicles caught on camera

2010.02.16: Texas snowman known as "Cubbie-Man"

2010.02.16: Interesting early Valentine cloud

2010.02.16: Amazing Igloo in Justice, Illinois

2010.02.16: Winter wonderland in Cleveland

2010.02.16: Tim's Weather World: Eyes to the Skies

2010.02.15: Upside down North American weather pattern has Chicago colder than Alaska

2010.02.15: El Nino "warmth" proving troublesome at Olympics

2010.02.15: 40 degrees in February in Chicago?

2010.02.15: Definition of "snow flurries"

2010.02.15: Tim's Weather World: Looking Long Range

2010.02.14: No 40s so far in February

2010.02.14: No let-up in February cold; snow threat looms by the end of the week

2010.02.14: Weather word: Snow blindness

2010.02.14: Big temperature drop in May 2006

2010.02.14: 5 times more snow in Flagstaff, AZ than Fairbanks, Alaska???

2010.02.14: Vancouver warmer than Miami this morning

2010.02.13: Light snow here Monday as next storm heads for Ohio Valley

2010.02.13: Undelivered flowers, canceled dinners: 1990 Valentine's Day storm

2010.02.13: Chicago's worst ice storms

2010.02.13: What is ice fog?

2010.02.13: Weekend storm headed for downstate Illinois, Ohio Valley

2010.02.13: Charleston S. C. - in the path of Friday's southern snowstorm

2010.02.12: Rash of storms has put 67% of country and sections of 49 states beneath snow

2010.02.12: Snow hits Florida Panhandle; Chicago's next snow taking shape

2010.02.12: Chicago's temperature extremes vs. the world

2010.02.12: Weather word: Obscuration

2010.02.12: The snow is white, fluffy and bright-Deep in the heart of Texas

2010.02.12: Huge snows in the Arizona mountains

2010.02.12: Tim's Weather World: Snow In All 50 States?

2010.02.11: Dallas/Ft. Worth snow breaks all time record; heads to Atlanta and Florida Panhandle

2010.02.11: Weather history suggests city's next 70-degree day is 42 days away

2010.02.11: Bluish tinted snow

2010.02.11: Snowy Cub fan in Texas

2010.02.10: Thursday's chill a long way from the area's earliest 70-degree reading 11 years ago

2010.02.10: Chicago's next snow in sight; Washington's snow cover grows

2010.02.10: How weather visibility is determined

2010.02.10: Washington D.C.-A winter wonderland

2010.02.10: Snow cream

2010.02.10: Lemont snow scene

2010.02.10: New way to get rid of snow

2010.02.10: Icing on a cake??

2010.02.10: Snowy landscape

2010.02.10: Snowy Batavia

2010.02.10: Tim's Weather World: Big Snow But No "Snowmageddon"

2010.02.10: More than a foot of snow at O'Hare- nearly 9 inches at Midway- Snowfall records tumble

2010.02.09: Lake-enhanced snows send storm totals soaring, winds initiate drifting

2010.02.09: Storm's snowfall tops 12 inches; potential for more snow this weekend

2010.02.09: A cold drive to Florida in January 1938

2010.02.09: "Air mass" in meteorology

2010.02.09: Snow night in Mt. Prospect

2010.02.09: Winter Storm Warning continues...Blizzard Watch has been canceled

2010.02.09: A lot of snow in Antioch

2010.02.09: Snow shots from Midlothian

2010.02.09: Winter Storm Warning through tonight

2010.02.08: Winter's biggest snowstorm threatening 8 to 14" totals, near-blizzard conditions

2010.02.08: Long-lived 8-14" storm may join 5 other 10"-plus February snows here

2010.02.08: Lines on weather maps

2010.02.08: Weather word: Krummholz

2010.02.08: Entire Chicago metropolitan area upgraded to winter storm warning

2010.02.08: All appears go for Winter 2009-10's heaviest and lengthiest snow

2010.02.08: Winter Storm Warning issued for a large portion of the Chicago area

2010.02.08: Tim's Weather World: Here We Go Again!

2010.02.07: Heavy snow to hit Chicago later Monday night and Tuesday

2010.02.07: Evolution of early week Midwest snowstorm

2010.02.07: The speed of falling raindrops

2010.02.07: Weather word: Blizzard

2010.02.07: A major winter storm is possible Monday night through Tuesday

2010.02.06: Snowbound in D.C.

2010.02.06: Mid-Atlantic hit with blizzard conditions/three-foot snowfall

2010.02.06: It's February, and there's plenty of winter to go

2010.02.06: "Winter's back is broken"

2010.02.06: Polycrystal snowflakes

2010.02.06: Unusual snow drift in northwest Indiana

2010.02.05: Record Eastern snowstorm responsible for a 1,000-mile swath of snow

2010.02.05: System similar to January's big snowmaker arrives here by Tuesday

2010.02.05: Has it ever reached 70 in January?

2010.02.05: Tim's Weather World: National Weatherperson's Day

2010.02.04: For only the 4th time this year, an inch or more of snow may be on the way

2010.02.04: Middle Atlantic States in for area's 4th major snowstorm

2010.02.04: Ranking Chicago's coldest months

2010.02.04: Definition of "Ground stop"

2010.02.04: Tim's Weather World: El Nino's Puzzle Pieces

2010.02.03: Two systems in coming week could produce more Chicago snow than fell all of last February

2010.02.03: New storm threatens another big snow Plains to Mid-Atlantic; its wind to end pollution episode here

2010.02.03: The crippling April 2, 1975 Chicago snowstorm

2010.02.03: Weather word: Norther

2010.02.03: Ice encases sections of Oklahoma in the state's most recent ice and snowstorm

2010.02.02: Heaviest snow in nearly a month pushes 2009-10 total above 30 inches

2010.02.02: Two systems could deliver more snow then tug arctic chill back to Chicago

2010.02.02: Sept. 26, 1959 Chicago tornado

2010.02.02: Snowfall totals, snow updates

2010.02.02: Tim's Weather World: Grumbling About Groundhog's Day

2010.02.01: Area voters head to polls in the season's 20th day of measurable snow; more due late week

2010.02.01: Closing the book on January; Chicago in for late week snow system

2010.02.01: Thunderstorm occurrence around the world

2010.02.01: The aftermath of this past weekend's storm in the mountains of western North Carolina

2010.02.01: Snowstorm hits Branson, Missouri this past Saturday

2010.01.31: Two snow systems help Chicago greet February

2010.01.31: Record snow cover nationwide despite recent lull in snowfall here

2010.01.31: Is this our cloudiest winter?

2010.01.30: Few lake flurries here while South battered by snow and ice

2010.01.30: Full illu-MOON-ation: A timetable of Chicago's upcoming full moons

2010.01.30: Can February have two full moons?

2010.01.30: Weather word of the day

2010.01.30: A whole season's snow in one storm- Virginia Beach, Va.

2010.01.29: Final weekend of January far more wintry than a week ago; temps 20 degrees lower

2010.01.29: Winter storm swipes areas to the south; chill returns in 1-2 week range

2010.01.29: Is snow sticking ... around?

2010.01.29: Snow piling up in the North Carolina mountains

2010.01.29: Perigee moon in all its splendor

2010.01.29: A wintry scene in Nashville

2010.01.29: Snowstorm in the mountains of North Carolina near Asheville

2010.01.29: Tim's Weather World: Winter Storm Slams South

2010.01.28: Winds favorable for some lake snow over 28 hours starting Friday afternoon

2010.01.28: Area shivers through lowest temperatures in 26 days

2010.01.28: Rapidly moving clouds

2010.01.28: Are you Cheimaphobic?

2010.01.27: Arctic blast keeps southern storm away but brings sub-0 chills

2010.01.27: Lake snows shift from Indiana to Chicago late Friday

2010.01.27: Chicago's record cold in January 1985

2010.01.27: Definition of "Frazil"

2010.01.27: Tim's Weather World: Big Snow of '67

2010.01.26: 7 days beneath clouds: It's Chicago's longest January cloudy spell in 11 years

2010.01.26: Southern storm to tug at winds, triggering lake snow late in week

2010.01.26: Feb. 15-16, 1958: One of the biggest Lake Michigan snow events on record

2010.01.26: Definition of "Slush"

2010.01.26: Frozen yard

2010.01.26: Fox on Crystal Lake carrying a muskrat

2010.01.25: Arctic air's return sets off crippling Iowa blizzard; Chicago heads for Deep Freeze!

2010.01.25: Coldest air hits late week activating lake snow machine; lows to flirt with 0-degrees

2010.01.25: How rare are tornadoes in California?

2010.01.25: Defining "Climate"

2010.01.25: Blizzard brings travel to a halt in Iowa, snow is headed for Chicago

2010.01.25: Tim's Weather World: Cold Week But Warm Decade

2010.01.24: Turning point of Winter as February approaches

2010.01.24: Last week in January marks turning point in winter

2010.01.24: Groundhog Day: Is it accurate?

2010.01.23: Rain melts snow cover, raises flood threat

2010.01.23: Record seasonal snowfall for selected U.S. cities

2010.01.23: What type of weather is most damaging or dangerous to our community?

2010.01.22: Rains topping 1" Saturday night to temporarily end 28 days of snow on ground

2010.01.22: Winter to stage comeback next week; snow to fly -- especially Thursday

2010.01.22: Skiing in Hawaii ... on snow!?!

2010.01.22: Heavy snow wallops Flagstaff, Ariz.

2010.01.21: Week's 4th storm sends Los Angeles/Las Vegas pressures diving to new records; rare Arizona twister reported

2010.01.21: Mammoth western storm heads for country's Heartland

2010.01.21: What is El Nino?

2010.01.21: Could the amount of electricity in a lightning bolt power a house?

2010.01.20: Modest icing here but storm topples trees, cuts power in Iowa

2010.01.20: California taking a beating; colder pattern could return snow here

2010.01.20: Ice crystal precipitation

2010.01.20: Snow removal after this winter's mammoth Plains blizzard which delayed Amtrak service between Omaha and Denver

2010.01.20: Freezing rain advisory for much of the Chicago area

2010.01.20: Tim's Weather World: Haiti Before & After Images

2010.01.19: Chicago in for freezing rain and wind; 2nds storm hits this weekend

2010.01.19: Brutal 27-below blast brings city to standstill 25 years ago; remains coldest on record

2010.01.19: The term "hoarfrost"

2010.01.19: City skyline pokes above clouds trapped by a temperature inversion

2010.01.19: City skyline as snapped Sunday in the O'Hare landing pattern

2010.01.19: Temperatures warmer in Upper Michigan this past Saturday (1/16/2010) than in northern Illinois

2010.01.19: Area's in midst of one of its 11 lowest winter 40+-degree tallies of past 140 years

2010.01.19: West Coast storms riding 230+ mph jet, signaling wetter Midwest

2010.01.18: "Air pockets" in aviation terminology

2010.01.18: A dusting of frozen fog crystals

2010.01.18: Hoar Frost at the Devils Head Ski Resort in Wisconsin Sunday morning

2010.01.18: Beautiful winter scenes

2010.01.18: Tim's Weather World: Fabulous World of Freezing Fog

2010.01.17: Much more clouds than sun in Chicago's forecast this week

2010.01.17: Chicago area fights inversion while storms batter California

2010.01.17: Icicles on rooftops

2010.01.17: Hoar frost in Romeoville

2010.01.17: Portions of the Chicago area may see the sun today...

2010.01.16: Temperatures over Chicago hit the 40s Saturday--at 3000 feet aloft

2010.01.16: Chicago's evolving snowfall trend: Rising again after a big drop

2010.01.16: Chicago's snow seems to melt faster than the fluffy "skiing snow" that falls in the mountains near Denver?

2010.01.15: What a difference a week makes in Chicago

2010.01.15: Weekend storms hit the coasts while high pressure sits over Chicago

2010.01.15: January as winter's mildest month

2010.01.15: Tim's Weather World: Flying High to Improve Winter Forecasts

2010.01.14: Snow melting as city enters 21st day with the ground covered

2010.01.14: 240 mph jet stream West Coast-bound; serious implications for U.S.

2010.01.14: Melting snow and temperatures

2010.01.14: Check this out--an in-flight jet passing across the full moon on Dec. 29

2010.01.13: Cold blast retreats to Canada; Sub-32 chill breaks after 314+ hours

2010.01.13: El Nino to help fuel potentially flooding rains on West Coast next week

2010.01.13: February blizzard in an El Nino year?

2010.01.13: Sharp cut-off at the back side of a recent cloud deck over Ann Arbor

2010.01.13: Frost on the windshield in the Miami area of south Florida

2010.01.13: Tim's Weather World: Hurricane Prone Haiti

2010.01.12: Chill of past 3 weeks coldest in 11 years--but breaking

2010.01.12: Break in arctic express through next week; stormy, colder regime follows

2010.01.12: What is Chicago's coldest high temperature?

2010.01.12: Balls of snow piled up on the Evanston shoreline of Lake Michigan at Greenwood Beach

2010.01.12: Graupel snow in Chicago Monday (1/11/2010)

2010.01.12: Snowy scene in Westmont, Ill.

2010.01.11: First 32+ temps since Christmas ahead; 3 week cold spell easing

2010.01.11: Snowpack to modify warm-up here; extraordinary 225 mph "jet" harbinger of West Coast weather troubles next week

2010.01.11: Chicago's bitterly cold February 1981

2010.01.11: Lake effect snow returns to Chicago and Northern Indiana

2010.01.11: Tim's Weather World: Lake Effect Snow 101

2010.01.10: Light snow heralds a final arctic push

2010.01.10: Today's cold and flurries give way to milder weather midweek

2010.01.10: Lake-effect snow elsewhere in the world

2010.01.10: Wintry central Wisconsin sunset

2010.01.10: Bitterly cold morning, Florida snow

2010.01.10: Icicle artistry

2010.01.09: Chicago is poised to climb out of the deep freeze

2010.01.09: Ice Station Chicago: 11 days in the deep freeze January 1982

2010.01.09: What is the farthest south "polar expresses" have driven?

2010.01.08: Cold and snowy, but not THAT cold and snowy

2010.01.08: Pattern change signals higher temperatures for Chicago next week

2010.01.08: Colder than normal winter during El Nino

2010.01.08: Post-snowstorm sunset

2010.01.08: A wintry wonderland in Crown Point, Indiana

2010.01.08: New snowfall record for Chicago

2010.01.07: Lake effect snow bring huge flakes to Gurnee

2010.01.07: Chicago's lake-effect snow this morning shifts to northern Indiana

2010.01.07: Cold, snowy pattern expected to break by midweek; warmer days ahead

2010.01.07: Sub-freezing temperatures in Chicago: When was the longest string?

2010.01.07: Tough sledding in an unusually snow England

2010.01.06: This storm has it all

2010.01.06: Chicago in for a windy, lake-enhanced snowstorm

2010.01.06: What does a 30 percent chance of precipitation mean?

2010.01.05: Big, fluffy snow headed for Chicago; 8 inches or more possible

2010.01.05: Cold, snowy weather situation as storm sweeps through

2010.01.05: How far inland has lake-effect snow caused by Lake Michigan ever reached?

2010.01.04: Cold, then snow, then colder

2010.01.04: Chicago braces for this season's potentially biggest snow to date

2010.01.04: Does Chicago ever get a major lake-effect snow like they do in Michigan and Indiana?

2010.01.04: Tim's Weather World: Winter & Nighttime Tornadoes

2010.01.03: Deep chill to persist through week

2010.01.03: Second week of cold grasps Chicago -- but expect a mid-January thaw

2010.01.03: When Chicago's coldest weather occurred

2010.01.03: Coldest morning of the 2009-2010 winter in many areas

2010.01.02: Lake- effect snow burying portions of southwest Lower Michigan

2010.01.02: Deep chill persists but snow is 50 miles east

2010.01.02: 2009-10 seasonal snow total to date ranks among 15 snowiest

2010.01.02: Have the levees around New Orleans been repaired since Hurricane Katrina?

2010.01.02: New Year's Eve full moon

2010.01.02: Arctic cold a good bet for next 7 days in Chicago

2010.01.02: Next 7 days: Continuous northwest flow of cold air into Great Lakes

2010.01.02: Bad weather and cold fronts

2009.12.31: Arctic chill to dominate 2010's opening 2 weeks

2009.12.31: It's a wrap--first decade of Chicago's 21st century weather

2009.12.31: Jan. 1, 1948: Chicago's worst-ever ice storm

2009.12.30: Arctic air arrives - and stays!

2009.12.30: Massive multi-day lake-effect snowstorm for northern Indiana

2009.12.30: "Island Style" by John Cruz

2009.12.29: More snow headed this way; arctic blast to hit New Year's Eve

2009.12.29: Midwest's late week arctic outbreak Florida-bound, extended Indiana/Michigan lake snows could mean big totals there

2009.12.29: Didn't we tie or break a record for consecutive snowy days last January?

2009.12.29: Cap cloud

2009.12.29: Snow and blowing snow in downstate Illinois Sunday

2009.12.28: After 12 days in with the sun a veritable no-show, it's back

2009.12.28: Cold, windy close to 2009 threatening a chilly New Year's Eve for Chicago

2009.12.28: Is this December cloudier than normal?

2009.12.28: Snowfall in Scotland

2009.12.28: View of moon in Monday's clear skles

2009.12.28: Winter wonderland in Bolingbrook, IL

2009.12.28: Chicago area snowfall pictures over Christmas weekend

2009.12.27: Cold but calmer weather after 6-day wintry siege

2009.12.27: Chicago's snowy and cloudy December to bow out on a cold note

2009.12.27: Full moon on New Year's Eve

2009.12.27: Snowfall totals from yesterday's storm

2009.12.27: Biggest 24 hour snowfall in Carol Stream since February 2008

2009.12.26: Offshoot of Plains blizzard blasts Chicago area

2009.12.26: Chicago's severe winter trifecta of the late 1970s

2009.12.26: Track of New Year's 1999 snowstorm

2009.12.26: About 5-6 inches in Joliet

2009.12.26: Nearly a foot of snow in Inverness

2009.12.26: A foot of snow in Hoffman Estates

2009.12.26: The spoils of the Norman, Oklahoma Christmas Eve Blizzard

2009.12.26: Getting buried in Antioch

2009.12.26: 10 inches and still falling in Barrington

2009.12.26: Winter Weather Advisory in effect until 9PM Saturday

2009.12.25: Despite 43-degree high, Chicago still scores a White Christmas

2009.12.25: Storm's wraparound snows may reach 3-5", most Dec. 25 snow cover in 6-plus years

2009.12.25: Ideal indoor relative humidity

2009.12.25: An inch of snow down in Batavia

2009.12.25: Beautiful christmas lights

2009.12.25: Christmas Night turns white in Batavia

2009.12.25: A stormy Christmas afternoon on Lake Superior

2009.12.25: A drop frozen in time in Jefferson Park

2009.12.25: Christmas Day in Waupaca, Wisconsin

2009.12.25: Only 2nd Christmas in 15 years to hit 40-degrees: Snow, diving temps arrive Friday night

2009.12.25: Oklahoma City reeling after blizzard; waves of snow head for Chicago

2009.12.24: Sleet vs. ice pellets vs. freezing rain

2009.12.24: Tree damage in Stockton, Illinois

2009.12.24: Ice storm pictures from Chicago

2009.12.24: Storm picture from Aurora

2009.12.24: Icy dish

2009.12.24: More ice storm shots

2009.12.24: A potpourri of ice storm pictures from our readers

2009.12.24: Icy wonderland in Stockton

2009.12.24: Ice build-up in Cicero

2009.12.23: Mammoth storm's icy grip to give way to driving rains then weekend snow

2009.12.23: Rains, melting snow pose flood risk; cold's return may bring weekend snow

2009.12.23: What is the average daily temperature at the South Pole?

2009.12.23: Icy trees in DeWitt Iowa

2009.12.23: "Elton Jim" Turano of Garry Meier's WGN radio show in his Skilling Snuggie!

2009.12.23: Snow crystal pictures from Whiting, Indiana

2009.12.22: Sprawling Christmas holiday storm threatening blizzard, ice and big rains across the Heartland

2009.12.22: Plains bracing for 'once a quarter century' storm; Chicago area ice threat

2009.12.22: Chicago's Christmas holiday temperature extremes

2009.12.22: Santa Claus on skis at Colorado's Snowmass!

2009.12.21: Tuesday's snow a tease, icy storm threaten Wednesday night into Thursday

2009.12.21: Storm may hit as cocktail of snow, sleet, freezing rain--ending as rain

2009.12.21: Chicago's record snowfall rate

2009.12.21: North Carolina mountain snow pictures taken by our colleague Richard Koeneman

2009.12.21: Spectacular Arizona sunset

2009.12.20: New storm could bring wintry mix then Christmas snow

2009.12.20: Messy week ahead here as East Coast recovers from monster snow

2009.12.20: Chicago: Overdue for a big snowstorm?

2009.12.19: Alberta Clipper to bring more snow Sunday

2009.12.19: December 1951: Pre-holiday blitz delivers city's whitest Christmas

2009.12.19: Chicago's snowy December 1951 and the Edens Expressway

2009.12.18: Chicago's 2-4 inches of snow pales compared to historic 1-3 feet hitting Mid-Atlantic

2009.12.18: Snows burying U.S. capital; Midwest storm risk mid/late next week

2009.12.18: December 2000 snowfall

2009.12.18: Record 6.5 feet of snow falls in Valdez, Alaska

2009.12.17: Predicted snowstorm on East Coast may end up one of the worst in years

2009.12.17: Major storm headed for East Coast; Washington in for a big snow

2009.12.17: What is Chicago's record for the largest number of consecutive days with snow?

2009.12.16: Snowfall running at half last year's pace---but more in sight

2009.12.16: Active pattern, with 3 snow systems, boost chances of white Christmas

2009.12.16: Historical perspective: Chicago snow on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day

2009.12.15: Mild push behind 50-degree Montana temp surge expected to help ease chill here too

2009.12.15: Cold surge may set up late-week snow; White Christmas odds rising

2009.12.15: Icebergs

2009.12.14: Frigid air mass behind Edmonton, Canada's, -51-degree low behind Tuesday's Chicago chill

2009.12.14: Greenland block points to cold weekend; snow by Christmas a good bet

2009.12.14: Chicago's snow days per year

2009.12.14: More pictures of last week's major snowstorm near Madison

2009.12.14: Overlooking the Scottish central lowlands from Campsie Fells

2009.12.14: Tim's Weather World: Mild Monday, Warm Year

2009.12.13: A touch of cold air returns later Monday night

2009.12.13: Trend to colder weather as Chicago enters last half of December

2009.12.13: The Chicago skyline seen in our weather graphics

2009.12.12: Hazardous weather over northeast Illinois and northwest Indiana

2009.12.12: Slick start to the day in some parts of the Chicago area

2009.12.12: Winter weather extremes at Chicago

2009.12.12: December's wide range of temperatures

2009.12.11: Arctic air exits--but warming may not overcome icy overnight conditions

2009.12.11: Blocking pattern's return over Greenland signals more cold surges ahead

2009.12.11: Blizzard vs. snow storm

2009.12.10: Arctic air to loosen grip after temps tumble to 0-degree here 3 weeks early

2009.12.10: Intense cold backs off this weekend; but chill dominates coming 2 weeks

2009.12.10: Chicago's warmest and coldest Christmases on record happened back-to-back

2009.12.10: BSOC (Big snowman on campus)

2009.12.10: Steaming lake Michigan off Evanston

2009.12.10: A virtual fairyland at Vulcan Lake near Crystal Lake

2009.12.10: Frosty Willis Tower

2009.12.10: Navy Pier on a cold December morning

2009.12.10: McFarland Wisconsin-Ground zero for Tuesday's snowstorm

2009.12.09: Chill hits in the wake of lowest pressure reading here in 20 years

2009.12.09: Big snowstorm wallops Midwest; weekend warming ahead

2009.12.09: Chicago's extreme snowfall in December

2009.12.09: McHenry County hit hard by Tuesday's winter storm

2009.12.09: Winter weather in Winter, Wisconsin

2009.12.09: Lincoln, Nebraska among the areas lambasted by Tuesday's blizzard

2009.12.09: Strong gusts and tree damage in New Lenox Wednesday

2009.12.09: Chicago area barometers drop below 29.00 inches of mercury-lowest in nearly 20 years

2009.12.08: Area plunging into a bone-chilling Deep Freeze, coldest in 10 months

2009.12.08: Intense storm buffets area with 45+ mph gusts, backwash snow showers

2009.12.08: Proper usage of the term 'unseasonable'

2009.12.08: Nebraska blasted by the white

2009.12.08: Snowstorm in Aspen, Colorado

2009.12.08: Heavy snow out in Flagstaff, Arizona

2009.12.08: Up to 2" of snow reported with the first wave of snow

2009.12.07: Blizzard threatens Wisconsin even as metro area heads for biggest snow in 10 months

2009.12.07: Deepening storm to bring howling winds, arctic chill into area Wednesday

2009.12.07: The incredibly cold and snowy December 2000 in Chicago

2009.12.06: Season's first winter storm to hit midweek

2009.12.06: Potent midweek storm to pack 1-2 punch: Snow followed by wind, cold

2009.12.06: Chicago's weather on Dec. 7, 1941

2009.12.05: Three snow- producing systems headed this way

2009.12.05: Chicago's unusually mild and wet December 1982

2009.12.05: Record warmth in Chicago's August 1953

2009.12.04: City's first measurable snow arrives; Michigan hit with up to 15"

2009.12.04: Windy storm threat midweek could deliver first major snow to Chicago

2009.12.04: Chicago's biggest and fastest temperature drops

2009.12.04: Check out this man-made 'Sun Dog' as snowmaking takes place at Colorado's Keystone Resort

2009.12.04: Houston, we have snow...

2009.12.04: Morning snow in Crystal Lake

2009.12.03: Cold outbreak whitens Wisconsin, sends snow south to Gulf Coast

2009.12.03: 2 snow systems being monitored; one could be season's first storm

2009.12.03: Chicago's "deep winter"

2009.12.03: The spoils of winter begin in Rockford- Winter off to a bang-up start

2009.12.02: Season's coldest air takes hold as flurries fly

2009.12.02: Extraordinarily high pressures in Canada; cold air there often winds up here

2009.12.02: How common is snowfall before before Thanksgiving in Chicago?

2009.12.02: November breaks snow record in the mountains northeast of Vancouver British Columbia

2009.12.01: Windy arctic punch to send temps tumbling in wake of mildest Dec. 1 in 11 years

2009.12.01: Historically in Chicago, 82 percent of the coming 2 weeks have produced sticking snow

2009.12.01: Remembering Chicago's big snowstorm of December 2000

2009.11.30: Meteorological winter opens amid 50s---but season's first arctic blast in sight

2009.11.30: Wintry storm lifting north from Gulf: cold rain then sticking snow

2009.11.30: 2009 Hurricane Season and Global Warming

2009.11.30: Season's first big snow hits Valemount, British Columbia, Canada Sunday night

2009.11.29: Brief warm-up before storm hits midweek

2009.11.29: Meteorological fall 2009 in Chicago: A season of streaks

2009.11.29: Palm trees in England

2009.11.28: Chicago's winter is just around the corner

2009.11.28: Tracking heating-fuel consumption with heating degree days

2009.11.28: Rotation around pressure systems

2009.11.27: Air mass behind Saturday 'warm-up' produced 70s in the Plains Friday

2009.11.27: November mild spell running out of steam; wintry pattern looms

2009.11.27: Sunrise and sunset on the solstices

2009.11.26: Snow briefly whitens northwest suburbs early Thanksgiving

2009.11.26: Wintry weather to hit as December gets going next week

2009.11.26: Month with biggest difference in extreme temps

2009.11.26: Photo flashback to the barbarically cold, snowy winters of the late 1970s

2009.11.26: Early Thanksgiving snow in Algonquin

2009.11.25: Area shivering with the chilliest temps in nearly 8 months

2009.11.25: Saturday temperature surge intact--potential for active pattern on tap

2009.11.25: Beautiful photo from Crested Butte, Colorado

2009.11.25: Thanksgiving weather in Chicago

2009.11.25: Tim's Weather World: Typical Turkey Weather

2009.11.24: Snowflakes may fly for only the second time this season

2009.11.24: Cold as December arrives next week; models waver on early week storm

2009.11.24: Why is the sky blue?

2009.11.23: 3 week mild spell losing a bit of steam--but coldest air due next week

2009.11.23: Flurries may fly for only the 2nd time this season on Thanksgiving; more impressive snowfall numbers in December's opening week?

2009.11.23: Wind direction and isobars on weather maps

2009.11.22: October-like November about to show its true colors

2009.11.22: Mild days end; Chicago's first taste of winter to arrive by Thanksgiving

2009.11.22: Lake's impact on Chicago's weather

2009.11.21: Another mild, sunny weekend shaping up

2009.11.21: 83 degrees of separation: November 1950's temperature extremes

2009.11.21: How rare is heavy rainfall in the Mojave Desert?

2009.11.20: Hazy sun to put in an appearance amid mild Octoberlike temps

2009.11.20: Big pattern change to introduce markedly lower temps in next 2 weeks

2009.11.20: Double rainbow in Oak Forest

2009.11.20: Farming update from Wilmington

2009.11.19: It's felt cool---but temperatures have been milder than normal the past 16 days

2009.11.19: Downtrending temps next 2 weeks include chilly Thanksgiving, cold December open; some snow in sight too

2009.11.19: December 1945 in Chicago's warm to cold temperature swing

2009.11.18: Clouds linger a 5th straight day and may be slow to retreat

2009.11.18: Storm pounding West could be Midwest's next big precipitation-producer Thanksgiving week

2009.11.18: Snowfall frequency in Chicago

2009.11.18: Beautiful Lombard sunset

2009.11.18: Rain gauge made by 2nd grader Kyle Leonard as a school project

2009.11.17: Driest November in a decade turns wet, heaviest rains in 2+ weeks

2009.11.17: Snow not far off in late November; colder Thanksgiving week ripe for stormier weather

2009.11.17: What are the extremes for Chicago's average annual temperatures? Are averages rising?

2009.11.16: Rain prospects on the rise as initially dry northeast winds moisten

2009.11.16: Changing pattern and cold air may lead to stormy Thanksgiving week

2009.11.16: Thanksgiving Week snow prospects

2009.11.16: Moisture above Chicago

2009.11.16: When to expect below zero temperatures in Chicago

2009.11.16: Friday night's gorgeous sunset over Bensenville

2009.11.16: This squirrel is carving his own pumpkin

2009.11.16: Gorgeous late October sunset in Evanston

2009.11.16: Tim's Weather World: Winter Weather Preparedness Week

2009.11.15: Long-delayed rain arrives Monday morning

2009.11.15: Slow-moving low-pressure system tracks through Illinois

2009.11.15: Water falling from a hot air balloon

2009.11.14: Rain likely much of the workweek ahead in Chicago

2009.11.14: The relationship between relative humidity, temperature and dew point

2009.11.14: Chicago's strings of extreme temperature

2009.11.13: Driest November in a decade about to turn much wetter

2009.11.13: Rain hits Sunday and may linger for days as storm stalls over Midwest

2009.11.13: Weather and dinosaur extinction

2009.11.13: Sunset in Mount Prospect on Friday night

2009.11.13: Tim's Weather World: Nasty Nor'easter

2009.11.12: Mid-Atlantic whipped by 100+ mph gusts, 9-inch+ rains, highest tides in 13 years

2009.11.12: Eastern storm slowing U.S. weather; rain estimates here surge

2009.11.12: Nov. 11, 1911's "Great Blue Norther."

2009.11.12: Gorgeous Wisconsin sunrise Thursday morning

2009.11.12: Beautiful Thursday evening sunset in Illinois

2009.11.11: The 60s predicted in coming days become rarer as fall matures

2009.11.11: Cloudy weekend: East blasted by northeaster; Alaska by snow

2009.11.11: Chicago's Thanksgiving Eve snowstorm of 1975

2009.11.11: Beautiful Chicago area sunsets

2009.11.10: Moderate late week mild shot to boost November 5+ degree surplus

2009.11.10: Prediction of mild weekend pulled back as models pick up on clouds, rain

2009.11.10: Glacier National Park glaciers retreating

2009.11.10: Unusual cloud formation this past Sunday over Clifton, Illinois

2009.11.10: Streamers as precipitation falls from Sunday morning's clouds

2009.11.10: Beautiful sunrise in Portage Indiana

2009.11.10: Past Sunday's beautiful weather on Veteran's Day

2009.11.09: Talk about upside down---November running warmer than October

2009.11.09: A late week mild surge; arctic air shows no sign of moving in on Chicago

2009.11.09: Lake Michigan and Lake Huron are geologically and hydrologically one lake

2009.11.09: Peculiar cloud formation

2009.11.09: Interesting cloud phenomena over Northwest Indiana on Sunday

2009.11.09: Blue skies above Naperville's Healing Field of Honor

2009.11.09: The view from Cancun as regenerating Ida swept by

2009.11.09: Fog in 27-degree chill coats central Scotland in an icy glaze

2009.11.08: Mild weather to stick around for a while

2009.11.08: November to remain mild in Chicago as Ida approaches U.S.

2009.11.08: Fires of November 1964

2009.11.08: Ice clouds over the North Atlantic

2009.11.07: October-level warmth blows into the city

2009.11.07: White Novembers: Getting a jump start on winter

2009.11.07: Snowy November of 1951

2009.11.06: Temperatures head to 70 for the first time in 6 weeks

2009.11.06: Strong winds ease overnight only to resurge with more warmth Sunday

2009.11.06: Frost when temperatures are above freezing

2009.11.05: Warm 30+ mph gusts set stage for mildest weekend temps since Sept

2009.11.05: Only unexpected clouds could interfere with weekend warmth

2009.11.05: Explaining wind direction

2009.11.05: Spectacular fall colors in the Hinsdale area

2009.11.05: Mushroom-shaped cloud on the east side of Resurrection Bay in Seward, Alaska

2009.11.05: Morton Arboretum fall colors update

2009.11.05: Tim's Weather World: Mile High City & Mount Kilimanjaro

2009.11.04: It can hit 70 this time of year--it did a year ago

2009.11.04: Mildest weekend since late September ahead; a late season 70 possible

2009.11.04: How rare are big storms on Lake Superior?

2009.11.03: It's chilly now--but 9 of 10 years produce more 60s

2009.11.03: Late-season warm-up; mildest weekend temperatures since September

2009.11.03: Light pollution and starless nights

2009.11.03: Last week's Castle Rock, Colorado snowstorm

2009.11.02: Chillier temps can't dampen enthusiasm over sun after dreary October

2009.11.02: Chicago area may see warmest weekend temperatures in 6 weeks

2009.11.02: Why is it usually more cloudy in the autumn than in the summer?

2009.11.02: Friday evening's setting sun in Chicago Heights

2009.11.02: Friday's sunset was spectacular

2009.11.02: The fall colors are out and beautiful in Bensenville

2009.11.02: Tim's Weather World: So Long to Soggy October

2009.11.01: Warm-up begins later in the week

2009.11.01: After a cloudy, wet October: Stats hint at sunnier, drier days ahead

2009.11.01: Is 2009 going to set a wet record?

2009.10.31: Chicago bids adieu to unusual October

2009.10.31: Chicago's changing climate: Wetter

2009.10.31: What are November's extremes in Chicago?

2009.10.30: October's 7.69" nearly 3 times normal; state logs wettest October since 1941

2009.10.30: Halloween to be nippy, but true chill is not yet near the Midwest

2009.10.30: Why it still gets colder after the shortest day of the year

2009.10.30: Fall color at The Morton Arboretum

2009.10.30: Gorgeous fall colors--even in the wind and all the rain--in Hinsdale

2009.10.29: Flood watches up as 2nd big rain in a week hits in thundery waves

2009.10.29: October the most frequently rainy in 84 years; more downpours ahead

2009.10.29: Chicago's winter outlook

2009.10.29: Snapshots from Colorado's recent snowstorm

2009.10.28: Temperatures to surge in one of the month's rare mild spells--but downpours next!

2009.10.28: Thundery downpours threaten fall's 2nd biggest rain

2009.10.28: The tsunami threat in Hawaii

2009.10.28: Snows are stacking up at Colorado's Snowmass

2009.10.27: Windy storm whips up dust up out West; to ignite t-storms here

2009.10.27: Warm-up Thursday to ignite storms capable of 'mixing down' powerful gusts

2009.10.27: How old are Chicago's weather records?

2009.10.27: The beauty of Cantigny

2009.10.27: Raspberry pie for Halloween?

2009.10.27: Tim's Weather World: "Peephole" Drivers Beware!

2009.10.26: Sun welcome after the most rainy October days in 84 years

2009.10.26: Windy autumn storm could mean 40 mph gusts Friday and Halloween

2009.10.26: If the winds stopped...

2009.10.26: Sunrise over Chicago

2009.10.26: Great fall shots from Chesterton, Indiana

2009.10.26: Beautiful Sunday in Fox River Grove

2009.10.25: Chilly October likely to end wet then warm

2009.10.25: Thursday's possible high of 70 a bright spot in cloudy, rainy October

2009.10.25: World's highest and lowest temperatures

2009.10.24: October 70s feast or famine: 1963 vs. 2009

2009.10.24: Chicago's soggy October to get even wetter

2009.10.24: 1991's "Perfect Storm" in the Atlantic and major Minnesota snowstorm

2009.10.24: Chill's back but sun to put in appearance; pattern remains an active one

2009.10.24: Month's final week capable of warmth; elevated rain totals next 2 weeks

2009.10.24: Frozen Niagra Falls in 1911

2009.10.24: Colorado snow

2009.10.23: The Wonderful Colors of Fall

2009.10.22: Windy downpours hit producing the biggest totals in 2 months

2009.10.22: Rainiest October in 30 years; wet pattern not going away

2009.10.22: Chicago's winter of 1992-93

2009.10.22: Check out these spectacular autumn colors in the Peoria, Illinois area

2009.10.22: Cook County's gorgeous fall colors

2009.10.22: Beautiful fall colors out in the Mokena area

2009.10.21: Month's wettest storm to hit with up to 2 inches of wind-driven rain

2009.10.21: Storm brings cool air in, slashing temperatures; colder air Halloween?

2009.10.21: Chicago's 80 degree or higher days

2009.10.21: Wisconsin's spectacular fall colors near Devil's Lake State Park

2009.10.21: Fall colors are out in all their glory at The Morton Arboretum

2009.10.21: How'd you like to be here? Check out this gorgeous shot from southwest Colorado's Durango area y

2009.10.21: Towering cumulonimbus clouds (thunderheads) offer us a flashback to warmer times

2009.10.21: Air traffic leaves its mark on Tuesday's Chicago cloud cover (10/20/2009)

2009.10.21: Gorgeous Tuesday evening (10/20) sunset in La Porte County, Indiana

2009.10.21: An explosion of fall colors in northwest suburban Crystal Lake

2009.10.21: Tim's Weather World: Winter Forecast Is In!

2009.10.20: Gusty winds to send temps toward 70-degrees: October warmest

2009.10.20: October's wettest storm to hit Thursday/Fri. with wind, drenching rains

2009.10.20: November temperature outlook based on Chicago weather history

2009.10.20: Beautiful sunset over Kirkland, Illinois

2009.10.20: Spectacular lenticular clouds over Palm Springs Wednesday, October 14, 2009

2009.10.20: 4 month old Chloe is a loyal viewer!

2009.10.19: Sunniest weather in 2 weeks produces 65-degree high; breaks 3 week cool spell

2009.10.19: Storm behind warm south winds threatens 2-inch rains

2009.10.19: Cool 2009 Chicago temperatures

2009.10.19: Finally--some great harvest weather!

2009.10.19: A Pilsen community sunset

2009.10.19: A drooping saguro cactus

2009.10.18: Chilly October will finally see a warm spell

2009.10.18: Hurricane Rick to weaken as it approaches Baja California

2009.10.18: The origin of the word "meteorology"

2009.10.18: Chilly fall temperatures on the upswing

2009.10.17: 2000-2009: The decade of few 90s--where's the heat?

2009.10.17: October 1954 weather in Chicago

2009.10.16: Another chilly day before Sunday warm-up

2009.10.16: Don't give up on mild temperatures

2009.10.16: Origin of the word "blizzard"

2009.10.15: October slips to chilliest in 133 years, becomes city's 2nd coldest

2009.10.15: End to record early-season cold spell in sight; temp surge could see 70 degrees

2009.10.15: Rain/snow height at Tahoe, California

2009.10.15: Lenticular cloud Tuesday (10/13) over Palm Springs, California

2009.10.14: Cool surge of this duration usually waits another 5 weeks to occur

2009.10.14: No sun until Sunday; windy Monday to push temps to 3 week high

2009.10.14: Has Chicago had an October without a 70-degree day?

2009.10.14: More shots of fall colors at Morton Arberutum

2009.10.14: Clouds hover over the Indiana Dunes

2009.10.14: Duffinately School- Kingsley Elementary

2009.10.14: Tim's Weather World: Where Are The 50s?

2009.10.13: Chill locked in through Saturday; string of daytime 40s a new record

2009.10.13: El Nino autumns---like this one---often cool; strong warming Monday could mean mildest temps in 3 weeks

2009.10.13: El Nino effects in Hawaii

2009.10.13: Early season snow blankets northern Wisconsin

2009.10.12: October the coolest in 22 years---4th coolest in 139 years of records

2009.10.12: Chilly winds rev up in coming days; Lower 48 sees 3 times the usual snow

2009.10.12: Most of our weather moves from the west, but hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean move to the west. Can you explain this?

2009.10.12: Always nothing short of spectacular--the snow covered mountains of British Columbia in Canada

2009.10.12: Indiana weekend sunset

2009.10.11: Going 'cold turkey' on Columbus Day

2009.10.11: Summer persists in Southeast while winter gets a jump-start in Midwest

2009.10.11: Warm Halloween in the 1950s

2009.10.11: Cold air below ... 'hot air' above!

2009.10.10: Chicago Marathon to start on a chilly note

2009.10.10: The Great Chicago Fire: High winds spread blaze across tinderbox city

2009.10.10: What is the warmest surface temperature at which it can snow?

2009.10.10: The start of winter in North Liberty Iowa

2009.10.10: Frost and freezing temps arriving 2-plus-weeks earlier than a year ago

2009.10.10: Unusual chill hits amid one of the coolest, wettest Octobers on record

2009.10.10: Benefits of a cloudy, cool and rainy summer

2009.10.09: Check out this sharp demarcation between clear and cloudy skies

2009.10.08: Chicago's rain modest compared to half foot totals to the south

2009.10.08: Season's coldest air could put growing season on shaky ground

2009.10.08: Olympic weather in Rio

2009.10.08: Morton Arboretum's spectacular fall colors

2009.10.08: This October 10 downpour rolls--with great visual fanfare--into Spring, Texas

2009.10.08: Tim's Weather World: Attention Fall Color Freaks

2009.10.07: The 2nd storm of the week to be a soaker

2009.10.07: Wildly buckled North American jet stream to deliver November-level cool punch

2009.10.07: The "eternal spring" weather in Quito, Ecuador

2009.10.07: An autumn sky Wednesday above La Fox, Illinois

2009.10.07: The moon in Sunday's sky here (9/4/2009)

2009.10.07: It's called a "Mackerel Sky' and it was photographed over the IIT Campus Monday evening

2009.10.07: Spectacular sunrise over Valparaiso, Indiana Tuesday (10/6/2009)

2009.10.07: Wind blown clouds above Trinidad, Colorado

2009.10.07: Tuesday's powerful post-frontal winds put white caps on Lake Geneva, WI

2009.10.06: Gusts topping 60 mph rip through Chicago

2009.10.06: One storm down, a wetter one ahead, then chilliest surge since April

2009.10.06: What is the earliest occurrence of measurable snow in Chicago?

2009.10.06: Tim's Weather World: Marathon Preview

2009.10.05: Chilliest spell in 5 months hangs around

2009.10.05: Coming weekend's temperature plunge sends cool weather indexes tumbling

2009.10.05: Tornadoes produced by a snowstorm

2009.10.05: Snowfall in the Rockies

2009.10.05: Stunning fall colors have emerged at the Morton Arboretum

2009.10.04: Burst of chilly air is just part of the season

2009.10.04: Two shots for rain this week, then cold air descends from the Arctic

2009.10.04: Best location for temperate weather

2009.10.03: Chicago's coolest weekend since April

2009.10.03: Fall colors advance southward across the Midwest

2009.10.03: Decreasing the levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere

2009.10.02: Chicago in for coldest weekend since April

2009.10.02: A touch of warmth Tuesday, otherwise cool readings persist

2009.10.02: Calculating the height of cumulus clouds

2009.10.02: Tim's Weather World: Some Sun For Soldier Field

2009.10.01: Rainy weather, cool temperatures

2009.10.01: Two storms bring clouds, rain, cool temperatures

2009.10.01: Cloud shapes: Why is the bottom flat?

2009.10.01: Tom Skilling's September 2009 Alaska pictures

2009.09.30: Autumn shift bringing waves of rain to city

2009.09.30: Wet storm sweeps across Midwest; Chicago to be drenched

2009.09.30: Rain percentage probabilities

2009.09.30: Same high and low temperature on the same day in Chicago

2009.09.30: Duffy Atkins visits Queen of the Rosary School

2009.09.29: Big rainmaker arrives by Thursday evening

2009.09.29: Dry September morphs into wet October

2009.09.29: What are the effects of El Nino on Chicago's winters?

2009.09.29: High waves pound Porter County beach Monday

2009.09.29: Cool temperatures, then plenty of rain

2009.09.29: Western Storm Takes Aim at Chicago and Midwest

2009.09.28: Is there is any place on Earth where blizzards, tornadoes and hurricanes never occur?

2009.09.28: Airborne over Huntley

2009.09.28: Tim's Weather World: A Bit Blustery

2009.09.27: 1st cold, Canadian blast brings rain, storms

2009.09.27: Powerful storm system threatens to unseat near-record dry September

2009.09.27: When warm and cold fronts collide

2009.09.26: Real chill to arrive on gale-force winds

2009.09.26: Thrice-landfalling Gloria rakes the eastern seaboard: Sept. 27, 1985

2009.09.26: Hurricane Donna 1960

2009.09.25: Big changes in the wind for Chicago

2009.09.25: Season's coldest air to date arrives Monday on 40 mph gusts

2009.09.25: Has it snowed in all 50 states?

2009.09.25: Fall colors starting to show in Wisconsin

2009.09.24: Temperatures to rise, tumble, then rise again

2009.09.24: Say goodbye to the quiet weather

2009.09.24: Earth, Sun and Perihelion

2009.09.23: Autumn's color show starting in Orland Park

2009.09.23: Clouds and showers, then mid-October chill

2009.09.23: Southern California under wildfire threat; Atlanta swamped by rains

2009.09.23: Weather and Mount Vesuvius eruptions

2009.09.23: Tim's Weather World: It's Always Sunny in Seattle?

2009.09.22: Big rains bypass Chicago but Madison, Wis. hit with biggest 1-day September rain on record

2009.09.22: It's humid---but rains back off until Saturday; windy cool blast by Monday

2009.09.22: Has Chicago or any other place ever established a record high and a record low on the same day

2009.09.21: Season's first big snows whitening Rockies as warmth takes hold here

2009.09.21: Wetter pattern with big 2 week rain totals; chill possible in 1-2 week range

2009.09.21: Where do Pacific hurricanes come from?

2009.09.21: Season's first organized snow system whitens Colorado mountaintops

2009.09.20: Rain, humidity arrive, and mild temperatures remain in Chicago

2009.09.20: Autumnal equinox coincides with major weather pattern change

2009.09.20: Has Chicago ever gone to extremes?

2009.09.19: Chicago's dry streak could come to an end Sunday

2009.09.19: Chicago's early outlook for this winter: Slightly warmer and less snowy

2009.09.19: Colors of the moon

2009.09.19: Waterspout over the Gulf of Mexico

2009.09.18: End of Chicago's rain-free streak in sight

2009.09.18: Moisture levels to more than double, ending longest dry spell in 4 years

2009.09.18: Snow at Death Valley, California

2009.09.18: Mystery cloud streaks on the periphery of a storm in Antelope Canyon in Page, Arizona

2009.09.18: Our roving Scottish weather maven Mark Vogan shares these beautiful shots from Wales

2009.09.18: Tim's Weather World: Soggy Soldier Field?

2009.09.17: Three week dry spell showing signs of fatigue; rains may hit late Sunday

2009.09.17: Remnants of powerful Pacific typhoon complicating wetter pattern to unfold over next week

2009.09.17: Chicago's fall sunshine

2009.09.17: Wednesday's high winds send waves into Chicago's lakefront

2009.09.16: Only one other September since 1928 this dry in the city

2009.09.16: Midwest could trade dry pattern of past 18 days for a wet one next week

2009.09.16: September snow in Chicago

2009.09.16: Beautiful sunsets from the deck of Cedar Lake, Indiana's Lighthouse Restaurant

2009.09.16: Central Iowa ground fog this past Monday just after daybreak

2009.09.15: Gusty winds take bite out of recent warmth, churn Lake Michigan

2009.09.15: September 2009 a stunning improvement over a year ago; autumn looms

2009.09.15: Chicago's 90-degree temperatures in October

2009.09.15: Flying through a "hole in the wall" of thunderstorms at 8,000 ft. over Springfield, Illinois this past Thursday

2009.09.15: Palm Trees line Chicago's lakefront

2009.09.15: Willis Tower casts a shadow on lower cloud deck

2009.09.15: Tim's Weather World: Say Cheese Milky Way!

2009.09.14: Blocking pattern keeps summer in the city

2009.09.14: Widely varied barometric pressures set stage for gusty winds

2009.09.14: Lightning up or down

2009.09.14: Chicago palm trees in Chicago

2009.09.14: Cumulonimubus cloud (thunderhead) anvils out in the skies above San Diego

2009.09.14: Daylight dawns on Chicago's lakefront: Cumulus clouds at Foster and Sheridan on Aug. 31

2009.09.14: A beautiful Michigan City, Indiana sunset Sunday evening

2009.09.14: Charlotte's web in Sugar Grove

2009.09.13: Bone-dry September may continue for another week

2009.09.13: Entrenched high pressure results in foggy mornings and sunny, dry days

2009.09.13: The derecho of Aug. 23, 2007

2009.09.13: Sunday morning fog in Algonquin

2009.09.12: Rain-free streak to continue most of the week

2009.09.12: Sept. 12-14, 2008: Double tropical troubles floods Chicago

2009.09.12: Death Valley's record low temperature and lowest daytime maximum

2009.09.11: Possibly sunniest weekend of the year coming up

2009.09.11: Persistent easterly flow on track to blow away record

2009.09.11: The full moon of Sept. 4 and the Harvest Moon

2009.09.11: Tim's Weather World: Where Was Summer?

2009.09.10: Longest late-summer sub-80 degree spell in 124 years comes to an end

2009.09.10: Sunny, dry pattern still has days yet to run

2009.09.10: Barometric pressure extremes: Can the extremes of air pressure be a threat to us?

2009.09.09: Area sees driest late summer spell since 1987

2009.09.09: Plains favored for thundery rains as models shift system west

2009.09.09: A September without 80s?

2009.09.09: Monsoon clouds over Scottsdale

2009.09.09: Grasshopper spotted on tomato Monday

2009.09.09: Our Tuesday visit to the EPA's Lake Guardian research ship---largest on the Great Lakes

2009.09.09: Tim's Weather World: Supercomputers Power Forecasts

2009.09.08: Heat has taken a lot of summer off

2009.09.08: String of 80-less days may end later this week; current dry spell to fade

2009.09.08: Long Chicago dry spells

2009.09.07: Official 80-degree highs eluding this month

2009.09.07: Major pattern change to turn rainfall back on: 2-inch-plus 2-week tallies

2009.09.07: Rotation of winds and currents

2009.09.07: Fog photos across the Chicago area

2009.09.06: Mild, hazy weather continues over northeast Illinois

2009.09.06: Hazy, mild conditions end with upper-flow pattern shift next weekend

2009.09.06: Cold/warm fronts and storms

2009.09.05: Clouds and haze increase today with showers possible

2009.09.05: El Nino: It's starting again

2009.09.05: How fast do raindrops fall?

2009.09.04: Sun's out--but stagnating air mass has become hazy

2009.09.04: Late holiday weekend rains hinge on rising moisture, disturbance aloft

2009.09.04: Deep solar minimum

2009.09.04: Clouds off the lake Friday

2009.09.04: Foggy morning in Sugar Grove

2009.09.04: Tim's Weather World: Upside Down Lightning

2009.09.03: Signs of autumn evident as the Labor Day weekend approaches

2009.09.03: Shorter days, sun's more southerly trek across sky impacting warmth

2009.09.03: Hurricanes in Newfoundland

2009.09.03: Inland-moving scud clouds off Lake Michigan shroud the Hancock and other downtown buildings

2009.09.03: A shallow layer of ground fog hugs wetlands Thursday morning in northwest suburban Gilberts, Illinois

2009.09.02: 14 of the 17 El Nino autumns since 1950 have been cool

2009.09.02: El Nino autumns often wetter than normal in heartland

2009.09.02: Summer 2009's cool temperatures

2009.09.02: California's wildfires photographed from the air during a Tuesday Burbank to Chicago flight

2009.09.02: Tim's Weather World: Fire Tornadoes

2009.09.01: Stalled air mass brings haze, slow warming

2009.09.01: Atmospheric moisture levels to triple over Labor Day weekend

2009.09.01: El Nino weather consequences

2009.08.31: Books close on a cool, cloudy summer

2009.08.31: Canadian high trapped between jet streams; warmer into Labor Day

2009.08.31: Largest and smallest hurricanes

2009.08.30: Weather warms up as September debuts

2009.08.30: Seasonal flip-flop: Chill closes out summer, then warm-up as fall begins

2009.08.30: Chicago's hottest August: 1947

2009.08.29: Cool summer to bow out on a chilly note

2009.08.29: Aug. 25-Sept. 3, 1953: Heat wave set 10 straight record highs

2009.08.29: Hot Summer of 1934

2009.08.29: Chill to set lake-effect rains in motion

2009.08.29: October-level cool surge threatens records here, triggers lake-effect rain

2009.08.29: What a half-inch of rain means...

2009.08.27: Downpours here part of the same system which drenched Iowa with 7+ inch rains in 4 hours

2009.08.27: October-level chill due Sunday to be even cooler than week ago

2009.08.27: Chicago and Oak Park immune from tornadoes?

2009.08.26: August living up to wet reputation in city

2009.08.26: Repetitive deluges threaten big totals in corridor that includes Chicago

2009.08.26: How did the word "depression" get associated with hurricanes?

2009.08.25: Goodbye 80s, Chicago back under clouds

2009.08.25: Stalling front to subject metro area to repetitive showery spells over the next 3 days

2009.08.25: Heat Bursts and Glasgow, Montana's September 1994 nighttime 90s

2009.08.25: Stone Lake sunset

2009.08.24: Temperatures charge back from one of late August's 12 chilliest spells of past 50 years

2009.08.24: Driest August in 10 years heading for wetter times; chilly weekend ahead

2009.08.24: How big is Lake Michigan and how does it affect the weather?

2009.08.24: Storm Clouds Over Black Mountain, Henderson, Nevada.

2009.08.23: Warmth finally returns to Chicago, albeit a short stay

2009.08.23: From near-record cold and lake-effect rain to 90s -- in just 2 days

2009.08.23: The most destructive hurricanes

2009.08.22: Short-lived warm-up peaks Tuesday in Chicago

2009.08.22: A look at the most costly and deadly U.S. hurricanes

2009.08.22: Hottest U.S. temperature

2009.08.21: The latest peculiar twist in Summer 2009's weather: Lake-effect rains

2009.08.21: It's a return to summer--area could flirt with 90 degrees on Tuesday

2009.08.21: The hot late-summer of 1953

2009.08.21: Tornado damage photos from Elburn

2009.08.21: Thursday's welcome rainbow as seen in Aurora

2009.08.21: Clouds and Sky: Enjoy the Views!

2009.08.21: Viewer photos from the WGNtv.com Community

2009.08.20: Autumn-level air from Canada to bring the coolest set of late summer days in 15 years

2009.08.20: Chill, north winds to produce lake-effect rain; hurricane to hit Northeast

2009.08.20: Late starting hurricane seasons

2009.08.20: Remarkable video of the late Wednesday's Chesterton, Indiana tornado

2009.08.20: Chesterton Storm Damage pictures

2009.08.20: Towering cumulonimbus viewed right after the damaging Chesterton, Indiana storm

2009.08.20: The towering cumulonimbus clouds behind Wednesday's powerful storms

2009.08.20: Tornadoes produce damage southeast of Lincoln in downstate Logan County, Illinois

2009.08.20: Storm clouds retreating

2009.08.20: Sirens wailing as this storm entered Huntley, Illinois

2009.08.20: Wednesday's damaging Chesterton, Indiana thunderstorms from a mile away

2009.08.20: What appears to be a wall cloud behind the trees with Wednesday's damaging Chesterton, Indiana storm

2009.08.20: Tim's Weather World: Feast or Famine

2009.08.19: Twisters, downpours sweep 10 states; survey teams to investigate damage areas

2009.08.19: Squall line's 425 mile trek marked by downpours, tornadic t-storms

2009.08.19: Firefly flashes and the weather

2009.08.19: Storm clouds over Iroquois County

2009.08.19: Storm clouds as viewed from Coal City

2009.08.19: Picture of flooding rains in Chicago Ridge

2009.08.18: Jet stream, humidity could mean trouble

2009.08.18: Developing summer storm larger and more energetic than most

2009.08.18: Hurricane activity

2009.08.18: Pictures of Monday's stormy sunset over downtown Peoria

2009.08.18: Monday's rainbow as seen from Oak Lawn

2009.08.18: Sunday's dark clouds over Wrigley Field

2009.08.18: Tim's Weather World: Storms & Snakes

2009.08.17: Thundery rains break dry midsummer spell

2009.08.17: Severe weather a risk midweek as jet stream buckles and temperatures aloft dive

2009.08.17: Chicago summers in the 1930s

2009.08.17: Monday storms sweep downstate Danforth, Illinois area

2009.08.17: Pictures of Monday's Chicago area rainbow

2009.08.17: Pictures of last week's storm in Door County, Wisc.

2009.08.16: Muggy air may trigger more rain Monday

2009.08.16: Gusty downpours drench city, ending August's dry spell

2009.08.16: Latest date of first named Atlantic tropical storm

2009.08.15: Dry August may soon make an about-face

2009.08.15: Dry start to month puts spotlight on Chicago's arid Augusts

2009.08.15: Sun sets later farther north

2009.08.14: Chicago's weekend highs to flirt with 90

2009.08.14: Dry Chicago may see thundery rains as Atlantic hurricane season revs up

2009.08.14: Derecho of May 2009

2009.08.13: Air quality deteriorates amid driest mid-summer spell in 75 years

2009.08.13: A 2nd weekend with 90 degrees to see t-storm chances rise late

2009.08.13: Chilly Lake Michigan

2009.08.13: Air Pollution Action Day

2009.08.13: Tim's Weather World: Greensburg Documentary

2009.08.12: Hazier skies loom as air mass stagnates

2009.08.12: Light winds and temperature inversion threaten pollution buildup

2009.08.12: Few hours in the 90s in Chicago's Summer 2009 to date

2009.08.12: Saturday's storm as viewed from 14,000 feet

2009.08.11: Weather movement in city slows to a crawl

2009.08.11: Light winds foster haze and pollution buildup; no rain until next week

2009.08.11: Hawaiian hurricane

2009.08.11: More great shots of Sunday's ominous clouds

2009.08.11: Tim's Weather World: Cool Summer So Far

2009.08.10: Heat, humidity move out of the picture

2009.08.10: Isolated thunderstorms may flare along lake breeze; cooler pattern long range

2009.08.10: Unusual weather terminology

2009.08.10: More pictures from Sunday's storms

2009.08.09: Showers and thunderstorms restrict heating in Chicago

2009.08.09: Storms with cold front Monday, then fair skies dominate

2009.08.09: Aug. 13 climatology

2009.08.09: Photos from Sunday's storms: Part 4

2009.08.09: Photos from Sunday's storms: Part 3

2009.08.09: Photos from Sunday's storms: Part 2

2009.08.09: Photos from Sunday's storms: Part 1

2009.08.08: Chicago today: heat index over 105 degrees and record high temperature

2009.08.08: A recipe for wildfire disaster out West

2009.08.08: August 9 rainfall statistics for Chicago

2009.08.07: Weekend heat could set at least 2 records

2009.08.07: Dangerous heat to fuel formidable Wisconsin/Michigan storms

2009.08.07: Hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones

2009.08.07: Storm photo from budding photographer and storm watcher

2009.08.07: Storm photos last week in Minnesota

2009.08.06: Thundery downpours hit ahead of area's hottest weekend in 2 years

2009.08.06: North suburbs and Wisconsin may bear brunt of thundery downpours

2009.08.06: Chicago's cool, damp August of 1971

2009.08.05: It's been dry, but that could turn around

2009.08.05: Hot, humid environment coming together could mean explosive t-storms

2009.08.05: 09's cool Chicago summer compared to others

2009.08.05: Jets leave an imprint on the clouds this past Monday

2009.08.05: Powerful storms from Missouri to Kentucky Tuesday

2009.08.04: 2 days of comfort before temperatures rise

2009.08.04: Weekend temperatures in Chicago are headed well into the 90s

2009.08.04: August 4 2008 severe storm; Wrigley Field evacuated

2009.08.04: Tim's Weather World: Summer to Sizzle Again!

2009.08.03: Long absent heat could deliver first set of weekend 90s in two years

2009.08.03: Extent of weekend heat would be impacted by any storm outflows

2009.08.03: What causes hail to vary in size?

2009.08.03: Check out these airborne shots on a flight from Las Vegas to Chicago-Midway

2009.08.02: The 90s are back, as cool summer heats up

2009.08.02: After stormy Monday, city finally to bask in summery 90s by weekend

2009.08.02: Why are there no hurricanes yet in 2009?

2009.08.01: First 90 since June 25 coming into picture

2009.08.01: Flash flood in early August 2001 set tone for city's 4th wettest month

2009.08.01: Measuring dew?

2009.07.31: Chilly July for many cities across Midwest

2009.07.31: It's dry here--but warmer, wetter pattern emerges next 1-2 weeks

2009.07.31: The cool summer of 2000

2009.07.31: Thursday storm pictures from McHenry County

2009.07.31: Incredible wind burst caught on video

2009.07.31: Storm bears down on the Plainfield/Joliet area Thursday

2009.07.30: Brief northwest suburban tornado touchdown produces scare---but no damage

2009.07.30: Computer models hint at August warming

2009.07.30: Weather in the book "Devil in the White City"

2009.07.30: Lake Michigan rainbow

2009.07.30: Twister-generating storms passes near Crystal Lake Thursday afternoon prompting tornado warning in Boone and McHenry Counties

2009.07.30: Storm photo as seen from Wonder Lake, IL

2009.07.29: Brutal heat to the west bypassing Chicago

2009.07.29: Heat a no-show over coming week; hints of warming 1-2 weeks out?

2009.07.29: Chicago's cool summers

2009.07.29: Here's where some of Chicago's summer heat is this year---in Canada's beautiful British Columbia!

2009.07.29: Storm clouds build over Chicago's north side 4:30 pm Tuesday (July 28)

2009.07.28: Midway's 86 degrees equals July's warmest; cloudburst swamps Indiana Dunes with nearly 5" in just hours

2009.07.28: Triple-digit heat broils West Coast; next t-storms hit Chicago Thursday

2009.07.28: Julys and Augusts that have failed to record a 90

2009.07.28: Damaging "wake low" winds rake sections of the Chicago area downing trees and limbs around midnight Monday night/Tuesday morning

2009.07.28: Weather and crop update from farmer

2009.07.28: Beautiful cloud formation pictures on Monday

2009.07.28: Iowa/Wisconsin storm chaser pics from Friday, July 24

2009.07.27: July headed for a Friday close as first on record not to reach 87 degrees

2009.07.27: Pattern behind Midwest storms showing no sign of breaking down

2009.07.27: Former Editor of USA Today's Weather Page on Midday News Tuesday

2009.07.27: The incredible dew points of July 1999

2009.07.27: Waterspout near Clearwater, Florida

2009.07.27: Far west sections of the Chicago area outlooked by the Storm Prediction Center for possible severe overnight t-storms

2009.07.26: Warmest day in three weeks followed by thunderstorms and cooling

2009.07.26: Unseasonably cool weather to persist, but El Nino could reverse trend

2009.07.26: Why planets are spherical

2009.07.25: Brief warm-up Monday, but below normal temperatures to continue

2009.07.25: Lake Michigan: Summer fun, summer danger

2009.07.25: 2009 global temperatures

2009.07.25: Friday night lightning shot from Oswego

2009.07.25: Friday night storms hit areas south and west of Chicago hardest; immediate Chicago area swept by a period of strong winds

2009.07.25: Violent thunderstorm blasts Stockton in far northwest Illinois Friday evening

2009.07.25: Thundery hailstorm hits the Apple Canyon Lake area of northwest Illinois between 5:30 and 6 p.m. Friday

2009.07.25: Double rainbow Thursday in Momence, Illinois

2009.07.25: Storms hit Dubuque area hard, unleashing window-breaking hail, high winds and 3" rains

2009.07.25: Storm/hail outbreak Friday just part of a wetter pattern in next 2 weeks

2009.07.25: No link between "strange winds"

2009.07.24: Storms tonight as seen in Galena

2009.07.24: Driving toward Friday's storm clouds

2009.07.24: Tornado watch issued until 11 pm: Rockford/Rochelle/Dixon area west; peak Chicago area t-storm risk later tonight

2009.07.24: Friday night continues at risk for severe weather: An update

2009.07.24: Thursday's rain shafts in Roscoe

2009.07.24: Downstate storm puts on quite a display outside St. Louis at O'Fallon, Ill.

2009.07.24: Nebraska thunderstorm with anvil top poking into the stratosphere

2009.07.23: Warmest air in 3 weeks Friday likely to send readings past July's 86-degree peak

2009.07.23: Thundery downpours impact Thursday's evening city rush hour; new storms could pack a wallop Friday night

2009.07.23: Jet streams and commercial airliners

2009.07.23: Thursday's Cumulonimbus clouds as seen from Holland, Mich.

2009.07.23: Thursday's storm clouds as seen from Algonquin

2009.07.23: Severe storm video

2009.07.23: Lightning strike in Oak Park

2009.07.23: Strong storm blasts Wauconda

2009.07.22: Lake winds limit downpour/funnel-generating t-storms to northwest suburbs

2009.07.22: Summer cool pattern to hang on but coming winter could turn on developing El Ninos strength

2009.07.22: Audible "click" before lightning strike

2009.07.22: Wednesday flooding in Walworth County Wisconsin

2009.07.22: Heaviest showers isolated t-storms continue developing well inland; tallest tops: 43,000 ft.

2009.07.22: Cold air funnels reported Wednesday with thunderstorms forming with daytime heating enhanced by a lake breeze front

2009.07.22: Downtown shots taken Saturday morning

2009.07.21: Rains drench Dubuque area with nearly a month's worth of rain

2009.07.21: July's warmest highs on Friday to help energize nighttime thunderstorms

2009.07.21: Lake Michigan tides

2009.07.21: A busy day videotaping at the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Romeoville

2009.07.21: Iridescent clouds sparkle over the Chicago area

2009.07.21: Tim's Weather World: Where is Summer?

2009.07.20: Only 23 percent of summers this cool change course in August

2009.07.20: Half the U.S. having a cool July; big rains target Downstate Illinois

2009.07.20: Hurricane Katrina and hurricane forecast accuracy

2009.07.20: Intercepting supercellular thunderstorms over northwest Missouri and southeast Nebraska

2009.07.19: Chicago area not likely to see 90s for a while

2009.07.19: Chicago on track for first July without 90s in nearly a decade

2009.07.19: Orographic lift

2009.07.19: Where's the planet's warm/hot weather been this summer?

2009.07.18: July begins climb to regain summer status

2009.07.18: Baked Chicago: City's all-time hottest week occurred July 19-25, 1934

2009.07.18: Summer 1947 in Chicago began cool, but turned hot in August

2009.07.17: First July 17 in 53 years to reach no higher than Friday's 70 degrees

2009.07.17: Weekend chill's from ice-filled Hudson Bay; coolest July here in 42 years

2009.07.17: Humidity in Chicago vs. Arizona

2009.07.16: Cool mid-to-late July spell feels like May

2009.07.16: Dramatic photos of Thursday's storm clouds

2009.07.16: Sunset in Algonquin

2009.07.16: Cool punch has Hudson Bay origins; lake-effect rain for Indiana, Michigan

2009.07.16: Weather and road work conditions during the summer of 1988

2009.07.16: One of the towering cumulonimbus clouds behind Thursday's storms

2009.07.16: Looking south from Burnham Harbor at an incredible rain shaft with Thursday evening's eastbound thunderstorms

2009.07.16: Gusty storms roll into Chicago Thursday evening

2009.07.15: A day of 80s before another touch of May

2009.07.15: Sun's up 24 hours in the arctic, but not here--a reason summer air can cool

2009.07.15: Rocky Mountains' influence on Chicago weather

2009.07.15: Wilmette skies amid Wednesday afternoon's gusty northwest winds

2009.07.15: Thunderstorms sweep the area producing pre-dawn downpours; here are some preliminary Chicago area Wednesday morning rainfalls

2009.07.14: Heat, humidity move in after storms pass

2009.07.14: Heat blazes into 7th day in Plains--even as cool-down heads for Chicago

2009.07.14: 2009 Hurricane Season outlook

2009.07.14: Update on thunderstorm risk and severe weather possibilities

2009.07.13: Powerful storms threaten to sweep the area

2009.07.13: Chicago's July 2009 open the coolest here in 40 years, with new cool surge due late week

2009.07.13: El Niño and Chicago winters

2009.07.13: Virga--precipitation falling from clouds but not reaching the ground--behind these Sunday "rainbows"

2009.07.13: Hail Strikes Dupage

2009.07.13: Need for July air conditioning has been slashed to less than half normal by cool air; no extended heat in sight, though midweek 80s and t-storms ahead

2009.07.13: Northern Minnesota city flirts with its coldest July temperature on record

2009.07.12: Warm-up doesn't last, turning cooler last half of the week

2009.07.12: Chicago's cool summer of 2009; severe weather risk midweek

2009.07.12: The Mars e-mail myth

2009.07.11: Summer's real heat stays in southern U.S.

2009.07.11: Heat wave: A major summer killer

2009.07.11: When is the hottest time of the day?

2009.07.11: Saturday's pre-dawn (7/11) storms bring heavy downpours & small hail

2009.07.10: Chicago lacking its share of July sunshine

2009.07.10: Humidities to ease, but isolated afternoon t-storms possible Sunday

2009.07.10: Chicago's fastest drop in temperatures

2009.07.10: Monsoon clouds over Scottsdale, Arizona

2009.07.10: More funnel cloud pictures from Sunday

2009.07.10: Rains have stabilized the air diminishing severe weather threat-- but despite break in action, atmosphere is moist, more storms possible

2009.07.09: Severe weather may be heading our way

2009.07.09: Blazing heat empowering jet stream behind Chicago severe weather threat

2009.07.09: Tornadoes and safety of underpasses

2009.07.09: A Chilly Summer Day

2009.07.09: Chicago rainbow Wednesday evening

2009.07.09: Lightning Tuesday morning (7/7) in the Grand Cayman Islands

2009.07.09: Chicago area outlooked for severe weather Friday; thoughts on storm timing

2009.07.08: Wednesday's 65-degree high the coolest July 8 in 118 years

2009.07.08: When thunderstorms hit Friday will determine if we see 90 degrees

2009.07.08: What does a 30-percent chance of rain mean?

2009.07.08: Hawaiian rainbow hugs the ground

2009.07.08: Wave pattern in Wednesday morning's clouds over west suburban Oswego

2009.07.08: Tim's Weather World: Summer & Storms Back By Friday

2009.07.07: Clouds, lake winds to keep the cool in place

2009.07.07: Thundery downpours with "ring of fire" pattern behind huge 2-week rain projections

2009.07.07: Difference between isolated and scattered thunderstorms

2009.07.06: Lake winds to make a cooler day in city

2009.07.06: Developing El Niño may be influencing summer weather; computer rainfall estimates remain high

2009.07.06: Difference betweeb base and composite radar reflectivity

2009.07.06: Roll Cloud

2009.07.06: Sunday evening rainshaft as viewed from a West Loop condo

2009.07.06: Sunday's funnels

2009.07.06: Funnel Cloud Video

2009.07.05: We mourn the loss of a giant in our profession-Earl Finckle, dead at age 81

2009.07.05: Showers bring rash of cold-air funnel clouds

2009.07.05: Brief surge of warmth may spike temperatures here to the 90s by Friday

2009.07.05: Fog in Chicago

2009.07.05: Funnel cloud spotted in DeKalb

2009.07.05: Funnel cloud reported in Belvidere Sunday

2009.07.04: Heat coming on heels of cool, damp 4th

2009.07.04: Nature's fireworks: 4th of July derechos

2009.07.04: Why air sometimes "smells" like rain

2009.07.03: Gray skies, rain move in to start weekend

2009.07.03: Downpours to hit areas south hard--Chicago in for wettest 4th in 14 years

2009.07.03: Chilly 4th of July in 1967

2009.07.02: Chicago area gears up for taste of summer

2009.07.02: July 4th rain prospects linked to eastbound storm; heat later next week

2009.07.02: What is "aphelion"?

2009.07.02: Area corn running three weeks behind a year ago

2009.07.02: 4th's weather here may be jeopardized by northward shift in stormy system

2009.07.02: Tim's Weather World: So Long Soggy June

2009.07.01: Chicago has a rare chilly summer day

2009.07.01: Warming in sight; past years with early July chill not without hot days

2009.07.01: Lousy Cape Cod weather

2009.07.01: Indiana sunset south of Union Mills in La Porte County

2009.07.01: Storms off Chicago sweep Lake Michigan last July 20

2009.07.01: Storms sweep Branson, Missouri Tuesday as June, 2009 comes to a close

2009.07.01: Climate Prediction Center's hazardous medium range weather outlook indicating Central U.S. Heat

2009.07.01: O'Hare's temp slips to 59 early Wednesday afternoon; it's so cool, lake enhanced rain showers are falling

2009.06.30: City may get chilliest start of July in 79 years

2009.06.30: Despite chill, Chicago heat is far from over; 90s back later next week?

2009.06.30: Tornadoes and proximity to the Atlantic Ocean

2009.06.30: Tim's Weather World: Summer on Hold

2009.06.29: Chicago area getting another taste of May

2009.06.29: Warming in time for the 4th---but no repeat of last week's heat in sight

2009.06.29: When rainfall exceeds precipitable water values

2009.06.29: Thunderstorms tower over Arizona with 2009 monsoon season underway

2009.06.29: Sunday hailstorm in Wasilla, Alaska

2009.06.28: Cool start to the week in Chicago, but warm-up expected by July 4th

2009.06.28: Closed-off low feeds cool air into Midwest

2009.06.28: Is June 13 unlucky when it comes to rain?

2009.06.27: Cooler air hits Chicago early this week

2009.06.27: After summer solstice, days shorten--but temperatures continue to rise

2009.06.27: Drooping smoke plumes and approaching storms

2009.06.26: It's back to the 90s, and a threat of storms

2009.06.26: Biggest temperature pullback in 2 weeks to bring showers Monday and Tuesday

2009.06.26: Heat Lightning

2009.06.25: Northeast winds bring a break from the 90s

2009.06.25: Heat, humidity on saturday reintroduces storm threat ahead of cooling

2009.06.25: June frost in the 1970s

2009.06.25: View of towering cumulonimbus clouds from west suburban Elgin

2009.06.25: Wednesday's storm as viewed from Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood

2009.06.24: Storms erupt with blinding rains and 60+ m.p.h. gusts along lake breeze

2009.06.24: Storms bring only brief temperature relief after lashing 20-mile wide corridor

2009.06.24: Is there such a thing as dry lighting?

2009.06.24: Late Wednesday evening thunderstorm complex southeast of Lafayette as viewed from 60-miles to the northwest in Remington, Indiana

2009.06.24: Damage report from lake breeze storms

2009.06.24: The view of Wednesday's lake breeze storms from west suburban Aurora's Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

2009.06.24: Storms just east of Donovan, Illinois in downstate Iroquois County

2009.06.24: Snapshots of Wednesday's storm clouds

2009.06.24: Wednesday's storms as viewed from Aurora

2009.06.24: The towering cumulonimbii responsible for Wednesday afternoon's (6/24) damaging lake breeze thunderstorms in Cook County as viewed from nearly 70 miles west

2009.06.24: Tim's Weather World: Heat Wave Day 2

2009.06.23: Tuesday's 94 degrees equals last summer's peak

2009.06.23: 'Ring of Fire' behind Iowa storm outbreak, storm threat being monitored

2009.06.23: What percent of U.S. tornadoes touchdown west of the Mississippi River

2009.06.23: Lightning early Monday morning near Oregon, Illinois

2009.06.23: Flooding on the Des Plaines River near Wadsworth, Illinois

2009.06.22: Advisories go up as the heat sticks around

2009.06.22: Moisture off crops helping produce country's muggiest air over Midwest

2009.06.22: How rare to reach 100 degrees in Chicago twice or more on the same date?

2009.06.22: Lightning Safety Week June 21-27

2009.06.22: Friday night flooding-Waukegan style

2009.06.22: Tim's Weather World: Summer is Here!

2009.06.21: Heat, humidity and thunderstorms persist

2009.06.21: Warm, humid, thundery through Friday

2009.06.21: What is the "green flash"?

2009.06.21: Friday evening's storms produced an EF 1 tornado in Woodstock

2009.06.20: Friday evening's storms arriving in Michigan

2009.06.20: Day-to-day threat of thunderstorms to continue

2009.06.20: The national distribution of precipitation

2009.06.20: Difference between solstice and equinox

2009.06.20: A potpourri of storm photos from a memorable Friday

2009.06.19: Areas warmest, most humid air to date fuels damaging t-storms and flooding downpours

2009.06.19: Stormy Friday features humid air, flash flooding and severe weather

2009.06.19: Solstice vs. Equinox

2009.06.19: Clouds over Divison and Western

2009.06.19: Rain floods Old Higgins Road in Elk Grove Village

2009.06.19: Storm approaching seen from Navy Pier

2009.06.19: Another storm shot from Oakbrook Terrace

2009.06.19: Angry skies this morning over 35th and Pulaski

2009.06.19: Hail and heavy rain in Marengo

2009.06.19: Storm clouds in Carpentersville

2009.06.18: Heat, humidity may help brew up storms

2009.06.18: Soaring temperatures and humidity precede powerhouse storms

2009.06.18: What U.S. city has the smallest difference between its highest and lowest

2009.06.18: Wednesday storm chasing photos from Kansas and Nebraska

2009.06.17: Storms threaten as change gets underway

2009.06.17: Thunderstorms this week yield to growing hot air mass next week

2009.06.17: Normal and Average temperatures

2009.06.16: Showers stay in picture for Chicago area

2009.06.16: More storms threaten, then 90s by month's end

2009.06.16: Computer model forecast errors

2009.06.16: Angel in the sky

2009.06.16: Like winter in June: Hail piles up 3-4 inches deep in New Jersey

2009.06.16: Tim's Weather World: It's Not The Heat...

2009.06.15: Pattern change signals warmer days, storms

2009.06.15: Warmth finally arrives, but not without thunderstorms

2009.06.15: The worst tornado on record in Illinois

2009.06.14: One more nice day, then rain and storms

2009.06.14: Cool June 1-13 yields to slightly higher temperatures and more rain

2009.06.14: Hot, dry summer of 1988

2009.06.13: Hopes for summery temperatures fade

2009.06.13: The past 17 months--the wettest ever in Chicago!

2009.06.13: Temperatures on the shortest and longest days in Chicago

2009.06.12: So far, June's chill is one for the records

2009.06.12: Record chilly June finally showing some signs of warming next week

2009.06.12: Chicago's weather on May 13, 1930

2009.06.11: City gets a dry day, but rain returns at night

2009.06.11: Thursday's flood-producing rains and warming spring temperatures

2009.06.11: Optimum stargazing near Chicago

2009.06.10: Rain may join clouds, cool temperatures

2009.06.10: Record wet spring gets wetter; cool weather continues

2009.06.10: What is Chicago's coolest record high temp for summer?

2009.06.10: Tim's Weather World: Big Pond Keeps Us Cool

2009.06.09: June continues to take a cool, wet path

2009.06.09: Blame chill on wet spring, elevated soil moisture, cool lake, reduced sun

2009.06.09: Record 122 degree heat in Phoenix still stands

2009.06.09: Tim's Weather World: Slow Start To Severe Weather Season

2009.06.08: Wisconsin hit hardest in wave of storms

2009.06.08: Models split on Wednesday's storm; most aggressive project 2 inch+ rains

2009.06.08: What city in the world has the worst pollution?

2009.06.08: Tree loses battle with lightning-- Lightning: 1 Tree: 0

2009.06.08: After the storm in Waukegan

2009.06.08: Monday thunderstorm

2009.06.07: Twister in the Denver area

2009.06.07: More cool weather ahead after warm, stormy Monday

2009.06.07: Brief burst of warmth Monday could fuel severe storms, heavy rainfall

2009.06.07: A very cool July 4 in 1956

2009.06.06: Brief warm-up to trigger strong storms

2009.06.06: The weather forecast behind the D-Day invasion 65 years ago

2009.06.06: Delayed warmth in Chicago

2009.06.06: Wyoming twister

2009.06.05: Chicago area gets warmest reading of June

2009.06.05: Thundery weekend rains to hit in waves, but rain-free hours to dominate

2009.06.05: U.S. city with biggest range in extreme temps

2009.06.04: Chill's out. Warmest day in a week on tap

2009.06.04: Hardly sun-up to sundown rains, but weekend could include downpours

2009.06.04: How many sunny days a year does Chicago enjoy?

2009.06.04: Tim's Weather World: Tropical Update

2009.06.03: Warming trend gets under way in Chicago

2009.06.03: Record heat, wildfire concerns from Alaska to the Yukon, British Columbia

2009.06.03: Lightning striking aircraft

2009.06.03: Hail shafts with Monday's thunderstorms photographed west of Crystal Lake

2009.06.03: WGN Weather forecasts evaluated

2009.06.02: Chill in Chicago's air feels like mid-April

2009.06.02: Wet Sunday storm looms; despite late week warmth, cool pattern projected next 7 days

2009.06.02: Forecast accuracy and Global Warming

2009.06.02: Huge hail pounds the Indianapolis area Tuesday afternoon (June 2) taking out car windows!

2009.06.02: Monday night's lightning

2009.06.02: Lightning arcs earthward spectacularly Monday evening in downstate Iroquois and Ford Counties

2009.06.02: Pictures from Monday evening's thunderstorms

2009.06.01: Storms march through, temperatures fall

2009.06.01: Models suggest wetter, cooler-than-normal pattern not over yet

2009.06.01: Chicago's summer heat in 1988

2009.06.01: Rainbow in Algonquin

2009.06.01: Tim's Weather World: Summer Has Arrived!

2009.05.31: Scattered downpours next couple days with severe storms possible

2009.05.31: Storms, heavy rains mark start to meteorological summer

2009.05.31: Ideal air-conditioning settings

2009.05.31: Icy groundcover in Rensselaer

2009.05.30: Arc de Triomphe in the clouds

2009.05.30: A sunny Sunday, But storms return Monday

2009.05.30: The composition of the Earth's atmosphere

2009.05.30: Extreme heat in Chicago--How often?

2009.05.29: Shower or two may dampen a warm day

2009.05.29: Potent early week system threatens downpours and severe weather

2009.05.29: Was it hot on June 21, 1950?

2009.05.29: The year's first 70s arrive in Scotland under these magnificent sunny skies!

2009.05.29: Beautiful garden pictures from Winfield, Indiana

2009.05.29: Rainbow graces the sky over Bensenville in the midst of Tuesday's heavy rain event

2009.05.28: Sun breaks through; warm weekend ahead

2009.05.28: Weekend to be mostly dry but a few gusty t-storms could sweep the area

2009.05.28: Rainy summer weekends

2009.05.28: Crepuscular rays late Thursday evening over Chicago

2009.05.27: Midway soaks in its wettest spring since '28

2009.05.27: Warmer next few days--but above normal rains over next 2 weeks

2009.05.27: Reliability of 7-16 day-range weather forecasts

2009.05.26: Slow-moving system brings soaking rains

2009.05.26: Rain tops 10 inches Downstate; wetter pattern in the making here

2009.05.26: Days of precipitation in Chicago

2009.05.26: Torrential rains soak the area with Tuesday afternoon's thunderstorm

2009.05.26: Sunday's spectacular sunset as viewed from Manteno, Illinois

2009.05.26: Beautiful Sunday evening sunset in Whiting, Indiana

2009.05.26: Tuesday's thunderstorms as they looked from 28,000 feet near Peoria

2009.05.25: Slow moving storms threaten Chicago area

2009.05.25: Warming of the atmosphere's moisture-rich air recipe for p.m. t-storms

2009.05.25: Fata Morgana

2009.05.25: Duffinately Weather

2009.05.24: Coolest Memorial Day since '04 likely dry

2009.05.24: Midweek washout looms as potent rainmaker from Florida approaches

2009.05.24: Warm and cool Memorial Days

2009.05.23: Slow-moving storm to bring cool, wet week

2009.05.23: Mixed signals temper 2009 Atlantic hurricane season outlook

2009.05.23: Hurricanes in California

2009.05.22: Chance of rain in the air for Chicago area

2009.05.22: System behind Florida deluge heads to Midwest; a slow-mover once here

2009.05.22: Understanding 'degree day units'

2009.05.22: Photos from rain-soaked Florida

2009.05.22: Sign of spring: Bluebirds

2009.05.21: 3 days of warmth and sunshine come to an end

2009.05.21: Dry hours to outnumber the wet, but rains hardly a total no-show

2009.05.21: Is there such a thing as lake-effect rain?

2009.05.21: Here's a sign of spring: 4 robins hatch!

2009.05.20: Chicago's warm spell good for a 3rd day

2009.05.20: Same moist air drenching Florida could make holiday weather here dicey

2009.05.20: Chicago's longest string of 100-degree days

2009.05.19: Warmest day arriving on gusty south winds

2009.05.19: Florida system's moisture could play a role in Memorial Day weather here

2009.05.19: The hot Chicago summers of the 1950s

2009.05.18: Warmest air of the year heading our way

2009.05.18: Windy Florida storm system contributing to mid-continent warmth

2009.05.18: Extreme heat in Chicago--How often?

2009.05.18: A fair weather "mini-twister" shakes things up at the Des Plaines Canoe Marathon Sunday

2009.05.17: Warming starts today in Chicago-peaks midweek

2009.05.17: May 18-24: Risk of freeze drops as severe weather threat rises

2009.05.17: Effect of humidity during the winter

2009.05.16: Cool Sunday, but big warm-up begins Monday

2009.05.16: The Arctic Ocean: Ice in retreat

2009.05.16: What is "fetch"?

2009.05.16: Coolest weekend in 5 weeks gets under way

2009.05.15: Spring rains top 15 inches, but pace of rainfall could slow next 2 weeks

2009.05.15: Origin of the term "global warming"

2009.05.15: Spectacular shots of Wednesday's Missouri tornadoes

2009.05.14: 2nd storm outbreak in 3 days to hit region

2009.05.14: Thundery downpours threaten to initiate flooding; warming next week

2009.05.14: Today's Ask Tom Why

2009.05.14: Flooding in the wake of Wednesday night's deluge at the Wilson Skate Park in Chicago's

2009.05.14: The deadly Wednesday Kirksville, Missouri tornado from storm chaser/photographer David Mayhew

2009.05.14: Wednesday night's squall-line spawned lightning in the Rochelle, Illinois area

2009.05.13: After storms, it's sun and lower humidities

2009.05.13: Storm outbreak includes long-lived supercell with Kirksville, Mo., twister

2009.05.13: 1966 tornado in the Arlington Heights area

2009.05.12: Severe storms threaten area late in the day

2009.05.12: Severe t-storms possible as humid air feeds into powerful jet stream

2009.05.12: Tornadoes overseas

2009.05.11: Shot at the 70s brings a threat of storms

2009.05.11: Powerful jet stream to help churn warmth, humidity into severe storms

2009.05.11: Today's Ask Tom Why

2009.05.10: Wednesday, Saturday may see 80s, storms

2009.05.10: Two shots of warmth, severe weather could interrupt area's quiet spring

2009.05.10: The terrible twisters of May 2003

2009.05.09: Mother's Day to be a bit on the cool side

2009.05.09: May 10-12, 1966: Failing weather gets 3 F's—freeze, flakes and flood

2009.05.09: Lake Michigan's water level in 1987

2009.05.08: Derecho called one of the worst in the past decade

2009.05.08: Showery wind shift ends Chicago's longest 70-degree spell in 8 months

2009.05.08: Chicago's coldest and hottest days

2009.05.08:

2009.05.07: Storms sweep south suburbs with 40-60 m.p.h. gusts; damage reported downstate

2009.05.07: Converging winds along lake breeze front set stage for 3rd day of storm

2009.05.07: What is Solar Wind?

2009.05.07: Thunderstorm mammatus clouds and rainbow shots in Oscelo, Iowa this past Wednesday (May 6,2009)

2009.05.06: Storms generate year's most prolific lightning and local 1-inch+ downpours

2009.05.06: Over half of May's highs surge above 70 degrees; 80s possible next week

2009.05.06: Snow on Mother's Day?

2009.05.06: Some farmers have been able to get into their fields to begin much delayed corn planting

2009.05.05: Rains to return with thunder after 4 day hiatus

2009.05.05: Daytime heating to ignite t-storms; 2-week rain projections still high

2009.05.05: Lake Michigan water levels after heavy rainfall

2009.05.04: Sagging jet stream has kept big rains south

2009.05.04: Year's second 80-degrees just days away; area rainfall: 3 inches in past 14 days

2009.05.04: Cooler nights when air is dry

2009.05.04: Kites above Montrose Hill on Chicago's lakefront

2009.05.03: A couple of dry days before rain revisits city

2009.05.03: It's been 50 years since wintry 30s disappeared so early in the spring

2009.05.03: Weather witticisms

2009.05.02: Break in rains allow rivers to fall and fields to dry

2009.05.02: Wet? You bet!

2009.05.02: Chicago's lowest humidity vs. lowest in U.S.

2009.05.02: Weekend is first in 3 weeks to be free of rains

2009.05.02: Sagging jet stream turns off big rains for now--but storms return midweek

2009.05.02: Contrails

2009.05.01: Oklahoma Supercell Thursday evening

2009.04.30: Cloudiest April in 14 years, rain fell 14 of 30 days

2009.04.30: Wet pattern to prove difficult to dislodge; 2 week rain estimates remain high

2009.04.30: Most common clouds

2009.04.30: Standing water in Will County farm fields just after lunch Tuesday

2009.04.30: Spectacular tornado shots from Wednesday evening (April 29) in Texas

2009.04.29: Waterlogged Chicago in for 2nd big rain in a week

2009.04.29: Rain worrying area farmers; local 2-to-4 inches or more possible next 2 weeks

2009.04.29: Chicago's changing normal temperatures

2009.04.28: Break from rains unlikely to last much longer

2009.04.28: 2009 is the city's wettest year to date--wet trend stays intact next 2 weeks

2009.04.28: Chicago's official precipitation records

2009.04.27: String of 70s ends; Midway having its wettest spring

2009.04.27: Recent 4 day 70+degree spell hits on schedule; overall wet trend to continue

2009.04.27: What was the deadliest tornado ever to hit Illinois?

2009.04.26: Surge of warmth generates more storms today

2009.04.26: Wild weekend temperature swings set stage for soggy, stormy Monday

2009.04.26: When It's Safe to Plant

2009.04.25: Huge temperature swings ignite potent thunderstorms

2009.04.25: April 1915 in Chicago: A warm month that put many Mays to shame

2009.04.25: "Teacup-size" hail

2009.04.25: 2009 Fermilab/WGN-TV Tornado and Severe Weather Seminar!

2009.04.25:

2009.04.24: Possibly severe storms to set off afternoon temperature dive

2009.04.24: Only one in five years sees 84-degree warmth this early; big rains next 2 weeks

2009.04.24: Why the tornado season starts in spring

2009.04.24: Beautiful Rainbow by the Lakefront

2009.04.23: Highs in the 80s will make it feel like July

2009.04.23: Winds act as a conveyor belt for moisture from Gulf; t-storms late Saturday?

2009.04.23: The June 26, 1954 Seiche in Chicago

2009.04.22: Summer-level temperatures to close in on records; warmest weekend since October ahead!

2009.04.22: Severe weather, big rains may be byproducts of incoming warmth

2009.04.22: Rainbow shape

2009.04.21: March into summerlike 80s underway

2009.04.21: Incoming warmth to send atmospheric moisture content to 6 month highs

2009.04.21: Determining "normal" spring temperatures

2009.04.20: Wet chilly day starts with a snow-rain mix

2009.04.20: Powerhouse winds to deliver near-record summer-level warmth late in week

2009.04.20: Relative humidity greater than 100 percent?

2009.04.19: Cold, rain persist, but a big change is ahead

2009.04.19: Chicago's workweek starts cold, but 80 degrees possible starting Friday

2009.04.19: When rainbows appear

2009.04.18: Rains build, easterly breeze to cool Chicago

2009.04.18: Understanding the Great Lakes: North America's inland seas

2009.04.18: Skin, Sunshine and Vitamin D

2009.04.18: City gets 2nd day of 70s before mercury drops

2009.04.18: Rain and a temperature dive heading here -- first 80-degree day may be in sight

2009.04.18: Snow in June in Chicago?

2009.04.16: Back-to-back 70s in store for most of the Chicago area

2009.04.16: Blustery temperature downturn hits Sunday; warmer air due late next week

2009.04.16: What is a landspout?

2009.04.15: Sunny skies and 60s, but not near the lake

2009.04.15: Forecast takes warming into Saturday; rainy, windy storm hits Sunday

2009.04.15: Chicago's first autumn snow flakes and last spring flakes

2009.04.15: A photographic flight through early Wednesday's clouds--now a thing of the past

2009.04.14: Sun comes out, but lake winds keep city cool

2009.04.14: Late-week temperatures to take off; weekend brings wet, windy storm

2009.04.14: Chicago's sub-32 degree days

2009.04.13: Another damp day, and chill won't go away

2009.04.13: String of 11 below normal days; coming warm-up could yield windy, wet assault

2009.04.13: Has Chicago ever had a July day with a high below 60 degrees?

2009.04.12: Stubborn spring not ready to show warmth

2009.04.12: Rain combines with persistent lake winds to set up a raw, chilly Monday

2009.04.12: Cubs home opener weather history

2009.04.11: Sunshine for Easter, but rain for Cubs opener

2009.04.11: A cold, snowy April 1938 does an about--face and turns warm and dry

2009.04.11: Has Chicago ever had the same high temperature four days in a row?

2009.04.10: Twisters rake U.S.; city shivers in lake breeze

2009.04.10: Winds veer and cut time over lake so 60 degrees is possible inland Sunday

2009.04.10: Has April ever been colder than March in Chicago?

2009.04.09: Downstate Illinois, Indiana in for a soaking

2009.04.09: Winds to cut into weekend's lakeside temperatures; wet, windy Monday

2009.04.09: Lake Michigan's water increase in gallons

2009.04.08: City is still looking for a 60-degree April day

2009.04.08: Storm to swipe the city Friday; Monday-Tuesday system is another story

2009.04.08: What is "carbon sequestration"?

2009.04.07: It's no heat wave, but 2 mild days ahead

2009.04.07: A break in wettest spring of past 26 years--but storm track to remain active

2009.04.07: Snowed out White Sox game of 1982

2009.04.07: Snowing in North Carolina

2009.04.06: Sun is shining stronger, but chill won't quit

2009.04.06: Modest temperature surges come between wet systems in days ahead

2009.04.06: Bourbonnais tornado in 1963

2009.04.06: Pictures From Sunday's Snow

2009.04.05: Early spring snowstorm bombards Chicago

2009.04.05: Sunday's messy rain, snow set stage for cold, blustery Monday

2009.04.05: Snowless Aprils vs. Snowy Mays

2009.04.04: Sunday to be a wild ride from rain to snow

2009.04.04: 27 years later—another late season winter storm

2009.04.04: April 1975 Chicago snowstorm

2009.04.03: Turn for the worse in store for the weekend

2009.04.03: Low pressure brings rain -- then snow -- this weekend

2009.04.03: Snow in April

2009.04.02: Precipitation runs far above normal levels

2009.04.02: Sunday’s cold, wind-driven rain transitions to sleet and snow

2009.04.02: Boys and men are struck by lightning about fours times as often as girls and women.

2009.04.02: The view Thursday from Scotland's mountaintops

2009.04.01: There's no letup in chilly, wet pattern in sight

2009.04.01: Two blustery storms target area--second could bring wintry blast

2009.04.01: Lake Michigan freezes over

2009.03.31: Very few regrets that a wet March is history

2009.03.31: What’s behind stormy pattern is expected to continue April precipitation

2009.03.31: Does Hawaii have a tsunami season?

2009.03.31: Tuesday rainbow

2009.03.31: Double rainbow over Montrose Harbor

2009.03.31: Cold front passes through Chicago

2009.03.31: Possible Tornado touchdown near Belvidere this evening

2009.03.31: Alaska volcano activity

2009.03.30: Storm spins up temperature-boosting gusts

2009.03.30: Active pattern: 3 storms in next 10 days; wet March leads to wet April debut

2009.03.30: A day without precipitation in the U.S.?

2009.03.29:

2009.03.29: Tuesday’s rain to cap off a very wet March

2009.03.29: Snow boosts seasonal total past 50 inches; rainy week ahead

2009.03.29: Storm names

2009.03.28: Spring on hold as icy rain and snow blast area

2009.03.28: The March that roared: All lion, no lamb in 1954

2009.03.28: What was the warmest Chicago temperature before a major snow?

2009.03.27: Chilly weekend starts wet and gets worse

2009.03.27: 'Dynamic cooling' to change rain to snow; howling 45-plus m.p.h. gusts ahead

2009.03.27: Snow on March 26, 1944

2009.03.26: Here comes the chill; snow can't be ruled out

2009.03.26: Warmer surface and lake waters may not shield area from some weekend snow

2009.03.26: April 80s in Chicago

2009.03.25: Stormy pattern ahead; brace for a wet weekend

2009.03.25: Winds increase here Friday, rain follows; snow threatens a large swath to west

2009.03.25: Strongest winds ever recorded in Chicago

2009.03.24: So long 70s; Rockford gets 2 inches of rain

2009.03.24: Thin line between rain/snow; vigorous weekend storm warrants monitoring

2009.03.24: Chicago sunlight and Vitamin D

2009.03.23: Shot at the 70s comes with note of caution

2009.03.23: Gusts to boost prospects of 70s inland; Mt. Redoubt eruptions not the last

2009.03.23: The snowy Easter of 1964

2009.03.22: Mild readings bring showers, thunderstorms

2009.03.22: Major storm system hits central U.S.

2009.03.22: When the sun is closest to Illinois

2009.03.21: Week begins with unseasonably mild readings

2009.03.21: Global warming? Some expect imminent global cooling

2009.03.21: How many days on record in Chicago have had the same high and low temperature on the same day?

2009.03.20: Stronger sun, longer days warm up weekend

2009.03.20: Storm to deliver 70s next week; 1-2 inch rains to boost '09 precipitation tally

2009.03.20: Is rainwater safe to drink?

2009.03.19: Spring starts with a shiver and plenty of sun

2009.03.19: Winds critical to Chicago weekend temps; storm to play big role next week

2009.03.19: Tornado NW side of Chicago on March 12, 1976

2009.03.18: Despite chill, March a bit warmer than in '08

2009.03.18: Spring storm to propel warmth and thundery rains into nation's midsection

2009.03.18: 1977: Warmest Chicago spring on record

2009.03.18: Check out this beautiful shot of Tuesday's sunrise

2009.03.17: Luck runs out as colder weather moves in

2009.03.17: Winds off lake drive temperatures down, but evidence of new warm-up grows

2009.03.17: Tornadoes in the city of Chicago

2009.03.16: It may feel like May, and it could set a record

2009.03.16: Warm spell follows temperature dive; wet 2-week pattern coming together

2009.03.16: When to put the snow blower away

2009.03.16: Lake Michigan's diminishing ice as viewed from Chicago's northside shoreline

2009.03.15: Chicago to get its first true taste of spring

2009.03.15: Lucky 70s set the stage for a pleasant St. Patrick's Day

2009.03.15: Taking a shower during a thunderstorm

2009.03.14: Chill looming again after a warm Tuesday

2009.03.14: The Tri-State Tornado of March 18, 1925

2009.03.14: Warm air exiting, cold air entering home

2009.03.13: Sunshine gets weekend warm-up under way

2009.03.13: Spring warmth to return as temperatures surge into the 60s by Tuesday

2009.03.13: Chicago's coldest winter and month

2009.03.13:

2009.03.12: Quiet weather, slowly moderating readings

2009.03.12: Quiet weather for Midwest for next 3 days, but snow north and rain south

2009.03.12: How far inland does the lake breeze typically reach?

2009.03.12:

2009.03.11: Chicago dries out as South gets welcome rain

2009.03.11: Chilly and dry in Chicago; several days of rain in the South

2009.03.11: What's the chance of any more troublesome snow storms this winter in Chicago?

2009.03.11:

2009.03.10: High winds, icy floodwaters after rain

2009.03.10: Mild temperatures vanish as cold Canadian air arrives, but stay will be brief

2009.03.10: Why is the Lake Michigan water temperature reported this time of the year?

2009.03.10:

2009.03.09: Mercury on roller coaster, high flood threat

2009.03.09: Severe weather a threat Tuesday, and temperatures plunge Wednesday

2009.03.09: Glaciers and snow

2009.03.09:

2009.03.08: Pause between major storms only 30 hours

2009.03.08: After weekend deluge, heavy rains threaten again Monday night and Tuesday

2009.03.08: How rainfall is measured

2009.03.08:

2009.03.07: Showers, thunderstorms sweep across city

2009.03.07: Annual march of temperatures takes its biggest steps in March and October

2009.03.07: Greatest spread between high and low temperatures in Chicago

2009.03.06: A wet weekend brings a flash-flood watch

2009.03.06: Severe storms heading Downstate, heavy rains targeting northern Illinois

2009.03.06: Feeling under the weather?

2009.03.05: Here comes the weekend; here comes the rain

2009.03.05: Mild temperatures and heavy rain precede next week's arctic blast

2009.03.05: Spring's latest below freezing days in Chicago

2009.03.04: Heavy rain to follow temperatures in the 60s

2009.03.04: Higher temperatures, more humidity, heavy rain head this way

2009.03.04: Who invented the word, "blizzard"?

2009.03.03: March temperature turnaround in the wind

2009.03.03: Jet stream and south winds to give warm-up a boost; big weekend rains loom

2009.03.03: Chicago warmer than suburbs?

2009.03.03: Amazing shots of hoar frost this morning downstate

2009.03.02: Lake snow brushes city, buries Milwaukee

2009.03.02: Thursday could bring 60+ degrees--mildest reading of 2009 possible

2009.03.02: Accuracy of weather forecasts

2009.03.02: Snow in Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula

2009.03.02: Snow cell as viewed from Barrington

2009.03.02: Beautiful sunset over a wind turbine farm in Ransom, Illinois

2009.03.02: Check out this Alabama snow shots!

2009.03.02: Lake snow clouds in Waukegan this morning

2009.03.02: Eastern snowstorm produces a winter wonderland in North Carolina's mountains where the biggest snow in 11 years!

2009.03.02: Winter comes to North Carolina on the first day of meteorological spring

2009.03.01: A wintry start, then week becomes springlike

2009.03.01: Storms possible Thursday during Severe Weather Preparedness Week

2009.03.01: Water shortages in the Los Angeles area

2009.03.01:

2009.02.28: Warm-up to follow March's cold, snowy start

2009.02.28: March: A month of volatile weather in Chicago--from tornadoes to blizzards

2009.02.28: What is the worst March 1 weather that Chicago 's had

2009.02.27: Cold, brisk finish to meteorological winter

2009.02.27: Lake-snow threat Sunday; 71% of summers after a cold winter trend cool

2009.02.27: Dry over the entire Lower 48: Can it happen?

2009.02.27: Thursday night flooding in Lincoln Square

2009.02.26: Rain could have been 20 inches of snow

2009.02.26: Storm the product of 170 m.p.h. jet stream; lake snow setup Sunday night

2009.02.26: Chicago's earliest and latest snow of the season

2009.02.26: Even this Hawk on Northerly Island enjoyed Wednesday's mild Chicago weather!

2009.02.26: Check out the first flowering plants of 2009 in the Klemm's garden in Geneva, Illinois

2009.02.25: Heavy rain, thunder then a temperature fall

2009.02.25: Storm's warm sector arrives here after dark; Upper Midwest braces for snow

2009.02.25: Sunnier than usual winter

2009.02.24: A romp on the mild side before next chill

2009.02.24: Big rains, thundery downpours here; 1,000 mile swath of heavy snow north

2009.02.24: Chicago winters with three 20-inch snowfall months

2009.02.23: Chicago area breaks out of a subfreezing stint

2009.02.23: New pattern breaks up cold surges while sharply boosting precipitation

2009.02.23: What is Twilight time?

2009.02.22: Warm-up begins with high chance of showers

2009.02.22: Chicago's heating season 23rd coldest heading into February's final week

2009.02.22: The freezing point of water and air pressure

2009.02.21: Chill after snowstorm chased by brief warm-up

2009.02.21: "Ocean conveyor belt" maintains Earth's heat balance

2009.02.21: What is a "buckling jet stream"?

2009.02.20: Saturday snowfall tally could hit 4-8 inches

2009.02.20: Winds to surge as storm intensifies; warming next week could be cut short

2009.02.20: Snow on the first day of spring

2009.02.19: City could get 2nd heaviest snow of season

2009.02.19: Steadiest snow to fall over 14 hours; cold environment to bulk up snowflakes

2009.02.19: Best and worst Chicago snow possibilities

2009.02.19: Interesting view in Wasilla, Alaska

2009.02.18: Snow, chill turns driving into a challenge

2009.02.18: Wednesday’s snow just a warm-up; Friday/Saturday system a bigger threat

2009.02.18: How far south in this country does subzero weather occur?

2009.02.18: Wednesday's snowfall pictures in Whiting, Indiana

2009.02.17: Arctic blast delivers coldest slap in 2 weeks

2009.02.17: Modest snows expected from current system—a different story Friday night

2009.02.17: Cloud formation and salt in the air

2009.02.16: A wintry turn threatens to bring snow spells

2009.02.16: Merging midweek jet streams threaten to breathe life into eastbound storm

2009.02.16: What are the temperature ranges for it to snow?

2009.02.15: Sunny start to workweek; storm hits Tuesday

2009.02.15: Wintry mix with heavy snow north and severe storms south on Wednesday

2009.02.15: The temperature of sea water

2009.02.14: Astronomical smorgasbord-part 2

2009.02.14: Winter isn't ready to let go of Chicago area

2009.02.14: Under pressure: The highs and lows of Chicago weather

2009.02.14: Chicago's longest-standing temperature records

2009.02.13: Storm buried Iowa, Nebraska en route to city

2009.02.13: February's closing weeks to be chilly; next storm Tuesday night/Wednesday

2009.02.13: The 'rules' for leap year days

2009.02.13: Snow in Arizona

2009.02.12: Chicago in for a Valentine's Day snow

2009.02.12: First measurable snow in more than 2 weeks for Valentine’s Day

2009.02.12: Weather on the moon

2009.02.12: Crepuscular rays as viewed from the 6,000 ft. level over Pontiac Thursday

2009.02.11: A record rain moves on; Downstate swamped

2009.02.11: Onset of colder, wintry pattern threatening a series of snows next 2 weeks

2009.02.11: Sounds carry better in cold air

2009.02.10: It's back to reality--snow to fly by Saturday

2009.02.10: Unseasonable warmth followed by soaking rains Wednesday; snow Saturday

2009.02.10: Aurora, Illinois temperatures colder than elsewhere?

2009.02.09: Tuesday's 60s threaten a 133-year-old record

2009.02.09: Wednesday storm to unleash a full February's rain; wintry chill to resurge

2009.02.09: Chicago's latest date with a temperature below zero

2009.02.08: Rain will bring in highs near 60, more storms

2009.02.08: Chicago to experience 1-2 storm punch tonight and Wednesday

2009.02.08: Sun in the polar regions vs. the tropics

2009.02.07: Chicago area's spring fling to be a brief affair

2009.02.07: A super-cold blast from the past: The record cold wave of February 1899

2009.02.07: Has every one of the 50 states recorded a temperature of 100 degrees or higher?

2009.02.06: Warm surge set record highs on way to city

2009.02.06: More 50s Tuesday; precipitation could be twice normal in stormier pattern

2009.02.06: No snow after Feb. 1?

2009.02.05: Warm surge blows in, along with fog, drizzle

2009.02.05: Fog, drizzle to develop quickly as moisture arrives with mildest surge in 6 weeks

2009.02.05: Chicago's 18-below zero low temperature

2009.02.05: Check out these photos of the freeze in Lakeland, Florida

2009.02.05: Lake snow in Michigan City, Indiana

2009.02.05: More images of this week's monster storm in the Indiana lake snowbelt area

2009.02.04: Warming trend begins; Indiana digging out

2009.02.04: Temperatures surge 50 degrees with strongest warm-up in 2-plus months

2009.02.04: Valentine's Day 1990 snowstorm

2009.02.04: More Snow Pictures from Valparaiso

2009.02.03: Lake-snow nightmare hits parts of Indiana

2009.02.03: Biggest break in the cold since November just days away; snowpack to melt

2009.02.03: How cold January 2009 ranks among all months

2009.02.03: Lake-effect snow photos from Valparaiso

2009.02.03: Lake-effect snow in Indiana

2009.02.03: Robins in the far southwest suburbs earlier this week

2009.02.02: Lake snow builds before a big chill sets in

2009.02.02: Lunch hour and evening rush threatened by lake snow; big warm-up follows

2009.02.02: Weather on the 'Day the Music Died'

2009.02.02: A view from Montrose Harbor

2009.02.01: A wintry shot, then a milder, rainy weekend

2009.02.01: Despite Tuesday's snow, substantial weekend warm-up to shrink snowpack

2009.02.01: More on the cold January of 1982

2009.01.31: 10th coldest January closes with a month's high of 38 degrees

2009.01.31: Full illu-MOON-ation: A timetable of Chicago’s upcoming full moons

2009.01.31: Winter of 1920-21 was Chicago's least-snowy winter

2009.01.30: Weekend warms a bit as a cold January ends

2009.01.30: Eastern storm helps set up lake snow here; warm-up due late next week

2009.01.30: Chicago's greatest snow cover

2009.01.30: Ice storm

2009.01.30: Power outages continue downstate in the wake of the past week's ice and snow there

2009.01.29: Arctic chill in the air; warmer weekend ahead

2009.01.29: Weekend is warmer aloft than at ground; next week's storm track creeps west

2009.01.29: What is the nation's highest January reading?

2009.01.29: Sunrise in Elizabeth, Illinois

2009.01.28: 60 % of U.S. under snow; city gets 31st day of measurable snow

2009.01.28: Sunday temperatures break above freezing; northbound Gulf storm next week

2009.01.28: Snowfall after the "Big Snow" of 1967

2009.01.28: Wintry scene off Chicago's shoreline

2009.01.27: Lake plays role in snow at edge of huge storm

2009.01.27: Converging winds set up narrow but intense lake-effect 'snow plume'

2009.01.27: When January 1982 wasn't family-event friendly...

2009.01.27: Last week's snow in Lake Forest

2009.01.26: Chicago in for snow; heaviest blow goes south

2009.01.26: Models advertise a break in cold; other indicators are far less convincing

2009.01.26: Most consecutive days of snow cover

2009.01.26: Chicago's latest cold blast produces this "light pillar" --a vertical ray of light--an optical phenomenon not uncommon in arctic air

2009.01.26: The area's Largest Snowman??

2009.01.25: Traveling south of Chicago could be dicey

2009.01.25: Cold air maintains grip over Midwest and Great Lakes

2009.01.25: Robins as a sign of an early spring?

2009.01.24: Chicago to experience another week of below normal temperatures

2009.01.24: The "snowbelts" of the Great Lakes

2009.01.24: Ice formation behind car tires

2009.01.23: Expect coldest weekend in more than a year

2009.01.23: Rockies brace for 4-foot-plus snows; arctic high keeps snow south of area

2009.01.23: Snowstorm 'birthmarks'

2009.01.23: Beautiful Sunrise in St. Charles

2009.01.22: Arctic blast to send temperatures crashing

2009.01.22: 3,250-mile swath of winds from the North Pole behind Saturday’s cold

2009.01.22: Raining with a temperature of 12 degrees. How can this be?

2009.01.22: Wintry Chill Visits Florida

2009.01.21: Chicago gets taste of first mild surge in weeks

2009.01.21: Blockbuster Yukon high to send arctic air crashing into U.S. for weekend

2009.01.21: Frequency of 20 below or lower temps in Chicago

2009.01.21: Frozen frog prays for spring

2009.01.21: Sunrise in St. John, Indiana

2009.01.20: Tuesday's snow adds another benchmark

2009.01.20: Cold inauguration; Chicago's brief warm-up yields to cold blast, snowy spell

2009.01.20: 60s before the 1967 'Big Snow'

2009.01.20: Lake-effect snow in Indiana

2009.01.19: City to get brief break in 15th coldest winter

2009.01.19: Winter now 15th coldest in 139 years with new round of cold by weekend

2009.01.19: Reagan Inauguration--The coldest on record?"

2009.01.19: Lake effect snowfall in Portage, Indiana

2009.01.19: Reflective snow cover

2009.01.19: Fantastic snowflake close-ups

2009.01.19: Scenes from Anchorage, Alaska

2009.01.19: Recent puffy snowflakes glisten in the light

2009.01.19: Extraordinary frost on west suburban windows at the height of last week's bitter arctic siege

2009.01.18: A warming spell midweek, then cold returns

2009.01.18: Inauguration Day shaping up to be among the coldest in Washington

2009.01.18: The speed of clouds

2009.01.18: A symbol of winter: Icicles

2009.01.17: Heavy snows to the north Saturday, brief "warm-up" expected midweek

2009.01.17: The ups and downs of Chicago’s winter snowfall

2009.01.17: Hottest and coldest months ever recorded in Chicago

2009.01.16: Brutal chill to loosen its grip on Chicago area

2009.01.16: Density of cold air slows its retreat; 45 hours at near zero or lower at O'Hare

2009.01.16: 'Arctic Express' vs. 'Siberian Express'

2009.01.16: On the bright side, chills this brutal are rare

2009.01.16: Winds boost temperatures but blow snow late Friday; 2-4-inch snows Saturday?

2009.01.16: Instant cloud of 'vapor' Friday morning in Oshkosh, Wis.

2009.01.16: Lake Michigan on a cold morning

2009.01.16: A "look" at how cold it was this morning...

2009.01.16: Even the snowman says it's cold!

2009.01.15: How many days in the winter does the temperature here in Chicago drop to zero degrees or lower?

2009.01.15: Check it out--even the Fox River at St. Charles was "steaming" in the bitter cold Thursday morning

2009.01.15: Snow in Michigan's Upper Peninsula

2009.01.14: City's brutal subzero streak could end Friday

2009.01.14: Snowcover provides warmth-reflecting surface over which Arctic Express runs

2009.01.14: What date does Chicago's average temperatures start rising?

2009.01.14: Lots of snow shoveled in Naperville, Illinois

2009.01.14: Snow in Valparaiso, Indiana

2009.01.14: Snowflakes in Winfield, Indiana

2009.01.14: Snow pictures from Whiting, Indiana

2009.01.13: Coldest winter in 8 years to get even colder

2009.01.13: Brutal chill may include nearly 60 consecutive subzero hours; relief next week?

2009.01.13: What is greatest 24-hour snowfall and record low in Illinois?

2009.01.12: Snow flies about as bitter winds belt the city

2009.01.12: Blizzard watches Wednesday afternoon/night as stronger system approaches

2009.01.12: Defining blizzard conditions

2009.01.12: All of the recent snow stacks up in Naperville!

2009.01.11: Winter 2008-09 shaping up to be one of the worst

2009.01.11: Winter 2008-09: A throwback to the rugged winters of the late 1970s

2009.01.11: Remembering the winter of 1978-79

2009.01.10: More snow, then severe cold takes aim at city

2009.01.10: Upcoming cold wave threatens city with 1st subzero high in nearly 13 years

2009.01.10: The Blizzard of 1886

2009.01.09: Season becomes 2nd snowiest in 3 decades

2009.01.09: Brutal arctic cold to bring more snow, eye-catching barometric pressures

2009.01.09: Chicago's record barometric pressures

2009.01.09: Ice build-up along the Fox River this past weekend

2009.01.08: Snowfall across 32 hours could be heaviest yet

2009.01.08: Storm's snow to hit in two surges—and so will next week's cold blasts

2009.01.08: Longest streak below freezing

2009.01.07: Season's snowfall passes 2 feet--more on way

2009.01.07: Growing snowpack here clears way for brutal arctic blast next week

2009.01.07: Old vs. new windchill formulas

2009.01.07: Before the Forecast 1/7

2009.01.07: The Chugach Mountains and ice floes on Alaska’s Turnagain Arm near Anchorage

2009.01.07: Photos from the mammoth December icestorm which crippled the Northeast

2009.01.07:

2009.01.06: Winter is about to get a bit snowier, colder

2009.01.06: Shots of cold in coming days before core of arctic chill settles in next week

2009.01.06: Climatologists and Meteorologists

2009.01.06: An "Ice Dog" on the Lake Forest shoreline of Lake Michigan

2009.01.06: Hoar frost in Anchorage as Alaska shivers through bitterly cold temperatures

2009.01.05: First snow in more than a week heads our way

2009.01.05: Alaska's coldest air in years could make a move on lower 48 states next week

2009.01.05: Chicago's cold spell of 1983

2009.01.05: Before the Forecast 1/7

2009.01.05: Deep freeze in Alaska

2009.01.04: Snow Tuesday and Friday followed by arctic cold

2009.01.04: Next storm's snow-producing potential not likely to materialize in Chicago

2009.01.04: U.S. drought update

2009.01.03: Sun's closer, but can't keep the cold away

2009.01.03: Chicago's annual cycle of temperatures and daylight

2009.01.03: What is WMO?

2009.01.02: Rain for the weekend; wintry blast midweek

2009.01.02: A 1-2 punch in 2009s first week / Severe storms, flooding a year ago

2009.01.02: Can moons ... have moons?

2009.01.01: Storms, chill put shrill end to calm weather

2009.01.01: Two storms take aim at Chicago

2009.01.01: Chicago's last 10-inch snow event

2008.12.31: A prediction for the new year and beyond

2008.12.31: First storm of 2009 arrives late Saturday; second storm Tuesday

2008.12.31: Greatest consecutive days of measurable snow

2008.12.30: 2008 coming to an end on a cold note

2008.12.30: Chicago's seasonal snow so far among heaviest 20; Big snow looms midweek

2008.12.30: Low temperatures for the day

2008.12.29: 40-degree day closes with subzero chill

2008.12.29: Chicago's New Year kicks off with 1st of 2 arctic surges

2008.12.29: Recent cold weather and Global Warming arguments

2008.12.28: Weather will remain active, but less harsh

2008.12.28: December's record warmest temperatures

2008.12.28: Range of temperatures required for snow

2008.12.28: Saturday's warmth and resulting snowmelt brings flooding

2008.12.27: Chicago-area reeling from bizarre weather

2008.12.27: Wet and wild weekend sends 2008's precipitation total to all-time record

2008.12.27: December 2000 in Chicago: A whole season's snowfall in just one month!

2008.12.27: How can it rain at 26 degrees?

2008.12.27:

2008.12.26: Heavy rain and warmth will trigger flooding

2008.12.26: Snow disappears as mild air, thunderstorms roll in

2008.12.26: Why hurricanes can't be stopped

2008.12.25: Warm-up brings a severe threat of flooding

2008.12.25: Surging temperatures, heavy rain and flooding Saturday

2008.12.25: The origin of the 'Alberta clipper'

2008.12.25:

2008.12.24: Sleet, then rain as it gets milder after holiday

2008.12.24: Chicago's seasonal snow to date impressive, but next system brings rain

2008.12.24: Christmas in the 10 snowiest Chicago winters

2008.12.23: Icy mix leads to cold blast, then weekend thaw

2008.12.23: Chicago's wettest years

2008.12.23: Chicago's icy mix changes to heavy snowfall Wednesday afternoon

2008.12.23: Volcanoes on Jupiter's moons

2008.12.23:

2008.12.22:

2008.12.22: Single digits make rare show, then more snow

2008.12.22: Bitter chill eases, but December's 6th 2-inch-plus snow hits Tuesday

2008.12.22: Chicago's lowest average temperatures of the year in the weeks after the winter solstice

2008.12.21: As windchills ease, next snowstorm on its way

2008.12.21: Arctic cold marks winter solstice, but milder air follows after Christmas

2008.12.21: Don't eat snow!

2008.12.21:

2008.12.20: Dangerous wind chills hit Chicago Sunday

2008.12.20: If history is any indication--brace for a snowy winter, Chicago

2008.12.20: Atmosphere in the age of dinosaurs

2008.12.20: Thursday night's ice storm slams Macomb; may be the worst in 40 years

2008.12.19: Brutal chill to roar in on 40-plus m.p.h. winds

2008.12.19: Blast off Canadian tundra coldest in 11 months; brutally cold for Bears game

2008.12.19: Cold winters of the 1980s

2008.12.19: Before the Forecast 12/19

2008.12.19: More great ice storm photos from St. John, Ind.

2008.12.19: Bear Lake snow photos

2008.12.19: More Ice Storm Photos from Indiana

2008.12.19:

2008.12.18: Storm near peak as rush hour gets under way

2008.12.18: Season's most brutal chill to date due Sunday; subzero lows hit 2 weeks early

2008.12.18: Where to go to guarantee a white Christmas

2008.12.18: Latest Tom Skilling update on the winter storm that will affect the Chicago area tonight and Friday

2008.12.18: Before the Forecast: Dec. 18

2008.12.18:

2008.12.17: Ice, snow and thunder loom with latest storm

2008.12.17: Storm hits hard Thursday night and threatens Friday morning's rush hour

2008.12.17: Freezing the Great Lakes

2008.12.17: Tuesday afternoon and evening's snowstorm travel nightmare through the lens of the Tribune's John Smierciak

2008.12.17: Snow across the Las Vegas area

2008.12.17: A hawk in the snow

2008.12.17: Before the forecast 12/17

2008.12.17: Gold Coast snow scenes

2008.12.16: Season's biggest snow puts brakes on rush hour

2008.12.16: Next system may be 4 times wetter; concern over ice/snow potential grows

2008.12.16: Doppler radar and precipitation type

2008.12.16:

2008.12.16: Sunday night's 45-degree temperature drop

2008.12.16: Weather Blog Update--12/16/2008

2008.12.16: Update on the first day of our online 7-day forecast

2008.12.15: 75% of nation shivers; city faces 3-inch snow

2008.12.15: Cold temperatures mean incoming system to deliver 3-6 inches of snow

2008.12.15: Chicago's brutally cold weather

2008.12.15: Before the Forecast 12/15

2008.12.15: Patriotic snowmen last week in Elgin

2008.12.15: A recent snow near the Kankakee State Park

2008.12.14: Monday's icy blast just the start of wintry week

2008.12.14: Overnight's wall of cold paves way for icy roads; 3 shots of snow this week

2008.12.14: Blizzard vs. snowstorm

2008.12.13: Mild, windy weekend a tease before the snows

2008.12.13: Chicago's 'heart-attack' snowstorm: The thundersnow of Dec. 14-15, 1987

2008.12.13: Chicago's warmest Christmas

2008.12.12: Powerful winds push temperatures to the 50s

2008.12.12: Blizzard threatens Plains and Rockies; multiple snows here next week

2008.12.12: The frigid cold spell of Jan. 7-17, 1982

2008.12.12: Tonight's Full Moon as Seen from Chicago

2008.12.12: Before the Forecast 12/12

2008.12.11: Wild weather rides begins with a frigid Friday

2008.12.11: Sundayas powerhouse winds deliver 50s, but arctic air and snow will return

2008.12.11: December 1982 Chicago Bears game

2008.12.11: Before the Forecast 12/11

2008.12.11: Spectacular lenticular clouds hovering above Mt. Rainier

2008.12.10: Quick arctic shot arrives before milder air

2008.12.10: Weekend warm-up to be short-lived; cold, snowier pattern setting up next week

2008.12.10: 1965 Christmas Eve snow in Chicago

2008.12.10: Before the Forecast 12/10

2008.12.10: The chill has icicles hanging from the branches of this tree

2008.12.10: Snow-covered rooftops on Chicago's northwest side

2008.12.10: Here are scenes from Chicago's Edgewater neighborhood Wednesday morning in the wake of yesterday's snow

2008.12.09: City has 3rd highest season snow total since 1980

2008.12.09: Arctic blasts hits farther west boosting temperatures, precipitation here

2008.12.09: Chicago winters of 1975 through 1985

2008.12.09:

2008.12.09: Before the Forecast 12/09

2008.12.08: City having its 9th coldest December start

2008.12.08: First 40s in 2 weeks due Sunday; pattern shift suggesting volatile temps here

2008.12.08: Sunset on shortest day of the year

2008.12.08: Before the Forecast 12-08

2008.12.08: Check out this geomagnetic activity plot from our astronomer Dan Joyce

2008.12.08: Monday’s Wintry skies over Chicago's lakeshore

2008.12.07: Icy conditions, then worse in store for Chicago

2008.12.07: Sizing up Tuesday's storm: Mixed precipitation changes to snow

2008.12.07: Chicago's highest and lowest December temperatures

2008.12.06: Cold air sets stage for another round of snow

2008.12.06: Chicago's recent winter temperatures on an upward trend

2008.12.06: World's wettest and driest spots

2008.12.05: Only 25 of past 139 years have seen such cold air this early

2008.12.05: First signs of Midwest storm troubles on Tuesday could be brewing in Pacific

2008.12.05: Temperatures and snow

2008.12.05: Before the forecast

2008.12.04: Chicago-area in for a 2nd day of shivering

2008.12.04: Saturday and Monday-Tuesday snows could lead to impressive totals

2008.12.04: Winter humidity versus summer humidity

2008.12.04: Before the Forecast 12-4-08

2008.12.03: With arctic spigot open, it feels like February

2008.12.03: Snow a good bet Saturday; 2 week accumulation estimates remain elevated

2008.12.03: Where is the best place to get sunshine?

2008.12.03: Before the Forecast 12/3

2008.12.02: Wintry weather to tangle with evening rush hour

2008.12.02: Chicago to shiver in season's coldest day to date; cold blasts keep coming

2008.12.02: What is the smallest range of temperatures in a single day in Chicago?

2008.12.02: Snow scenes this morning from north suburban Deerfield, Illinois

2008.12.02: Before the Forecast 12-02

2008.12.02: Snow whitens the Scottish landscape

2008.12.02: Beautiful shots of Monday’s snow in Whiting, Indiana

2008.12.01: Strong winds to buoy Chicago temperatures

2008.12.01: Thursday/Friday arctic blast; models generate big 2-week snow tallies here

2008.12.01: Snow measurement accuracy

2008.12.01: Before the Forecast 12/1

2008.12.01: Chicago snow at Wacker and Randolph

2008.12.01: The sun rises looking from Evanston out over Lake Michigan this past Thursday

2008.12.01: "Winder wonderland" Monday

2008.12.01: Winter in the city after the season's first significant snow accumulation

2008.12.01: Scotland much of the UK are shivering

2008.11.30: December's wintry open follows soggiest fall

2008.11.30: City escapes major Sunday snow, but more could be on the way this week

2008.11.30: Chicago's winter of 1954-55

2008.11.29: Winter hits the ground running--into snow

2008.11.29: 30th anniversary of Chicago's worst winter on record: 1978-79

2008.11.29: How does "black ice" differ from regular ice?

2008.11.28: Snow-rain cocktail could be on way to city

2008.11.28: Four key factors make amount of snow that accumulates Sunday a dicey call

2008.11.28: Greatest spread between record high and low

2008.11.28: Before the Forecast 11/28

2008.11.27: Mild holiday weekend to end on snowy note

2008.11.27: Potential Sunday/Monday snow; active 2008 hurricane season ends Sunday

2008.11.27: Record low for Nov. 21

2008.11.27: Valdez, Alaska, picks up 13" of Thanksgiving Day snow--November total now in the Top 10 at 60"

2008.11.26: Thanksgiving weekend to have wintry close

2008.11.26: Storm over Midwest could lead to sticking snow Sunday into Monday

2008.11.26: Lightning during snowstorms

2008.11.26: Before the Forecast 11/26

2008.11.26: Halo above Fermilab in Batavia, Illinois this past Sunday afternoon (11/23/2008)

2008.11.25: November's average temperature takes a hit

2008.11.25: Respite from most extreme chill; Thanksgiving weekend could include snow

2008.11.25: What is Chicago's warmest day that has had measurable snow?

2008.11.25: Before the Forecast 11/25

2008.11.25: The International Space Station in the skies over Illinois

2008.11.24: Latest cold surge to ease up by Thanksgiving

2008.11.24: Key cold-weather indexes suggest colder than normal opening for December

2008.11.24: Boiling point of water and air pressure

2008.11.24: Before the Forecast 11/24

2008.11.24: Snow comes to Scotland in the UK

2008.11.24: Check out this snow owl in Ringwood, Illinois

2008.11.24: Snow accumulates Monday morning (11/24) in Algonquin and Chicago's northwest suburbs

2008.11.23: Falling temperatures will create a messy mix

2008.11.23: Cold front meshes with Chicago's Monday morning traffic

2008.11.23: The heavy rains of September 2008

2008.11.22: City's mild surge falls to wet snow, cold wave

2008.11.22: Chicago’s 10 greatest snowstorms

2008.11.22: Chicago's greatest number of rainy days, and greatest number of rainless days

2008.11.21: City's once-mild November takes a chilly turn

2008.11.21: Possible sticking snow and cold outbreak to follow Sunday's windy warm-up

2008.11.21: Thunderstorms in Hawaii

2008.11.21: Icy north winds toss Lake Michigan, generating impressive waves

2008.11.21: Before the Forecast 11/21

2008.11.21: Snowy La Porte Indiana

2008.11.21: The week's second lake-effect snow buries parts of the Indiana/Michigan snow belt under as much as 13.5"

2008.11.20: Say hello to chills that may hit single digits

2008.11.20: December-like chill to ease; monitoring 3 disturbances in coming week

2008.11.20: Sudden chill as in "The Day After Tomorrow"

2008.11.20: Check out the lake snows which have buried Michigan's Upper Peninsula; Up to 18 inches had fallen at Negaunee near Marquette by late Thursday!

2008.11.20: Before the Forecast 11-20-08

2008.11.19: City to shiver, Indiana, Michigan to shovel

2008.11.19: Cold surges to dominate next 2 weeks; prospects for sticking snow rise

2008.11.19: Recent heavy Chicago snows

2008.11.19: Before the Forecast 11/19

2008.11.19: Biggest November snow in 4 years blankets the Valparaiso University campus in Indiana Tuesday

2008.11.18: New arctic surge to be colder than the last

2008.11.18: Valparaiso's 10-inch snow the biggest in November since 2004

2008.11.18: Why do trees grow buds in the winter when it is so cold?

2008.11.18: Before and After Valparaiso's pre-dawn Tuesday snowstorm

2008.11.18: Before the Forecast 11/18

2008.11.18: Valparaiso in northern Indiana ends up ground-zero for overnight lake-effect snow

2008.11.17: December-like chill feeds lake-snow machine

2008.11.17: Break from cold Wednesday; new blast brings back Indiana/Michigan lake snow

2008.11.17: What day of the year is Chicago's snowiest day?

2008.11.17: Lake Effect Snow!

2008.11.17: Before the Forecast 11/17

2008.11.17: Lake snows hit sections of the Indiana/Michigan snow belt

2008.11.16: Area's 1st measurable snow right on schedule

2008.11.16: Wildfires burn in California; lake-effect snow on tap for Indiana, Michigan

2008.11.16: Dates of season's first snow

2008.11.15: Chilly weekend gives way to cold workweek

2008.11.15: The unprecedented early season cold wave of Nov. 16-17, 1959

2008.11.15: Florida's vulnerability to hurricanes

2008.11.14: Cold arrives; 50s gone with the northwest wind

2008.11.14: Strong winds fan California wildfires while wintry chill invades the Midwest

2008.11.14: Chicago's biggest November snowstorm

2008.11.14: Before the Forecast 11/14

2008.11.13: 50s fade as cold air blasts in for the weekend

2008.11.13: Gusty winds will deliver weekend chill; sticking snow by Thanksgiving?

2008.11.13: Graupel: Frozen precipitation that resembles tapioca

2008.11.13: Before the Forecast 11-13-08

2008.11.12: Chicago's chilliest weekend in 8 months

2008.11.12: Fast-charging arctic air hits Friday night, changes rain to snow; cold to linger

2008.11.12: How high up do Auroras form?

2008.11.12: Spectacular Northern Lights over Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada

2008.11.12:

2008.11.12: Before the Forecast 11/12

2008.11.12:

2008.11.11: Chill's demise sets stage for first 50s in a week

2008.11.11: Resurging chill hits Friday night; season's coldest air to date next week

2008.11.11: A cold Thursday, Nov. 7, 1991

2008.11.11: Before the Forecast 11/11

2008.11.11: Sharp cloud demarcation Tuesday morning as viewed from 33,000 ft. over Pennsylvania

2008.11.10: City shivers with earliest wintry spell in 13 years

2008.11.10: Cold backs off modestly--but resurges late week; hits even harder next week

2008.11.10: Chicago Thanksgiving snow storm Nov. 26-27, 1975

2008.11.10: Before the Forecast 11/10

2008.11.10: Despite some rainfall, extreme drought continues to take a heavy toll on Lake Hartwell on the South Carolina border with Georgia

2008.11.09: Enjoy the sun before clouds, cold take over

2008.11.09: Arctic air pours south into Midwest next weekend as jet stream buckles

2008.11.09: Chicago's 2008-09 winter outlook

2008.11.08: Weekend's chill extends through workweek

2008.11.08: Veterans Day weather in Chicago

2008.11.08: Environmental issues

2008.11.07: Chicago in for a weekend of shivers, snow

2008.11.07: Snows bury Plains but only swipe Chicago; flurries hardly rare this time of year

2008.11.07: Cloud seeding

2008.11.07: Before the Forecast 11/7

2008.11.07: Fall colors at Morton Arboretum

2008.11.07: Beautiful fall colors in Chicago

2008.11.06: Taste of winter is just around the corner

2008.11.06: Chilly pattern raises Midwest storm potential; two wet systems here next week

2008.11.06: Chicago's 70-degree minimum temps in October

2008.11.06: Before the Forecast 11-6-08

2008.11.06: Thursday's sunset near Mundelein

2008.11.06: Cold front’s ominous looking skies sweep the area in advance of temperature retreat

2008.11.06: Panoramic view of Hurricane Ike's destruction

2008.11.05: Storms signal end of November mild string

2008.11.05: Temperature-slashing transition next 2 days to include thunder then snow

2008.11.05: Jet contrails

2008.11.05: Before the Forecast 11/5

2008.11.05: This "sun dog" was observed Tuesday (11/4) over downstate Bloomington, Illinois

2008.11.04: Winds roar on what could be last day of 70s

2008.11.04: Sharp cool-off sets up stormy pattern expected to double normal precip tally

2008.11.04: Armistice Day storm, Nov. 11, 1940

2008.11.04: Before the Forecast 11/4

2008.11.03: Warm Election Day flirting with a record

2008.11.03: Stormy, chilly pattern targets Chicago late week; big 2-week precip tallies

2008.11.03: What weather is most conducive to avalanches?

2008.11.03: CHICAGO TUESDAY NOV. 4 ELECTION DAY WEATHER FORECAST AND OBAMA RALLY

2008.11.03: Before the forecast 11/3

2008.11.03: Chicago area fall colors in all their glory---at the Morton Arboretum and along

2008.11.03: Sunrises over the North Pole, just west of Nome, Alaska and over the Amazon Jungle from the cockpit of a Boeing-777

2008.11.02: Record highs within reach early this week

2008.11.02: Upper-flow jet stream pattern changes ahead

2008.11.02: Earthworms and wet weather

2008.11.02: Nov. 4 Election Day/Obama Rally Weather Forecast Update

2008.11.01: CHICAGO TUESDAY NOV. 4 ELECTION DAY WEATHER FORECAST

2008.11.01: Big warm-up followed by midweek cooldown

2008.11.01: Chicago's Election Day climatology and Tuesday's national weather outlook

2008.11.01: Chicago's autumn of 1871 and the great Chicago Fire

2008.10.31: After city basks in the 70s, cooler days ahead

2008.10.31: Pattern shift to send temps crashing to fall's chilliest levels yet late next week

2008.10.31: Chicago's 6-inch-plus snowfalls

2008.10.31: Before the Forecast 10/31

2008.10.31: ELECTION DAY WEATHER FORECAST AND OBAMA RALLY WEATHER UPDATE

2008.10.31: We've shown you his photos for years here--now meet pilot Anson Mount!

2008.10.30: Trick or treat: Warmest Halloween since 2000

2008.10.30: Converging winds ahead of late-day front could bring 70-degree high Friday

2008.10.30: Chicago's Summer 2008 rainfall compared to the rainiest places in the world?

2008.10.30: Before the Forecast 10/30

2008.10.30: Spectacular fall colors

2008.10.30:

2008.10.29: Mild string begins with first 60s in 11 days

2008.10.29: Record Florida chill in sharp contrast to Chicago's first 60s in 11 days

2008.10.29: Earliest measurable snow in Chicago

2008.10.29: Before the forecast 10/29

2008.10.29: Election day weather forecast

2008.10.28: Cold brings an early snow to parts of the East

2008.10.28: Mild temperatures here to yield to cooler, wetter pattern 1-2 weeks out

2008.10.28: Halloween rain over the past 50 years

2008.10.28: Before the Forecast 10/28

2008.10.28: Lake effect snow falls impressively in Saint John, Indiana Monday evening (10/27)

2008.10.28: Algonquin’s Ericson Marina n the Fox River and beneath Tuesday's beautiful autumn skies

2008.10.27: Coldest air since April prompts advisories

2008.10.27: Big temperature rebound could bring a 70-degree day to the city Thursday

2008.10.27: The warm Chicago Halloweens of 1933 and 1935

2008.10.27: Lake-effect graupel snow

2008.10.27: Another perspective on the shaft of precipitation evident from towering Sunday's frontal cumulus clouds

2008.10.27: Spectacular snow shaft from Plainfield, Ill Sunday Eminating from towering frontal cumulonimbus clouds

2008.10.27: Before the forecast 10/27

2008.10.27: Spectacular mammatus clouds late Sunday afternoon

2008.10.27: Fall colors at Starved Rock State Park in Utica, Illinois

2008.10.26: Autumn blown away by windy, wintry preview

2008.10.26: Strong winds usher in wintry chill and first snow of the season Sunday

2008.10.26: Two-inch-plus snows in Chicago

2008.10.25: Strong winds to blow chilly blast into town

2008.10.25: A stunning early start to winter: the record autumn snow of October 1967

2008.10.25: Hurricanes and the U.S. Pacific Coast

2008.10.24: Storms light up sky, pepper region with hail

2008.10.24: Wind gusts of 40 m.p.h.-plus Sunday afternoon/evening as arctic blast bears down on area

2008.10.24: Allergies: Ragweed vs. goldenrod

2008.10.24: Lightning over Montrose Harbor Friday evening

2008.10.24: Before the Forecast

2008.10.24: Friday's hail in Plano and across the Chicago area

2008.10.24: Beautiful fall photo from Wayne, Ill.

2008.10.24: Fall arrives in the Colorado Rockies

2008.10.23: Windy storm unleashes 1" rains downstate, targets Chicago with 0.50"+

2008.10.23: Coldest spell here in 6 months Monday-Tuesday but 70 degrees on Halloween

2008.10.23: Typhoons vs. hurricanes

2008.10.23: The Chicago skyline Thursday morning as observed from wind whipped Lake

2008.10.23: Before the forecast 10/23

2008.10.22: Gusty winds precede rain, late-week storm

2008.10.22: Storm lambastes Plains with snow and rain; could unleash 0.50-inch plus rains here

2008.10.22: Could you please explain what a front is?

2008.10.22: Before the forecast 10/22

2008.10.22: Fierce winds whip Scotland's north coast while while snow covers the region's mountaintops

2008.10.22: Tom Skilling and friends singing in the rain!

2008.10.21: West suburbs wake up to 2nd frosty morning

2008.10.21: Storm out west to weaken while crossing Chicago; two cold snaps ahead

2008.10.21: March 1942 tornado near Fairview in Fulton County Ill.

2008.10.21: Before the Foreast 10/21

2008.10.21: Cloud formation stunning in its appearance as an eagle

2008.10.21: Fall scenes from northwest Indiana

2008.10.21: Tuesday rainbow

2008.10.21: Lake effect rain showers set up this spectacular rainbow over the lunch hour Tuesday

2008.10.20: Chilly air + 60-degree water = lake-effect rain

2008.10.20: Complex late-week storm to take days to traverse Midwest closer

2008.10.20: Tornado dangers and high rises

2008.10.20: Aerial view over Lake Michigan Monday before the rains arrived

2008.10.20: Before the forecast 10/20

2008.10.20: Weekend altocumulus clouds over the Fox Valley

2008.10.20: Rain shaft-induced rainbow over Melrose Park early Saturday

2008.10.20: Spectacular views of Greenland’s ice sheet and icebergs in adjacent waters

2008.10.19: Weather heads for late-fall mode: Dreary, cool

2008.10.19: October 2008 appears headed for a cool, damp departure in Chicago

2008.10.19: From sunset to total darkness

2008.10.18: Temperatures peak Sunday, then start to slide

2008.10.18: Late-autumn warm spell infrequent--but still possible

2008.10.18: Fall 90-degree temperatures in Chicago

2008.10.17: Friday clouds/rain behind fall 2008's chilliest temp in otherwise mild October

2008.10.17: After Sunday's 70 degrees, cool surges and wetter pattern dominate rest of month

2008.10.17: Snow during the World Series

2008.10.17: Before the forecast 10/17

2008.10.17: Beautiful Fall Snapshots from Waterfall Glen

2008.10.16: Only the 2nd below-60-degree day of autumn

2008.10.16: Fastest cooling period of year doesn’t preclude 70-degree day Sunday

2008.10.16: Thunderstorm outflow winds

2008.10.16: Before the Forecast 10-16

2008.10.15: Chilliest back-to-back days in nearly 5 months

2008.10.15: Weather records emphatic: Chicago hasn’t recorded season’s last 70° yet

2008.10.15: When was the last time there was measurable snow in Chicago in November?

2008.10.15: Before the forecast 10/15

2008.10.15: 2008's Fall Colors in Maine

2008.10.15: Tuesday evening’s Hunter’s Moon as viewed from Arlington Heights

2008.10.15: Winter 2008's underway in Interior Alaska

2008.10.14: Heaviest rains in a week bring May-like chill

2008.10.14: Chilly air hits in waves next 2 weeks; Omar to become Category 2 hurricane

2008.10.14: Lightning in hurricanes

2008.10.14: Full moon over Montrose Harbor Tuesday night

2008.10.14: Chicago area fall colors

2008.10.14: Before the Forecast 10/14

2008.10.14: Check out these spectacular fall colors photographed in northwest suburban Busse Woods Tuesday

2008.10.14: Morning on the farm

2008.10.14: Tuesday morning’s “divided” sky

2008.10.13: From record heat to frost in less than a week

2008.10.13: Transition to winter underway: snowpack starts to build, temps plunge here

2008.10.13: Chicago's latest date for 80-degree day

2008.10.12: Sunday's sizzle: Warmest day here in 5 weeks

2008.10.12: Chicago's weekend warmth on borrowed time as winter revs up in West

2008.10.12: Memorable October snow in 1952

2008.10.12: Oct. 12: Snowy 2006 vs. summery 2008

2008.10.12: Winter comes to the West

2008.10.11: For 2nd straight year, heat greets marathoners

2008.10.11: The hunt for wet October: A 54-year retrospective of the floods of 1954

2008.10.11: How often has Chicago moved its official site for weather records?

2008.10.10: Friday evening sunset in Door County, Wis.

2008.10.10: Don't expect a weekend this warm for a while

2008.10.10: Weekend temps up 20 degrees vs. 2007; more tolerable temps for marathon

2008.10.10: Frost when temperatures are above 32 degrees

2008.10.10: Before the forecast 10/10

2008.10.10: The fall colors are out in all their glory across northern Wisconsin

2008.10.09: Weekend before Columbus Day a warm one

2008.10.09: Plunging temps end West's warmth, prompt storm with big snows/cold rain

2008.10.09: Did Mrs. O'Leary's cow really start the Chicago fire?

2008.10.09: Before the forecast 10/9

2008.10.08: 5 straight days of highs in the 70s a possibility

2008.10.08: Fall storm to drench Plains with 1-2 months of rain; Rockies brace for big snows

2008.10.08: Chicago's sunniest and cloudiest months

2008.10.08: Before the forecast 10/8

2008.10.08: It's Autumn Time in Waupaca, Wisconsin!

2008.10.08: The season's first snow--2.3 inches of it--whitens Valdez, Alaska Tuesday (Oct. 6)

2008.10.07: Rain tops inch in spots, making '08 wettest fall

2008.10.07: Cold crashes into West threatening big snows; sets stage for Chicago warm-up

2008.10.07: Could you characterize the summers of the 1950s?

2008.10.07: Before the Forecast 10/7

2008.10.07: Squalls sweep the Orlando, Florida area today

2008.10.07: Fall colors putting in an appearance near Maple Lake in Hickory Hills

2008.10.07: Lightning strike a week ago Monday leaves this hole in Newark, Illinois

2008.10.06: Warm-up interrupts chilly opening to October

2008.10.06: Pattern shift driving Midwest warm-up pumps up projected Chicago rains

2008.10.06: Forecasting Chicago's official daily high/low temperatures

2008.10.06: Before the forecast 10/6

2008.10.06: Thunderstorm bears down on Orlando, Florida Monday

2008.10.05: Milder temperatures, plenty of rain this week

2008.10.05: Rainy midweek storm system douses the nation's midsection

2008.10.05: Ragweed pollen count on the rise

2008.10.04: Milder temperatures, wetter weather ahead

2008.10.04: Chicago's winter weather outlook: Milder with near-normal precipitation

2008.10.04: Lightning over volcanoes

2008.10.03: Temperatures begin to rise later this weekend

2008.10.03: Chicago in transition zone as blocking pattern shifts

2008.10.03: Cloud cover over the Great Lakes

2008.10.02: 1 more day of chills before turnabout begins

2008.10.02: Brief warming trend bucks seasonal cooling

2008.10.02: Why does the sky turn green before a tornado comes?

2008.10.01: Seasonal cooling trend accelerates in October

2008.10.01: Season's chilliest air to date and Chicago area's first frost arrives Friday

2008.10.01: Can carbon dioxide become 'snow'?

2008.09.30: An autumnal weather treat: Lake-effect rain

2008.09.30: Early-season chill and warm Lake Michigan water to produce lake-effect rain

2008.09.30: Shooting missiles into tornadoes?

2008.09.29: Chilliest day since May

2008.09.29: Chicago’s wet September ends on chilly note

2008.09.29: Unusual use of weather information

2008.09.29: Orange Iraqi skies

2008.09.28: Rain, below-normal chill blasting into area

2008.09.28: Hurricane Kyle brushes Maine, weakens and heads north across Nova Scotia

2008.09.28: Chicago's normal temperatures

2008.09.27: Initial stage of Chicago-area cool-down begins

2008.09.27: Midwest fall colors

2008.09.27: Weather myths

2008.09.26: One more summery day, then bottom falls out

2008.09.26: Kyle brings flooding rains to Northeast; downturn in temps here next week

2008.09.26: Relative humidity when it rains

2008.09.25: Summery weekend, then autumn marches in

2008.09.25: Fluctuating temperatures for Midwest; rainy and windy for eastern U.S.

2008.09.25: Why do hurricanes cause coastal flooding?

2008.09.24: Thunderstorms wallop some northwest suburbs

2008.09.24: Cool plunge to slash temps 25 degrees, spin up sluggish rainy upper storm

2008.09.24: If this September's deluge was snow...

2008.09.24: Before the forecast 9/24

2008.09.24: Downpours hit the northwest suburbs Wednesday afternoon

2008.09.23: Think Wednesday's warm? It was 90 a year ago

2008.09.23: Winds and waves batter the East Coast; Chill to hit here next week

2008.09.23: Headline storm before the Blizzard of January 1967.

2008.09.23: Before the Forecast 9/23

2008.09.22: Late-season string of 80s working toward a record

2008.09.22: Warmth into weekend followed by sharp temperature downturn

2008.09.22: Do hurricanes form in the South Atlantic?

2008.09.22: Before the forecast 9/22

2008.09.22: "Sun Dogs" over Rolling Meadows Friday

2008.09.21: Autumn's first week will feel a lot like summer

2008.09.21: September heads for a warm, dry exit -- so monthly rain records appear safe

2008.09.21: Chicago's greatest 24-hour rainfall

2008.09.20: As summer comes to an end, a mild week ahead

2008.09.20: Autumnal equinox: Sign of colder air outbreaks on the horizon

2008.09.20: Length of Earth's daylight and darkness

2008.09.19: Get Enlightened with Tom Skilling at the Museum of Science and Industry

2008.09.19: Storm threat clouds a mostly rain-free weekend

2008.09.19: Fast westerly jet stream shears Canadian chill eastward before it reaches Chicago

2008.09.19: Lake Michigan water temperatures

2008.09.19: Before the Forecast 9/19

2008.09.19: Warm, sunny weather graces Wales in the U.K.

2008.09.18: Summer's closing weekend to be drier than last

2008.09.18: First autumn colors and tumbling lake temps underscore seasonal change

2008.09.18: Chicago's calendar-day record rainfall

2008.09.18: Before the Forecast

2008.09.18: Autumn is in the air in the North Woods; the color change begins in northern Wisconsin!

2008.09.18: 25 mile wide dust storm bears down on Peoria, Arizona on September 11th

2008.09.18: Great shot from Chicago of this week's full moon

2008.09.17: City enjoys only its 3rd 80-degree day this month

2008.09.17: Warmth to stage a comeback; thunderstorms possible on Sunday

2008.09.17: What tropical cyclone holds the record for longevity?

2008.09.17: Before the Forecast

2008.09.16: Weekend deluge raises level of Lake Michigan

2008.09.16: Shifting winds drop temps Thursday but warmth dominates rest of month

2008.09.16: Origin cold and warm front symbols

2008.09.16: Hobart flooding

2008.09.16: Before the Forecast

2008.09.15: 2 tropical storms teamed up for a rare deluge

2008.09.15: Seasonal cooling across the Arctic setting the stage for Chicago warm-up

2008.09.15: Frequency of Chicago rainfall from hurricane remnants

2008.09.15: Beaver Pond flooding in Bartlett, Ill.

2008.09.15: Minooka area flooding

2008.09.15: Water from Salt Creek in the Elmhurst Stone Quarry

2008.09.15: Flood photos from Des Plaines

2008.09.15: Before the Forecast

2008.09.15: Northwest suburban Streamwood hit hard by flood waters

2008.09.15: Our observer Patrick Skach in Oak Brook sends us this photo of a chipmunk staying our the rain Sunday!

2008.09.15: This past weekend's horrific flooding in River Forest

2008.09.14: More pictures from after the deluge

2008.09.14: Rain finally lets up, but major flooding continues

2008.09.14: Gustav and Ike boost 2008 to Chicago's wettest ever to this point

2008.09.14: Hurricane Ike's storm surge

2008.09.13: Record rainfall and flooding swamp the Chicago area

2008.09.13: Extensive flooding reported as record rain hits

2008.09.13: Hurricane storm surge: Ike's most deadly threat

2008.09.13: Chicago's hottest day after Labor Day

2008.09.12: Waves of downpours to make for a wet weekend

2008.09.12: Hurricane Ike lambastes Texas, threatens big weekend rain totals here

2008.09.12: Wave set-up and hurricanes

2008.09.12: Before the Forecast

2008.09.11: September to get wetter as Ike remnants move in

2008.09.11: Hurricane forecasts paint near worst case scenario for Houston/Galveston area

2008.09.11: Who decides to sound tornado sirens in the Chicago area?

2008.09.11: Before the Forecast

2008.09.10: Humid air to set stage for thundery downpours

2008.09.10: Thunderstorms to deliver area’s third big September rain in waves

2008.09.10: Rising and setting moon

2008.09.10: Before the Forecast

2008.09.09: Temperature rebound returns summer to city

2008.09.09: Wet September could get wetter as another big Midwest rain takes shape

2008.09.09: How did meteorologists track hurricanes before satellites?

2008.09.09: Before the Forecast

2008.09.08: Monday's deluge makes it 2nd wettest September

2008.09.08: Indications grow that Texas is late-week target of reinvigorated Hurricane Ike

2008.09.08: Who put out the first hurricane forecast, and when?

2008.09.08: Before the Forecast

2008.09.07: More rain, coolest weather since late May on way

2008.09.07: So far, Ike following in the footsteps of some of history's biggest hurricanes

2008.09.07: Cape Verde hurricanes

2008.09.06: Week expected to start out on a cool, wet note

2008.09.06: September 1939: A hot, dry finish to a heat-starved summer

2008.09.06: The eye of a hurricane

2008.09.05: Weekend to be 20 degrees cooler than a week ago

2008.09.05: Autumnlike weekend here as Southeast braces for Ike's arrival next week

2008.09.05: Atlantic vs. Pacific hurricane activity: Which is stronger?

2008.09.05: Before the Forecast

2008.09.04: Gustav's remnants bring Chicago area more than 3 inches of rain

2008.09.04: Disorganized Hanna pales in comparison to growing threat of Hurricane Ike

2008.09.04: Harmattan winds and Atlantic Basin hurricanes

2008.09.04: Before the Forecast 9/4

2008.09.03: Gustav remnants may dump buckets of rain in Chicago

2008.09.03: Chicago's first brush with hurricane remnants since 2005; Atlantic remains active

2008.09.03: Hurricanes and lightning

2008.09.03: Before the Forecast

2008.09.03: This rainshaft near Mundelein Wednesday precedes downpours headed this way with Hurricane Gustav’s remnants

2008.09.03: Take in the beauty of coastal Alaska through these marvelous photos!

2008.09.02: Rains on the way alter hottest day of the year

2008.09.02: Gustav’s remnants could deliver a month’s rain in only days

2008.09.02: Multiple coexisting named storms

2008.09.02: The tops of Tuesday evening’s thunderheads featuring mammatus cloud beneath the anvil

2008.09.02: Beautiful Tuesday sunset

2008.09.02: Cirrus clouds off Gustav invade the airspace downstate

2008.09.02: Thunderstorms erupt across Chicago's south and west suburbs

2008.09.02: Before the Forecast

2008.09.01: Gustav remnants could end Chicago area's dry spell

2008.09.01: Gustav remnants may bring rain to parts of the Midwest later this week

2008.09.01: 100-degree highs in Chicago

2008.09.01: This Mt. Auburn, Ill., sunset and others worldwide unusually colorful in the wake of the Aug. 7 eruption of Kasatochi volcano in Alaska

2008.08.31: Holiday continues streak of heat, low humidity

2008.08.31: Hurricane Gustav threatens Louisiana coast

2008.08.31: Salt in hurricane rains?

2008.08.30: Warmest Labor Day in 25 years is a possibility

2008.08.30: 2008 poised to enhance September's reputation as hurricane 'prime time'

2008.08.30: What constitutes a sunny day?

2008.08.29: Spectacular weekend closes out a sunny August

2008.08.29: Gustav the first of two U.S. hurricane threats; cooler days a week away here

2008.08.29: The tropical cyclone name game

2008.08.28: Chicago in for a rain-free Labor Day weekend

2008.08.28: Hyperactive tropics put brakes on U.S. weather systems; air to warm, stagnate here

2008.08.28: Have two tropical cyclones have ever run into each other?

2008.08.28: Before the Forecast 8/28

2008.08.27: Late day thunderstorms could break dry streak

2008.08.27: A second New Orleans hurricane in just 3 years would defy the averages

2008.08.27: Has a tropical storm's name ever been retired?

2008.08.27: Before the Forecast 8/27

2008.08.26: Chicago in driest 22-day August stretch in 45 years

2008.08.26: Rendezvous with warm Loop Current could turn Gustav into Gulf monster

2008.08.26: What comes first: thunder or lightning?

2008.08.26: Before the Forecast

2008.08.26: A tornado dips from these angry Colorado skies near Parker on Sunday

2008.08.26: London, Winchester Cathedral and the Cliffs of Dover in the UK beneath the bright summer sun

2008.08.25: Farmers Almanac's prediction isn't final word

2008.08.25: 2008 season in overdrive as Gustav forms in Caribbean; sub par rain here

2008.08.25: When to expect Chicago's first high temperatures below 70 degrees

2008.08.25: Here was the view just past sunset Saturday from the Fox Valley

2008.08.25: Before the Forecast 8/25

2008.08.25: The same effect—post sunset shadows from distant thunderheads---as observed from Spin Lake west of downstate Danvers, Illinois

2008.08.25: Distant cloud tops block sunlight and create this effect at sunset last week

2008.08.25: Late season dry weather playing havoc with some corn in lighter central Illinois soils

2008.08.24: Meteorological summer to end on cooler note

2008.08.24: First signs of fall as summer ebbs here; Fay's rains may relieve drought areas

2008.08.24: Chicago flood of August 1987

2008.08.23: Clear and cool in Chicago while heavy rains continue over southeast U.S.

2008.08.23: Killer hurricanes in the Western Hemisphere, 1492-2008

2008.08.23: Hurricane dissipation over land

2008.08.22: Before the Forecast

2008.08.22: Conditions are ripe for storms to make a splash

2008.08.22: Fay continues generating heavy rain; 'pooling' dew points support t-storms here

2008.08.22: Tropical storm names

2008.08.21: Muggiest air in 2-plus weeks could fuel storms

2008.08.21: Fay's stunning rains fall short of country's wettest tropical cyclones

2008.08.21: Summer of 1943 Midwest Flooding

2008.08.21: Before the Forecast

2008.08.21: Beautiful sunset shots from the South Elgin area Wednesday evening

2008.08.21: Thursday morning's sunrise over Waukegan

2008.08.20: 3 weeks since last big rain, storms are on the way

2008.08.20: Fay threatens new rain tallies; moist atmosphere could mean downpours here

2008.08.20: How far north has a hurricane ever moved?

2008.08.20: Before the Forecast

2008.08.19: Cooler August remains uncommonly comfortable

2008.08.19: Warm Atlantic and Fay’s imminent slowdown raising specter of big flooding

2008.08.19: Tornadoes and windows

2008.08.19: Before the Forecast: August 19!

2008.08.18: Resurging humidity, late week thunderstorms

2008.08.18: Fay’s rains top 6 inches Monday; future track murky due to light winds aloft

2008.08.18: Lake Michigan Storm of July 19, 1983

2008.08.18: Before the Forecast

2008.08.17: August started soggy, but a dry spell has lingered

2008.08.17: Florida braces for Fay's arrival -- could its remnants be Chicago-bound?

2008.08.17: St. Elmo's Fire

2008.08.16: 80s return to Chicago as Fay threatens Florida

2008.08.16: Lack of heat in summer of 2008 may be one for the record books

2008.08.16: Stanley Idaho coldest in the nation

2008.08.16: Meteors pay a visit during beautiful weekend

2008.08.15: Rockies' rains could have been ours; path key to strength of Tropical Storm Fay

2008.08.15: Hurricane season update

2008.08.15: Before The Forecast 8/15

2008.08.15: Great shots of Tuesday evening's funnel cloud in northwest Indiana in the Cedar Lake/Lowell area

2008.08.14: Sky's the limit for Air and Water Show weather

2008.08.14: U. S. hurricane forecasters wary of new system, while rain’s arrival here delayed

2008.08.14: Rainfall during tornadoes

2008.08.14: Monsoon-driven thunderstorms sweep Fountain Hills, Arizona Thursday

2008.08.14: Before the Forecast

2008.08.13: 2 northwest suburbs given a selective drenching

2008.08.13: Changing pattern to bring muggy, warmer, sporadically stormy weather

2008.08.13: Has Chicago ever had a year without a 90?

2008.08.13: Rainbow follows Wednesday’s evening scattered but heavy downpours

2008.08.13: Before the Forecast 8/13

2008.08.13: A look back at spectacular photos of the powerhouse squall line shown sweeping the NASCAR nationwide qualification and Sprint Cub at Chicagoland Speedway, Joliet, Illinois

2008.08.13: A different perspective on Tuesday evening’s Cedar Lake, Indiana funnel cloud

2008.08.13: More photos of Tuesday evening’s funnel cloud over northwest Indiana

2008.08.13: Happy 30th Anniversary, Tom!

2008.08.12: 21st Century has had fewest 90-degree days since 1930

2008.08.12: Southbound Canadian cool air to set stage for late-month warmth, storms

2008.08.12: Chicago humidity vs. Florida

2008.08.12: Another shot of the funnel cloud spotted over Cedar Lake, Indiana Tuesday evening

2008.08.12: Funnel clouds over Lowell, Indiana Tuesday evening

2008.08.12: Before the Forecast 8/12

2008.08.12: Incredible Viewer Video

2008.08.11: System keeping us cool also pounded Nebraska

2008.08.11: Weekend weather depends on evolution of storm; warmth hinted longer range

2008.08.11: Who coined the term, "global warming"?

2008.08.11: Before the Forecast, Aug. 11

2008.08.11: Did you realize pink flamingos can fly?? Last Monday’s storm made it easy for this one!

2008.08.10: Rain could be a major presence during the week

2008.08.10: Complications to unusual upper-air pattern develop this week

2008.08.10: Automobiles and carbon dioxide

2008.08.09: Seasonal temperatures likely to linger a bit

2008.08.09: Lake breeze and urban 'heat island' enhance downpours over Chicago

2008.08.09: Double rainbows

2008.08.08: Arrival of cold front raises thunderstorm threat

2008.08.08: Hot, muggy weather for Beijing Olympics, but heat in short supply here

2008.08.08: Changing Winds With Altitude

2008.08.08: Before the Forecast

2008.08.07: Michigan waterspouts so near and yet so far-out

2008.08.07: Seasonal sunshine cutback under way; disturbances to swipe area with rain

2008.08.07: Chicago's 90-degree days

2008.08.07: Before the Forecast

2008.08.07: Thursday's South Haven, Michigan waterspout---a different perspective

2008.08.07: A waterspout off South Haven, Michigan photographed at 1:15 pm Thursday Chicago time

2008.08.06: Northwest flow wrings out the muggy air--for now

2008.08.06: Humidities way down but spotty t-storms to bubble up afternoons/evenings

2008.08.06: Thunderstorms put on quite a show Wednesday evening as they roll off Lake Michigan in the area from Holland to Grand Rapids, Michigan

2008.08.06: Does sunset occur when the sun first touches the horizon or when it dips below it?

2008.08.06: Before the Forecast Aug 6

2008.08.06: Even more storm pictures from Monday night

2008.08.05: Triple-threat storm: Rain, lightning and 3 twisters

2008.08.05: Downpours propel Summer 2008 to 10th wettest in 137 years; cooler, drier pattern ahead

2008.08.05: Has hail ever caused death?

2008.08.05: Before the Forecast

2008.08.05: Monday evening's Iowa/northwestern Illinois derecho

2008.08.05: More damage photos from Monday evening's storms

2008.08.05: Last night's phenomenal storms in pictures--with thanks for all who were good enough to get them to us

2008.08.05: Even more storm photos

2008.08.05: More storm photos from Monday night

2008.08.04: Storm packs hurricane-force wind, lightning blitz

2008.08.04: Storms tower to 67,000 ft., race across area at 60 m.p.h. with trail of damage

2008.08.04: Could a hurricane be broken up by a big explosion in its eye?

2008.08.04: Troubled skies over Plainfield Monday evening

2008.08.04: Monday night's storms

2008.08.04: Before the Forecast

2008.08.04: Monday morning's thunderstorms

2008.08.04: Wind-tossed mammatus-type clouds accompany Mondayas storms into west suburban Bedford Park, Illinois

2008.08.04: Monday morning's storms moving in on Waukegan Airport

2008.08.03: Week starts muggy but should end refreshingly

2008.08.03: Clouds and storms to temper heat here Monday while Downstate broils

2008.08.03: 1976 College All-Star Football Game

2008.08.02: Heat, humidity rise as the weekend fades away

2008.08.02: Aug. 3, 2003: Severe storms hit Chicago area, flooding the northwest side

2008.08.02: What would Earth's weather be like without the influence of the moon?

2008.08.01: Lake breezes behind storms, cool start to weekend

2008.08.01: Blast of heat to hit Monday, threatens thunderstorms starting late Sunday

2008.08.01: Weather Forecast Accuracy

2008.08.01: More shots of the Indiana storms

2008.08.01: Another view of the Indiana thunderstorms

2008.08.01: Line of thunderstorms south of Winfield, Indiana

2008.08.01: Before the Forecast

2008.08.01: Glimpses of Northern Ireland and its rugged Atlantic coastline

2008.08.01: The underside of one of the anvils off Friday morning's thunderstorms

2008.07.31: Brewed in Canada, storm packed a punch here

2008.07.31: Comfortable Saturday--but brutally hot weather is due here Monday

2008.07.31: Children's fear of weather

2008.07.31: Before the Forecast

2008.07.31: Thursday's derecho as it passed over Creston, Illinois

2008.07.31: More storm photos

2008.07.31: Thursday afternoon's storms

2008.07.31: Severe Weather Update - July 31, 2008

2008.07.30: South suburban storms cut in on sunshiny July

2008.07.30: Impressive heat by Monday; cooling next week could hit with big rainfalls

2008.07.30: Stormy July and August 2003 in Chicago

2008.07.30: Wednesday afternoon's thunderstorms as seen from Yorkville

2008.07.30: Before the Forecast

2008.07.29: Downstate deluges dance around Chicago area

2008.07.29: Year's hottest air targeting area Sunday/Monday; Week #2 may turn rainy

2008.07.29: The driest state in the U.S.

2008.07.29: Majestic Wisconsin Thunderhead

2008.07.29: Before the Forecast 7/29

2008.07.29: Ground fog shrouds suburban Busse Woods Monday

2008.07.28: Lack of big rains has area feeling a little parched

2008.07.28: Tuesday's 90-degree-high highest here in two weeks; summer's hottest temps yet this weekend

2008.07.28: Optimal thermometer placement

2008.07.28: Before the Forecast

2008.07.27: City's shot at 90s Tuesday may be derailed by thunderstorms

2008.07.27: Remnants of Dolly still soaking the Southwest as severe storms blast Iowa

2008.07.27: Funnel in the White City

2008.07.26: July ending on a summery, not sizzling, note

2008.07.26: Hot city nights: Chicago's 28 minimum temperatures in the 80s

2008.07.26: No tornado-free states in the U.S.

2008.07.25: Extra 3 trillion gallons of water in Lake Michigan

2008.07.25: Storms roll into Midwest in 3 periods, riding jet stream anchored by Plains heat

2008.07.25: Highest thunderstorm tops

2008.07.25: Cottony summertime cumulus viewed from 7,000 feet over central Wisconsin

2008.07.25: Before the Forecast

2008.07.25: Snow whitens northern Alaska's western Brooks Range earlier this week; the transition to late summer is underway in the arctic

2008.07.24: Midwest's growing crops help boost humidities

2008.07.24: Temperatures to trend higher; 40 percent of our hottest temps occur after July 25

2008.07.24: Do lightning rods ATTRACT lightning?

2008.07.24: Before the Forecast

2008.07.23: Dolly roars into Texas as a mega-rain producer

2008.07.23: Gulf hurricanes infamous for tornadoes; south Texas hit by 12-inch rains

2008.07.23: Rip currents and undertow are two entirely different water transport features

2008.07.23: Before the Forecast

2008.07.22: Chicago gets its coolest weather in nearly 3 weeks

2008.07.22: Hurricane playing a role in Southern heat—big rains keep south of Chicago

2008.07.22: Which weekends in July and August is it least likely to rain?

2008.07.22: Before the Forecast

2008.07.22: Monday evening's storms in Peoria/Bloomington

2008.07.22: Take a look at this—a Caribbean thunderstorm last week spins up this funnel cloud on Grand Cayman

2008.07.21: Cooler, less humid in city, Dolly heads for Texas

2008.07.21: Drier pattern here contrasts with strengthening Dolly heading for Texas

2008.07.21: Ranking Illinois annual rainfall

2008.07.21: Before the Forecast

2008.07.21: This morning's storm hit Iroquois County

2008.07.20: Cooler week in store for city after muggy weekend

2008.07.20: Chicago dries out as Gulf, Atlantic coasts soak

2008.07.20: The dog days of summer

2008.07.19: Chicago faces more thunderstorms and another round of heat and humidity today

2008.07.19: Kicking it up a notch: A look at Chicago’s 100-degree days

2008.07.19: Retiring hurricane storm names

2008.07.18: Heavy downpours scattered across Chicago area

2008.07.18: Mackinac boat race conditions

2008.07.18: Lake Michigan water evaporation

2008.07.18: Pre-midday downpours erupt in Chicago's northern suburbs

2008.07.17: Clouds to prevent 4th 90-degree day in Chicago

2008.07.17: Moisture laden atmosphere primed for big rains; heaviest totals may be near

2008.07.17: Before the Forecast

2008.07.16: Heat, humidity charging back after brief pullback

2008.07.16: Converging winds, tropical moisture set stage for big Midwest weekend rains

2008.07.16: Why so many late night thunderstorms?

2008.07.16: SUMMER SUNSET ACROSS THE LAKE IN MICHIGAN

2008.07.16: Before the Forecast 7/16

2008.07.15: Summer heat is on and may last into weekend

2008.07.15: Warmth aloft limits storms here; repetitive rains drench areas west/north

2008.07.15: 5-day rainfall estimate

2008.07.15: Why can you hear thunder so long after a lightning bolt?

2008.07.15: Before the Forecast 7/15

2008.07.14: String of 90-degree days nearly 5 weeks overdue

2008.07.14: Warmth, healthy rainfall to dominate July's remaining 2 weeks

2008.07.14: What month is Chicago's rainiest?

2008.07.14: Before the Forecast 7/14

2008.07.14: A high-rise view of two spectacular cloud to ground lightning strikes with overnight storms past midnight Friday night

2008.07.13: Hot, humid dog days of summer finally arrive

2008.07.13: Warmth this week, then cooler next week

2008.07.13: Why wet skin feels cold

2008.07.12: 90-degree heat, humidity will dominate midweek

2008.07.12: Derechos: No strangers to Chicago

2008.07.12: Dust devil whirlwinds

2008.07.11: Lake breezes restrict 90s to southwest suburbs

2008.07.11: Pattern slashes humidity Sunday, but brings it back with heat/storms next week

2008.07.11: Underpasses and storm safety

2008.07.11: Before the Forecast

2008.07.11: Round-Up of Thursday's Storm Pictures

2008.07.11: You don't see this everyday: Anvil lightning and a rainbow in the wake of Thursday evening's storm

2008.07.11: Funnel cloud over Hickory Hills around 8 p.m. Thursday

2008.07.11: Unique airborne views of Thursday evening's derecho racing southeastward across the Chicago area

2008.07.11: Day turns to night as storm's 48,000 ft. tall clouds arrive Thursday evening

2008.07.11: Thursday's storm clouds as captured by WGN's very own Pam Moralde

2008.07.11: NIU Professor Walker Ashley shares these remarkable images of Thursday's storms with us

2008.07.11: Storm Chaser Chad Cowan shares these shots of eyecatching approach of Thursday's derecho

2008.07.11: Turbulent skies with storm's arrival in Whiting, Indiana, Thursday evening

2008.07.11: Thanks to our former WGN-TV weather intern Patrick Korellis for this shot of Thursday evening's storm

2008.07.11: A lot of "turning and churning" as skies turn ominous and squall line

2008.07.11: Turbulent skies over Frankfort Thursday evening

2008.07.11: Storm -- looking like a "spaceship passing over" -- sweeps into South Elgin

2008.07.11: It doesn't get much more threatening looking than this

2008.07.11: Thursday evening's derecho roars toward this Western Springs soccer field

2008.07.11: Driving on Route 20 in Elgin when the storm struck

2008.07.11: The Golf Club of Illinois in McHenry County battens down the hatches as Thursday's shelf cloud nears

2008.07.11: The storm's ominous clouds roll into Sycamore Thursday evening, July 10

2008.07.11: Skies darken over Chicago's Montrose Harbor area as Thursday's derecho moves in

2008.07.11: Squall line's approach turns heads at the Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet Thursday evening

2008.07.11: Storm Photos from Countryside

2008.07.11: Squall Video from Round Lake, IL.

2008.07.10: Storms move on; hottest day of the year expected

2008.07.10: Storms to follow Friday's heat; 2 week computer rain estimates up again

2008.07.10: Raindrops falling from tall heights

2008.07.10: Thursday's storm Part 4

2008.07.10: Even more storm photos

2008.07.10: Squall line sweeps into Chicago from the northwest Thursday evening

2008.07.10: Lightning splits a tree Thursday afternoon near the University of Illinois Research Farm in De Kalb County

2008.07.10: More storm photos

2008.07.10: Thursday evening derecho sweeps the Chicago area

2008.07.10: Before the Forecast, Thursday July 10

2008.07.09: Temperature, humidity levels begin to climb

2008.07.09: Heat arrives in bursts over next 2 weeks; biggest rains could ease after Saturday

2008.07.09: What is Chicago's highest dew point on record?

2008.07.09: Before the Forecast, 7/9 No Video Today

2008.07.09: Tuesday evening’s downpour-generating thunderstorms sweeping northwest Indiana

2008.07.08: Less humidity and generous sun for a change

2008.07.08: Friday may be 2008's hottest day yet--but heat's stay to be limited

2008.07.08: 2008 hurricane season names

2008.07.08: Breathtaking July sunset shots Tuesday evening as viewed from the West Loop

2008.07.08:

2008.07.08: Lightning near the city with Monday evening’s storms

2008.07.08: Thunderstorms sail across the picturesque Scottish landscape

2008.07.08: Spectacular lightning arcs out of Monday evening’s thunderstorms near northwest suburban Belvidere, Illinois

2008.07.07: Ominous-looking storms scatter as they near city

2008.07.07: More thunderstorms in the forecast; ‘rain-short’ south suburbs to see moisture

2008.07.07: Chicago thunderstorms

2008.07.07: Before the Forecast 7/7

2008.07.06: Crescent Moon and fireworks

2008.07.06: Filtered California sun

2008.07.06: Just when it looked safe, more flooding possible

2008.07.06: Above-normal temperatures and rainfall for Chicago despite midweek break

2008.07.06: Do snowy winters lead to wet summers?

2008.07.05: Southerly winds bring warmer, more humid air

2008.07.05: Lake Michigan: Summer fun, summer danger

2008.07.05: Romeoville, Illinois weather radar

2008.07.04: Better late than never? July heat, humidity near

2008.07.04: Muggy air's arrival late Sunday to boost atmospheric moisture, provoke t-storms

2008.07.04: Hurricane-Free in Costa Rica?

2008.07.04: Dust blows into the Dallas, Texas, area and airborne shots of towering cumulonimbus

2008.07.03: Warming trend follows coolest July 3 in 45 years

2008.07.03: Only five years so few 90s through July 4 here--but western heat moves east

2008.07.03: Derecho winds in Chicago July 2, 1992

2008.07.03: Before the Forecast, 7/3

2008.07.03: Rainbows in the wake of thunderstorms across the Atlantic in Scotland

2008.07.03: The beauty of coastal Southeast Alaska in early June, 2008

2008.07.03: More images from Thursday’s tree-downing storms across Chicago’s north and northwest suburbs

2008.07.02: Before The Forecast

2008.07.02: Storms hit with downpours, tree-damaging gusts

2008.07.02: Chill temporary, real heat could keep the rains coming next two weeks

2008.07.02: A cold July 4, 1967 in Chicago

2008.07.02: Trees and tree limbs snap in storm gusts which swept Crystal Lake Wednesday evening (July 2)

2008.07.02: More storm photos from Chicago’s Montrose Harbor area

2008.07.02: Storms hitting the northern suburbs Wednesday

2008.07.02: Severe thunderstorms cause tree damage in Barrington

2008.07.02: Staring straight up into the towering thunderheads which swept sections of downstate Illinois last week north of St. Louis

2008.07.01: Storms bring temperature drop in time for July 4th

2008.07.01: Energetic atmosphere to erupt later Wednesday; warmer long-range pattern

2008.07.01: Why is the study of weather termed meteorology?

2008.07.01: Before the Forecast

2008.07.01: Thunderstorms photographed while in progress last week in the Mile High City-Denver

2008.06.30: Warmer, stormier weather expected midweek

2008.06.30: Frontal "wave" could have impact on July 4; decidedly warmer look to next week

2008.06.30: Cell phone use during thunderstorms

2008.06.30: Tom Skilling's Before the Forecast: 6/30

2008.06.30: Towering cumulonimbus in the Marshalltown, Iowa area just ahead of thunderstorms last Wednesday (6/25)

2008.06.30: Surreal shots of what was once Lake Delton in Wisconsin as photographed over this past weekend (June 28-29)

2008.06.29: June rolls out on sunny note; July starts warm

2008.06.29: Chicago's meteorological summer now one-third over: Where's the heat?

2008.06.29: Record highs and lows on the same day

2008.06.28: Showers should kick off a relatively cool week

2008.06.28: Hot times in the city: An 80-year retrospective of Chicago’s heat waves

2008.06.28: Weather forecast terminology: "clear skies" vs. "fair skies"

2008.06.28: Saturday afternoon storms

2008.06.27: Storms elsewhere make summer quite cool here

2008.06.27: Flooding to west, wet soils and frequent storms impacting summer heat here

2008.06.27: 100s in Chicago

2008.06.27: Great Lakes Water Levels

2008.06.27: Before the Forecast, June 27

2008.06.26: Chicago's run at dodging severe storms may end

2008.06.26: Second Sunday of thunderstorms, warm-up begins with July’s arrival

2008.06.26: Sunburn times and elevation

2008.06.26: Powerful storms of recent nights sweeping Omaha, Nebraska; June rainfall there nearly three times normal; 37 times more than year ago!

2008.06.26: Days are long this time of year across the Atlantic in Scotland and the summer weather is beautiful

2008.06.25: Warm, humid air fuels heavy rains in Missouri

2008.06.25: Storm clusters with drenching rains to continue rotating through Midwest

2008.06.25: Number of U.S. tornadoes compared to other countries

2008.06.25: Lightning lights the skies of central Illinois overnight amid unwanted downpours

2008.06.25: Hail, the great destroyer of crops, hammers corn fields in northwest Indiana this past weekend

2008.06.24: Muggiest air in weeks to spawn clusters of storms

2008.06.24: Weather set-up to keep forecasters monitoring big rain potential

2008.06.24: What does a 30 percent chance of rain mean?

2008.06.24: A wonderful shot of this Sunday’s rainbow

2008.06.24: Before the Forecast, June 24

2008.06.24: A spectacular view of Jupiter from our astronomer Dan Joyce and his colleague Don Parker in Florida

2008.06.24: Sunday’s explosively unstable atmosphere produces thunderstorms

2008.06.23: Steamy summer weather; storms on the way

2008.06.23: Heat, humidity build-up with light winds aloft ignite slow-moving t-storms

2008.06.23: Chicago skyline mirage

2008.06.23: Not even drought can prevent the emergence of lilies in the Smoky Mountains of western North Carolina

2008.06.23: Before the Forecast, June 23

2008.06.23: Rainbow over Wrigley Field Sunday

2008.06.23: "Anviling" thunderstorm Sunday afternoon as viewed from Lake Forest around 4 p.m.

2008.06.23: Ominous skies and thunderstorm "rainshafts" over northern Lake County, Illinois Sunday

2008.06.23: Hail hits Rogers Park with Sunday afternoon/evening's thunderstorms

2008.06.22: Heat and humidity back in town by midweek

2008.06.22: Midwest in for another round of heavy rains later this week

2008.06.22: Infrared Light: Beyond the Red

2008.06.22: From ongoing flooding on the Mississippi near Quincy to today's downpour and rainbow generating thunderstorms -- a day of widely varied weather Sunday

2008.06.22: Rainbows across the Chicago area on Sunday

2008.06.22: Hail in Wheaton on Sunday

2008.06.22: Take a look at this shelf cloud as it churned into Sycamore, Illinois, this past Fathers Day!

2008.06.22: Thunderstorm "anvils out" over Vernon Hills around 3 p.m. Sunday

2008.06.22: Thunderheads Photographed as They Towered Over Prairie Grove, Illinois, Sunday

2008.06.22: Sunday Morning's Thunderstorms

2008.06.21: Today's Weather Explainer

2008.06.21: Lightning Safety Awareness Week: June 22-28

2008.06.21: Colorado River's trek to the Pacific Ocean

2008.06.20: First storms in 5 days hit with hail, downpours

2008.06.20: As temps/humidities rise, resulting pattern threatens thundery downpours

2008.06.20: Early Morning Tornadoes

2008.06.20: Before the Forecast, June 20

2008.06.20: Storms roll into Elgin accompanied by these ominous clouds

2008.06.20: This hailstone -- 4.5" in diameter -- was one of several which fell Friday morning in Algonquin

2008.06.20: Friday morning's thunderstorms pepper northwest suburbs with hail

2008.06.20: Beautiful Chicago Sunset

2008.06.19: Summer arrives, and so does humidity

2008.06.19: Summer warm-up beginning next week raises t-storm, rainfall concerns

2008.06.19: How many positive and negative lightning bolts are there?

2008.06.19: Before the Forecast

2008.06.19: Wednesday evening’s full “strawberry” moon over the fountains at Northwestern University in Evanston

2008.06.18: Cool lake water keeping temperatures in check

2008.06.18: Temps in the low 80s Friday, Saturday; warmer, more humid days ahead

2008.06.18: Do bursts of heavy rain follow thunder?

2008.06.18: This eye-catching squall line roars into Fargo, North Dakota this past weekend

2008.06.18: Before the Forecast

2008.06.18: Storms in Aurora early on Father's Day morning

2008.06.17: Chicago getting another mild, rain-free day

2008.06.17: Slow warm up accelerates next week; hotter, more humid weather boosts rain

2008.06.17: Back-to-back 100 degree weather in Chicago?

2008.06.17: Beautiful Galena summer sunset in northwest Illinois

2008.06.17: Before the Forecast

2008.06.16: Coolest temperatures in 2 weeks stick around

2008.06.16: Pattern responsible for cool spring back; but warmth and t-storms next week

2008.06.16: The smell of rain

2008.06.16: Before the Forecast

2008.06.16: Towering thunderstorms from 8 miles high

2008.06.16: "Lake" Delton

2008.06.16: Sunday's storms sweep across I-65

2008.06.16: “Gustnadoes” spin up as Sunday storms rake central Illinois

2008.06.16: Sunday afternoon’s powerful thunderstorm outbreak which swept areas south of Chicago

2008.06.16: Lightning strikes Navy Pier Sunday Morning

2008.06.15: Father's Day lightning shot

2008.06.15: As Midwest drowns, West wishes for just a sip

2008.06.15: Promise of 70s in Chicago for six of the next seven days

2008.06.15: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans

2008.06.14: Rainy Sunday could worsen Midwest flood woes

2008.06.14: June 13, 1976: Violent storms spawn killer twister—set hail, rain benchmarks

2008.06.14: Where in the world is the sun rising when we see it set?

2008.06.13: Weather dries out, but swelling rivers still rise

2008.06.13: Pleasantly warm weekend, but overall cooler pattern dominates rest of June

2008.06.13: Who Activates Tornado Sirens?

2008.06.13: Alaska in June

2008.06.13: Weather Snapshot: Cedar Rapids Flooding

2008.06.12: Parts of waterlogged Midwest getting a break

2008.06.12: Thunderstorms: The Midwest's recent torment

2008.06.12: Is drought possible in winter?

2008.06.12: More tornado shots from June 7

2008.06.11: Powerful storm system is rolling Chicago's way

2008.06.11: Weather pattern reversal to trigger violent thunderstorms, more heavy rain

2008.06.11: Thunderstorm height and severity

2008.06.10: Summer (and soggy) season really begins today

2008.06.10: More rain for flood-stricked Midwest; severe storms likely too

2008.06.10: Green flash during sunrise and sunset

2008.06.09: FLIGHT-LEVEL VIEW OF SATURDAY EVENING'S SEVERE WEATHER

2008.06.09: So far, "wholesome" June packed with extremes

2008.06.09: Wet Midwest, hot out East; dry weather West

2008.06.09: June 10, 1967: One of the most intense rain events in Chicago weather history

2008.06.09: Twister Pictures Keep on Coming In

2008.06.09: More Shots of Saturday Evening's Tornadoes

2008.06.08: Rain-soaked Chicago area on watch for flooding

2008.06.08: A stormy end to heat and humidity

2008.06.08: Snowfall in July?

2008.06.08:

2008.06.08: TORNADOES SWEEP SOUTH SUBURBS

2008.06.07: Heat repeats on Sunday--but storms might too

2008.06.07: Tornadoes path through metro area--severe storms rip southern Wisconsin

2008.06.07: The five hazards of convective weather

2008.06.07: Increase in pollen and weather factors

2008.06.06: Severe storms ride on strong winds Friday

2008.06.06: Hot, humid conditions follow early June severe weather surge

2008.06.06: Average vs. Normal

2008.06.05: Midwest primed for a bout of severe weather

2008.06.05: Thunderstorms to erupt in Friday's volatile atmosphere

2008.06.05: Meteorology during World War II

2008.06.04: Steams like summer: Warm, humid days arrive

2008.06.04: Chicago shifts into summer mode; hot, humid and thundery weather ahead

2008.06.04: The Sun shines for an equal amount of time everywhere on Earth.

2008.06.03: Chicago temperatures begin climb to 90 degrees

2008.06.03: Higher temperatures, heavier rains ahead

2008.06.03: How long can lightning bolts be?

2008.06.02: Higher temperatures and stormy days ahead

2008.06.02: June means Chicago's 80-degree season has begun

2008.06.02: Solar halo "rainbow around the Sun"

2008.06.01: Heavy rains, July-like temps and humidity ahead

2008.06.01: Atlantic hurricane season begins, severe weather threat Tuesday

2008.06.01: Why the Weather Changes

2008.05.31: Summer arrives along with frequent rains

2008.05.31: Extended cloudy period leads into Meteorological Summer 2008

2008.05.31: Lightning "Rule of Five"

2008.05.30: Winds produce seiche, later slam Chicago area

2008.05.30: Warmth/regular t-storms for June's opening two weeks; rains twice normal

2008.05.30: 100s at Chicago

2008.05.30: Large hail peppers south suburban Manteno -- check out the video!

2008.05.30: Before the Forecast

2008.05.30: Powerful winds snap trees in Rockford; damage and power outages reported with near 60 m.p.h. late morning and midday storms in Lake and McHenry counties

2008.05.29: Storms drenching the Plains make a move our way

2008.05.29: Storms break for weekend—but models indicate impressive rains ahead

2008.05.29: The most frequent daily high temperatures in Chicago

2008.05.29: Before the Forecast

2008.05.29: Scottish sunset Wednesday follows a dreary Tuesday

2008.05.29: Halo around the sun near Griffith, Indiana

2008.05.29: Enjoying Wednesday evening's beautiful sunset

2008.05.28: 75 percent of May cool; warmer days, storms on the way

2008.05.28: Storm clusters at 3-day intervals keep rainfall estimates high next 2 weeks

2008.05.28: Today's Ask Tom Why

2008.05.28: Before the Forecast

2008.05.27: Chilliest late-season high on the books at O'Hare

2008.05.27: Markedly warmer temperatures over the coming 2 weeks; 1-2-inch rains possible in Friday thunderstorms

2008.05.27: What is a "pneumonia front"

2008.05.27: Spectacular Iowa tornado pictures from Cedar Falls, Iowa

2008.05.27: Before the Forecast

2008.05.27: The devastating Sunday Parkersburg, Iowa storm responsible for 7 fatalities

2008.05.27: Check these David Mayhew photos of tornadic thunderstorms last Friday in Kansas

2008.05.26: Northeast winds deliver chilly temperatures

2008.05.26: Chill's back, but 3 warm-ups assure above-normal temps overall the next 2 weeks

2008.05.26: Late May 1947 Snowstorm

2008.05.26: Tom Skilling's Before the Forecast: Memorial Day

2008.05.26: Storm Chaser Chad Cowan encountered this tornado in Hays, Kansas, on Sunday and shares this video with us -- check it out!

2008.05.26: Spectacular 3 a.m. lightning shots

2008.05.26: Lightning with overnight (Sunday night/Monday morning) thunderstorms

2008.05.26: Beautiful weather for Sunday's Bike the Drive in Chicago

2008.05.25: Hail, twisters blast Iowa on way to Chicagoland

2008.05.25: Another shot at elusive 80s on Memorial Day

2008.05.25: Hot weather on Memorial Day

2008.05.24: Chilly weather taking off for holiday weekend

2008.05.24: Chicago's latest freeze on May 25, 1992: The start of a very cool summer

2008.05.24: The Wrigley Field ivy May 1993

2008.05.23: Chicago-bound warmth, humidity behind storms

2008.05.23: Sunday's temp surge tied to south winds and jet stream

2008.05.23: Is violent weather really on the rise?

2008.05.23: Before the Forecast

2008.05.23: Storm Chaser David Mayhew sends us these stunning twister and t-storm photos taken Thursday in the western Plains

2008.05.22: A cool Friday gives way to dramatic cooling

2008.05.22: Waves of storms to wallop Plains all weekend; 2-week rain total here rising

2008.05.22: Days with Identical Highs and Lows

2008.05.22: Tom Skilling's Before the Forecast:

2008.05.21: Just a few more cool days before Sunday's 80s

2008.05.21: Highs jump 15-20-degrees this weekend; stage set for Memorial Day storms

2008.05.21: A place where temperatures remain relatively stable and on the cooler side?

2008.05.21: Before the Forecast: Sneak peek of Memorial Day weather

2008.05.21: Shots of cool, sunny weather Tuesday over the beautiful English countryside

2008.05.21: The sun sets Tuesday evening over west suburban Oswego

2008.05.21: International Space Station visible from Chicago

2008.05.20: Northeast winds to tighten chill's workweek grip

2008.05.20: Breakdown of stubborn Greenland ridge paves way for year's warmest air

2008.05.20: Which wind direction brings Chicago its highest temperatures in the summer?

2008.05.20: Introducing Tom Skilling's Before the Forecast

2008.05.19: Unseasonably cool for the rest of the workweek

2008.05.19: A warm Memorial Day weekend ahead; dry-out will allow farmers into fields

2008.05.19: Does the addition of the reflecting sun change the exposure time for getting a sunburn?

2008.05.19: White Pelicans amid the beauty of Mississippi River wetlands near Sabula, Iowa and the splendor of spring looking out over Mississippi Palisades State Park

2008.05.19: South Central Alaska’s Mt. Alyeska in Girdwood, Alaska still shrouded in snow after a

2008.05.19: Halo around the sun here Saturday morning

2008.05.18: Chicago to stay cool while the West, Plains bake

2008.05.18: Upper-air pattern shift to trigger warmer weather here late this week

2008.05.18: Contrails

2008.05.17: Coldest air of the week to be overhead Today

2008.05.17: Above-normal rainfall expected to continue through June in Chicago

2008.05.17: Is low-lying fog actually a cloud?

2008.05.16: Another day in the 70s, but rain may play spoiler

2008.05.16: Pattern shift signals 2008's warmest air late next week; elevated rainfall looms

2008.05.16: Calming Thunderstorm Fears

2008.05.15: Warmer days on way, but not West Coast's heat

2008.05.15: Accelerated pattern change to speed warm air’s move on Chicago

2008.05.15: Could you please explain the seiche phenomenon?

2008.05.14: May running cooler/wetter here than year ago

2008.05.14: West heating up; wildfires/new records possible; hints of strong warming here beyond next week

2008.05.14: Why do we name hurricanes and typhoons but not tornadoes?

2008.05.14: Tuesday evening's (May 13) gusty evening thunderstorms sweep the area producing lightning, 50+ m.p.h. gusts and rainbows

2008.05.14: Small hail accompanies Tuesday evening thunderstorms across northern Illinois

2008.05.13: Thunderstoirms rush in after a 73-degree high

2008.05.13: Cool temperatures to dominate next two weeks; blocking pattern the culprit

2008.05.13: Hanging clothes out to dry in winter temperatures

2008.05.12: Storm that walloped Chicago slams Mid-Atlantic

2008.05.12: Cool air spares Chicago devastating twisters; U.S. moisture a feast or famine

2008.05.12: Are tornado warnings ever issued for funnel clouds?

2008.05.11: Brief warm-up to follow in wake of windy deluge

2008.05.11: Weekend storm blasts South with deadly twisters, Chicago with wind and rain

2008.05.11: Chicago's Latest Freeze

2008.05.10: Windy, rainy Mother's Day to be coolest since 2002

2008.05.10: Cyclones, hurricanes and typhoons: Tropical cyclones around the globe

2008.05.10: What is the difference between a hurricane, a cyclone and a typhoon?

2008.05.10: Don't tell Mom: Rain may dominate on Sunday

2008.05.10: Mother's Day storm to pack a wallop: 1-inch-plus rains and 40 m.p.h.-plus gusts

2008.05.10: Why Rain Isn't Salty

2008.05.09: Runaway Runoff: The Problem of Urban Runoff

2008.05.08: Chill's return yields coolest May 8 in 24 years

2008.05.08: Mother's Day storm next on Chicago's meteorological docket

2008.05.08: Persistent cool, wet pattern likely to take its toll on Mother's Day

2008.05.08: The Myanmar cyclone disaster

2008.05.07: Chicago hit by waves of rain followed by chill

2008.05.07: Persistent chill to dominate much of next 2 weeks; rain may mar weekend

2008.05.07: Cool, rainy period ahead: Wet Midwest spring to get even wetter

2008.05.07: When is Chicago's "growing season"?

2008.05.07: Cold front sweeps across Chicago Wednesday evening behind this eye-catching shelf cloud which unleashed downpours

2008.05.06: Gusts, downpours precede temperature drive

2008.05.06: La Niña’s demise continues in the equatorial Pacific

2008.05.06: City basks in season’s second 80 degrees but rain and chill on the way

2008.05.06: Does large hail always come before a tornado?

2008.05.05: Back-to-back 80-degree days come with storms

2008.05.05: Farmers make progress planting but still behind; temp plunge and rains ahead

2008.05.05: Midweek storms to mark start of a prolonged cool spell

2008.05.05: Sound travel at night vs. day

2008.05.05: Breathtaking and grim reminder of the horror of the Greensburg, Kansas twister a year ago on May 4, 2007; fire hydrant literally put out the ground by the tornado

2008.05.05: Spectacular double rainbow shots in the wake of this past Friday night’s (May 2) thunderstorms

2008.05.04: Easterly winds to cool off Chicago in afternoon

2008.05.04: Severe weather may reach northeast Illinois late Tuesday

2008.05.04: Hail in the Great Plains

2008.05.03: Heavy rains are likely to follow a brief warm-up

2008.05.03: Early week warm-up gives way to extended cool, rainy period

2008.05.03: What U.S. city has the most sunny days in a calendar year?

2008.05.03: Friday evening rainbow

2008.05.03: Friday evening’s storms depart with spectacular rainbows in their wake

2008.05.02: Storms bring heavy downpours, 59 m.p.h. gusts

2008.05.02: Record snows hit in South Dakota while tornadoes rake the Plains

2008.05.02: Storm system moves off East Coast, cooler wet pattern follows

2008.05.02: Chicago's Hot Weather

2008.05.01: Mammoth storm spawns severe weather threat

2008.05.01: May ranks third in tornado production here; cool, wet pattern setting up

2008.05.01: Chicago positioned on warm side of massive 1,500-mile-wide storm

2008.05.01: Lightning without thunder

2008.04.30: May brings temperature surge, storm threats

2008.04.30: 80 degrees may set stage for second consecutive Friday storm outbreak

2008.04.30: Major storm system’s path carries it over Chicago Friday

2008.04.30: When is the danger of frost and freezing temperatures in Chicago is past for good?

2008.04.30: A second day of spring thunderstorms in Scotland

2008.04.29: Tuesday's high 5 degrees shy of coldest April 29

2008.04.29: Storm to send temps soaring while threatening downpours/severe weather

2008.04.29: Chicago in the Path of Potential Severe Storms/Heavy Rains

2008.04.29: How can a storm travel thousands of miles, depositing moisture without running out of it?

2008.04.29: Cumulonimbi bubble into existence over Scotland; resulting thunderstorms cut power

2008.04.29: Monday’s snow on the Koehler Farm in Waupaca, Wisconsin

2008.04.28: Snowfall comes with February-like temperatures

2008.04.28: Spring planting 5-7 days behind; warm-up spawns storms later in the week

2008.04.28: After frost/freeze, jet-stream shift brings warmer air, and storms, Thursday

2008.04.28: Lightning and severe weather warnings

2008.04.28: Check out Montrose Harbor as it looked at 5:30 pm amid Monday’s showery (both rain and snow) gray skies

2008.04.28: Lightning strikes the Sears Tower during this past Friday night’s (April 25) storms

2008.04.28: Melting snow has Wisconsin’s Chippewa Flowage running high

2008.04.28: 2nd LATEST SNOW OF THE PAST TEN YEARS ARRIVE IN SECTIONS OF THE CHICAGO AREA

2008.04.27: From Friday to Monday, nearly 40 degrees of separation

2008.04.27: Week opens chilly with snowflakes and frost -- then big warm-up follows

2008.04.27: Chicago Snow in May

2008.04.26: Even in spring, more wintry weather threatens

2008.04.26: Winter 2007-08: Another member of the more-than-60-inch snow club

2008.04.26: June 1936 thunderstorms in Flora, Illinois

2008.04.26: Powerful gusts whip area after 82-degree high

2008.04.25: Cooler pattern next week may deliver wet snow Sunday night, frost

2008.04.25: Friday's stormy warmth to leave quickly; chill will return by Sunday

2008.04.25: April Heat in the Early 1960s

2008.04.25: Friday night storms produce this spectacular lightning display over one of Lemont's refineries

2008.04.25: Cumulonimbus (thunderhead) Wednesday as viewed from 35,000 feet

2008.04.24: 80-degree weather threatens to ignite storms

2008.04.24: Warm humid Friday air has Gulf and Caribbean roots but sharp cooling ahead

2008.04.24: Thunderstorms precede weekend cool down—possible freeze early next week

2008.04.24: Difference between a tornado and a microburst

2008.04.23: Near 80-degree heat arrives just before storms

2008.04.23: T-storms—some energetic—to send temps tumbling; snowflakes Monday?

2008.04.23: Huge variations in Midwest and Great Lakes weather ahead

2008.04.23: Air density and aircraft take-off speeds

2008.04.22: 80-degree day will come and go by week's end

2008.04.22: Steep temperature pullback could provoke wet, windy late weekend storm

2008.04.22: Brief warmup—then rains accompany gradual cooldown

2008.04.22: Blood red moons

2008.04.21: Lake winds keeping some from basking in the 70s

2008.04.21: 70s resurge late week before Western chill sweeps in

2008.04.21: Spring's first dose of humid air may trigger t-storms Tuesday

2008.04.21: Earliest first 90-degree high for Chicago

2008.04.20: Week set to start out warm, end up cooling down

2008.04.20: Returning warmth sets stage for possible thunderstorms Tuesday

2008.04.20: High-Low Flip-Flops

2008.04.19: Chicago's warm trend continues into midweek

2008.04.19: Next weekend may bring this spring’s last freeze

2008.04.18: Spring is finally sinking in after 3 days in the 70s

2008.04.18: Limited Reach of Lake Winds Keeps Much of Area Mild, But Next Weekend Looks Cool

2008.04.18: A springlike weather pattern finally develops over northeast Illinois

2008.04.18: The Origins of Meteorology

2008.04.17: It takes only 3 hours for warmth to get out of town

2008.04.17: Storm to brush Chicago, downpours targeting areas west; warm-up follows

2008.04.17: Cold front ‘teases’ Chicago area Thursday, then cool low pressure takes over

2008.04.17: Facts about lightning safety

2008.04.17: Airborne dust carried by 50 m.p.h. wind gusts contribute to Wednesday evening’s spectacular orange-hued sunset

2008.04.16: They only lasted 4 hours, but 70s finally get here

2008.04.16: Front flirts with north suburbs as most-concentrated rains hold ’til late Friday

2008.04.16: Season’s first 70s blow into town—but chilly weather not done yet

2008.04.16: April 1961 snowstorm

2008.04.16: WHAT A DIFFERENCE 47 YEARS MAKES!

2008.04.15: Record heat in Plains sends up red flags for fire

2008.04.15: Big rains, east winds set stage for late-week downturn—new warmth follows

2008.04.15: Long-absent warmth won’t linger, but it should return by early next week

2008.04.15: Chicago's Spring of 1967 prior to the Oak Lawn tornado

2008.04.14: 4th-longest stretch between 70s to end Wednesday

2008.04.14: Wet storm to demolish mid-week warmth; new temp rebound due next week

2008.04.14: Jet stream to drive Chicago's midweek warmth and late-week rains

2008.04.14: Apparent size of sun and moon above horizon

2008.04.14: Aerial view of swollen Fox River near Barrington

2008.04.14: Snow falling in the North Carolina mountains

2008.04.14: Steam streams an off Indiana pond in Monday morning’s unseasonable chill

2008.04.13: Stubborn winter to let spring live up to its name

2008.04.13: Warm-up not only to bring year's first 70 degrees but also prolonged mild period

2008.04.13: Stars in the Sky

2008.04.12: Forget Sunday's chills; 70-degree warmth is near

2008.04.12: The end of the snow season: Sometimes a bang—but mostly a whimper

2008.04.12: 1930s Chicago dust storm

2008.04.11: Weekend's chill feels more like March, not April

2008.04.11: This weekend 20-25-degrees colder than last -- but big pattern shift in sight

2008.04.11: Big jet stream shift to trigger 30-degree jump in Chicago's highs next week

2008.04.11: Animals and Weather

2008.04.11: Storm clouds this morning over Waubonsee Community College in west suburban Sugar Grove

2008.04.10: That damp feeling becomes a cold, damp feeling

2008.04.10: Flakes hit with coldest weekend in 3 weeks—but year’s first 70 by Wednesday

2008.04.10: Flakes to fly here this chilly weekend but season’s first 70 in sight next week

2008.04.10: Dizzying heights

2008.04.09: Chicago area in the path of 1,800-mile-wide storm

2008.04.09: Storm’s thundery rains and wintry snowflakes followed by 2008's first 70 degrees

2008.04.09: U.S. Tornado Update

2008.04.09: Chicago's 70-degree Drought...

2008.04.08: Warm weather near, but hard to see through rain

2008.04.08: Thunderous drenching precedes chilly weekend; major warmth could follow

2008.04.08: Late week storm to bring it all to the Midwest—from heavy snow to floods

2008.04.08: Chicago snowfall in late March

2008.04.07: Week's rain totals could be most since last August

2008.04.07: Back-to-back storms to bring thundery downpours and weekend snow

2008.04.07: Two major storm systems hit Midwest this week

2008.04.07: Freezing rain or sleet in late spring

2008.04.06: A Note to our Chicago Tribune Weather Page Readers

2008.04.06: White Sox home opener will be safe from rain

2008.04.06: Chicago weather this week features variations on low pressure

2008.04.05: After beautiful weekend, chilly rain, floods return

2008.04.05: Downtown locations not immune to deadly tornadoes

2008.04.05: Chicago's Hot Summer of 1953

2008.04.05: You're invited to our Fermilab/WGN-TV Tornado and Severe Weather Seminar!

2008.04.05: After a mild, dry weekend, rain and chill to return

2008.04.05: Chicago basks in warmth—but upper Midwest braces for snowstorm

2008.04.05: Latest 4-Inch-Plus Snowfall

2008.04.04: A Little History of the Fermilab Seminar

2008.04.03: Weekend is shaping up as warmest in 5 months

2008.04.03: Rainfall to hit at twice the typical April pace; wet soils could impact summer

2008.04.03: Winter Robins in Chicago

2008.04.03: Sunrise in northwest Indiana with Amanda Pickett’s cat!

2008.04.03: A sign in the sky above northwest suburban Sleepy Hollow??

2008.04.02: A weekend to make us forget balmy days in January

2008.04.02: Late-starting spring to bring mildest weather here since late October

2008.04.02: Drought in the Southeast

2008.04.01: Latest sign of crazy cold: Go to Alaska to get warm

2008.04.01: Cool lake winds 6 of 7 days; 2008's mildest surge to arrive next week?

2008.04.01: 's March 2008 vs. Record cold March

2008.03.31: Chilly new record nears: Longest stretch between 70s

2008.03.31: April opens 20-degrees cooler than a year ago; blocking pattern plays role

2008.03.31: Scientific Theory and Weather

2008.03.30: Monday’s warmth to be brief, then chill returns

2008.03.30: March’s last storm to deliver warmth, wind and rain to Chicago

2008.03.30: January 1975 Blizzard

2008.03.29: Wintry March poised to exit on warm, stormy note

2008.03.29: Upside to cold, snowy March is no severe weather—but that may change

2008.03.29: Chicago's April 6, 1982 snowstorm

2008.03.29: Yet another chilly March record is of cold comfort

2008.03.29: Huge Monday weather swing hangs on warm front; severe weather follows

2008.03.29: April 1975 Snowstorm

2008.03.28: As snow was accumulating in Chicago and areas north Thursday, hail was falling in south suburban Bradley, Ill., thunderstorms

2008.03.28: Lake Michigan ice at Duneland Beach, Indiana: The latest ice has survived there in at least 43 years

2008.03.27: At 60.1 inches, snow season here climbs into top 7

2008.03.27: Eyecatching 15-day rainfall estimates kick off with thundery Sunday/Monday

2008.03.27: Chicago's days of measurable snowfall

2008.03.27: Snow hit 1.5" in north suburban Algonquin

2008.03.27: Accumulating snow on the way Thursday into Thursday night, slushy 2-4 inch totals possible from I-80 north, locally more in counties adjacent to Wisconsin line - thundersnow not out of the question

2008.03.27: Thursday Snow

2008.03.26: It’ll get warm. Honest. 70s by now not uncommon

2008.03.26: Precipitation on overdrive next 2 weeks; warming is hinted in 1-2 weeks

2008.03.26: Lake Michigan flooding Chicago

2008.03.25: Tuesday's warmth no match for 79 from a year ago

2008.03.25: Storm threatens precipitation cocktail; Wisconsin faces even more snow

2008.03.25: Chicago's average number of snow days

2008.03.24: Wet winter has been good news for 2 Great Lakes

2008.03.24: Tuesday’s powerhouse winds produced damage in Plains; new wintry weather threat ahead

2008.03.24: Latest first 70-degree day in Chicago

2008.03.24: Revealing before and during Friday’s Chicago snowstorm as viewed from the city’s Gold Coast

2008.03.24: Milder weather, rain to melt remaining snow fast

2008.03.24: A look back at a truly snowy cold season

2008.03.24: The Next Solar Eclipse

2008.03.23: Easter Snow Egg

2008.03.22: City bracing for coldest Easter in three decades

2008.03.22: Marching to a very cold drummer: Statewide record cold of March 1960

2008.03.22: Green Christmas/White Easter

2008.03.22: Up to a foot of snow buries suburbs north of city

2008.03.22: Wisconsin bears the brunt of biggest late-season storm in 25-plus years

2008.03.22: Subzero Highs in Chicago

2008.03.21: Chicago's Northwest Side registers 6.1" of new snow by late Friday

2008.03.21: What a difference a day makes! Navy Pier in downtown Chicago Thursday then Friday...

2008.03.21: Friday's late-season snowstorm whitens northwest suburban Arlington Heights

2008.03.21: Belvidere resident fashions a 10-12 foot Easter Bunny from Friday's snow

2008.03.21: Late-season snowstorm hammers northern suburbs and areas of western Michigan hardest

2008.03.21: Look out above! Northern areas in line for big snow

2008.03.21: Storm’s snows could approach a foot north while bypassing south suburbs

2008.03.21: Latest Snow in Chicago

2008.03.19: Winter of our discontent is over, but who'll notice?

2008.03.19: Late-season storm looms with 24 hours of snow or mixed precipitation

2008.03.19: Blizzard of 1967 and the Downstate Ice Storm

2008.03.18: Downstate pummeled with worst flooding since 1986

2008.03.18: Late week storm threatens sticking snow ominously close to Chicago area

2008.03.18: Safe breathing heights

2008.03.17: 2 months of rain could fall on Midwest in just days

2008.03.17: The chill just won’t let go, and snow could fly here by the end of the week

2008.03.17: Chicago's March snowstorms of the early 1930s

2008.03.16: Storm front brings rain and flood warnings

2008.03.16: Heavy rain event Monday-Tuesday may trigger widespread flooding across Illinois and Indiana

2008.03.16: Raindrop Sizes

2008.03.15: Heavy rains loom, so flooding in state a possibility

2008.03.15: A typical St. Patrick’s Day is ‘on tap’ Monday in Chicago

2008.03.15: Tides on Lake Michigan

2008.03.15: Gusty, chilly winds bring steep temperature drop

2008.03.15: More than a month’s precipitation could hit from storms the next 2 weeks

2008.03.15: Easter Snow

2008.03.13: First 60s since January bring warm smiles to town

2008.03.13: Winter 2007-08 the coldest globally since 2001; snow coverage way up

2008.03.13: Spring snowstorms in Chicago not out of the question

2008.03.13: Even as Chicago temperatures soar in one of March’s mildest spells, a new blanket of snow whitens northern Wisconsin and Upper Michigan

2008.03.12: Winds drive area's 20-degree temperature spread

2008.03.12: Snow’s not done, but overall chances in decline—Saturday could be dicey

2008.03.12: Tornadoes in Alaska

2008.03.12: Lake ice along Oak Street Beach in Chicago

2008.03.11: Tuesday’s 50 teases, with real warmth just to west

2008.03.11: Is it warm out yet? Season of icy winds off Lake Michigan is under way

2008.03.11: Determining lake snowfall

2008.03.10: Temperatures in the Chicago area to leap into the 50s

2008.03.10: Two recent Midwest snowstorms hammer the UK with 80 m.p.h gusts, flooding

2008.03.10: Longest period without precipitation

2008.03.09: Brief period of milder air on the way for Chicago

2008.03.09: Late-week upper air pattern to deliver three chances for precipitation

2008.03.09: Tornado Season Begins in March

2008.03.08: Winter storm blasts Ohio Valley and Northeast

2008.03.08: Community severe weather observation network looks to expand its reach

2008.03.08: Measuring Relative Humidity

2008.03.08: It doesn’t get any easier: Lake snow and cold highs

2008.03.08: Strong La Niña a big factor in our rough winter; is active tornado season/hot summer next?

2008.03.07: Snow on St. Patrick's Day

2008.03.07: NEW! Storm Chaser Chad Cowan to join our speakers roster at our April 5 Fermilab Tornado and Severe Storms Seminar

2008.03.06: Ohio Valley storm brings biting north winds here

2008.03.06: Classic Chicago lake-snow setup is taking shape; flurries to build into heavier snow showers

2008.03.06: Ice on Lake Michigan: January vs. March

2008.03.06: Shots of Chicago's Icy Lake Michigan shoreline from the city's Rogers Park neighborhood

2008.03.05: Back-to-back days in 20s are a novelty in March

2008.03.05: Arctic chill riding gusty north winds sets up 35 hour window for lake snow

2008.03.05: Jet stream and plane flight from Midway Airport to St Louis

2008.03.04: Snow hits St. Louis 2 days after a taste of summer

2008.03.04: Arctic air and developing Gulf storm threaten late-week lake snows; warming due next week

2008.03.04: Cold March 1974 in Chicago

2008.03.04: Beautiful Monday evening sunset in Hampshire, Illinois

2008.03.03: Temperatures nose-dive by 30 degrees in 20 hours

2008.03.03: Storm to douse Ohio voters, brushing Chicago’s south suburbs with snow

2008.03.03: Why is winter so cold?

2008.03.03: Rockford area residents take the “Polar Plunge Saturday” to raise money for the Special Olympics

2008.03.02: Warmest day in nearly 2 months--now chill returns

2008.03.02: Snow and cold to take back control of this week’s Midwest weather

2008.03.02: Recent March Snowstorm

2008.03.02: Bears Game in the 70s During the 1970s

2008.03.01: Mild Sunday just a tease—cold and snow to return

2008.03.01: March: A month of volatile weather in Chicago

2008.03.01: Cloudy winter with most snow in 26 years ends

2008.03.01: From Sunday's 40s and 50s to a possible snowstorm Tuesday

2008.03.01: Lake Michigan Ice Cover

2008.03.01: Understanding the Weather: March 1, 2008

2008.02.29: The First Hints of Spring?

2008.02.29: Chicago's icy lakeshore through the lens of Mark Vogan of Scotland

2008.02.28: Snow covered the ground in February 22 days

2008.02.28: Snowpack cuts into Sunday ‘warmth’ a bit —40s still likely; 2 snowy systems follow next week

2008.02.28: January 1947 Milwaukee blizzard

2008.02.28: Planet Watch

2008.02.28: Lake Michigan ice shots along Winnetka Beach

2008.02.27: Chicago in for its 35th measurable snow day of the season

2008.02.27: Mildest temps in 2 weeks and rain due Sunday, but colder air’s back Monday

2008.02.27: Ranking Winter 2007-08 to-date

2008.02.27: The Northern Illinois University spirit lives on in the wake of recent week’s horror

2008.02.27: Ice shots along Chicago’s lakefront at Belmont Harbor

2008.02.26: Sunny here, but Indiana hit with heavy lake snow

2008.02.26: Clock ticking on winter, but Chicago’s 2-week trend to be chilly/snowy

2008.02.26: Chicago's coldest March day on record; Sub-zero temperatures in March

2008.02.26: Planet Watch

2008.02.26: Ice piles up on Lake Michigan near Beverly Shores, Indiana while snow hits that area with Monday night’s storm

2008.02.26: The Winfield area--in northwest Indiana--is blanketed overnight by up to 4’ of now

2008.02.26: Snow renders much of the area a winter wonderland

2008.02.26: Understanding the Weather: Feb. 26, 2008

2008.02.25: Snow returns, Indiana to bear brunt of latest storm

2008.02.25: Snowy pattern not going away; Tuesday marks season’s 34th snowy day

2008.02.25: Greasy snow

2008.02.25:

2008.02.25: Winter ice in Lake Michigan as viewed from Chicago

2008.02.25: "Ice shelves" this past weekend at Starved Rock and Mathiessen Parks

2008.02.24: After sunny weekend, it’s back to stormy winter

2008.02.24: Chicago's Next Rain/Snow Threat

2008.02.24: Clouds and Wind

2008.02.23: Warm-up brings rain Monday, then snow and cold

2008.02.23: Meteorological winter 2007-08 draws to a close

2008.02.23: U.S. Temperature Extremes

2008.02.23: 5-week streak of cloudy weekends gives way to sun

2008.02.23: Mid-Atlantic hit by big snow; next storm may bring rain then snow here

2008.02.23: Sugar Beet De-icing Compound

2008.02.22: Wednesday's lunar eclipse as photographed from Chicago

2008.02.21: Wintry mix south and east as Chicago stays cloudy

2008.02.21: Next weather-producer for Chicago is over Pacific Ocean, set to hit West Coast on Saturday

2008.02.21: Chicago's 2007-08 snowfall ranking

2008.02.20: Blinding snowstorm hits parts of northern Indiana

2008.02.20: Cold pattern to last into March—Another shot at snow early next week

2008.02.20: Chicago's latest sub-zero temp

2008.02.19: Numbingly cold days uncommon as winter wanes

2008.02.19: Chill, snow dominate next 2 weeks—but 70-degree days not too far behind

2008.02.19: March, 1974 warmth in Chicago

2008.02.19: Sections of western Michigan’s snowbelt hit by a foot or more lake effect snow

2008.02.18: Wednesday may see coldest high temp this late in the season in 45 years

2008.02.18: 29% of Chicago's seasonal snow still to come; next 2 weeks active

2008.02.18: Chicago cold in the mid-1960s

2008.02.18: Chicago isn’t alone with its challenging winter weather this season

2008.02.17: City avoids major snow, but not next arctic blast

2008.02.17: From blizzards to thunderstorms in less than 300 miles

2008.02.17: Chicago Snow Cover

2008.02.16: Potent storm to bring brief glaze, heavy rain, then snow

2008.02.16: A timetable of Chicago’s upcoming full moons

2008.02.16: Hurricanes in the South Atlantic

2008.02.16: Sunny weather is the calm before wintry storm

2008.02.16: Explosive atmosphere to energize Sunday's storm

2008.02.16: Friday evening Mid-February shots ahead of this weekend's approaching storm in Chicago

2008.02.16: Chicago's Snow Records

2008.02.14: Snow buries Wisconsin; Chicago gets arctic punch

2008.02.14: Sunday storm threat solidifies; precise snow/rain/ice layout not yet clear

2008.02.14: Chicago snow measurements at Midway

2008.02.14: Last week’s snow in north suburban Gurnee

2008.02.13: Above-freezing days are welcome, but fleeting

2008.02.13: Northbound late weekend storm being monitored as potential snow-maker

2008.02.13: Chicago's Winter of 1978-79

2008.02.12: Snowfall may pause for just 3rd time in 2 weeks

2008.02.12: Snow’s back Thursday night; late Sunday forecast tied to Gulf States low

2008.02.12: Tornadoes in snowstorms

2008.02.12: Lake enhanced snowfall hits Tuesday: 2-5 inches down across the Chicago area

2008.02.11: Cold air could add inches to Tuesday's fluffy snow

2008.02.11: Measurable snow and zero degree temperatures running twice the average

2008.02.11: Snowfall and water content

2008.02.10: Snow to sneak back in after blustery, bitter cold

2008.02.10: From Bitter Cold to Snow

2008.02.10: Chicago's Snowfall This Winter

2008.02.09: Frigid temperatures, dangerous windchills Sunday

2008.02.09: Sunny but Frigid Sunday

2008.02.09: Average Dates of Springlike Temps

2008.02.09: Wind-driven 50-degree plunge includes snow punch

2008.02.09: Sunday's Potent Cold

2008.02.09: Ice Down the Mississippi River

2008.02.08: BRINGING THE ARCTIC TO ARLINGTON HEIGHTS

2008.02.08: A mountain of snow covers north suburban Round Lake Beach

2008.02.08: This 'snow family' asks 'Which way to some sunshine?'

2008.02.07: Dreary February becoming 1 for the record books

2008.02.07: Brutal cold, gusty winds hit Saturday

2008.02.07: Winter's Coldest Places

2008.02.07: The snow's stacked high at Waukegan Airport in the wake of Wednesday's storm

2008.02.07: The wait for the morning school bus Thursday morning in Lake Zurich

2008.02.06: Snowfall tops a foot just 30 miles north of Chicago's Loop

2008.02.06: Arctic Blast Hits This Weekend

2008.02.06: Winter Thunderstorm Heights

2008.02.06: At the epicenter of Wednesday's heavy snow band north of Chicago

2008.02.06: More than 14” buries Chicago’s northern suburbs while lower totals (2-4”) blanket the Chicago proper

2008.02.06: Wednesday's wet snow really piles up in northwest suburban Barrington

2008.02.06: Heavy rains provoke flooding downstate

2008.02.06: Understanding the Weather: Feb. 6, 2008

2008.02.05: Chicago threatened by possible record snowfall

2008.02.05: Thunder, whiteout conditions and 35-plus m.p.h. gusts here; devastating twisters in mid-South

2008.02.05: Windchill formula

2008.02.05: Understanding the Weather: Feb. 6, 2008

2008.02.05: We’re boosting our Chicago accumulation forecasts further

2008.02.05: June-like late winter lightning lights up the skies over Decatur, Illinois Monday evening

2008.02.05: Major winter storm on the way

2008.02.04: Precipitation cocktail to shift to snow--with thunder

2008.02.04: Season’s snow could top 60 inches; storm threatens 5-11 inches Wednesday

2008.02.04: Chicago winters of the late 1970s

2008.02.04: Understanding the Weather: Feb. 4, 2008

2008.02.03: Snow burst blankets Chicago area with 2 to 5 inches

2008.02.03: Chicago's Next Snow Threat: Tuesday Night

2008.02.03: Chicago's Total Snowfall

2008.02.02: Understanding the Weather: Feb. 2, 2008

2008.02.02: City is bracing for 3 more shots of snow this week

2008.02.02: The "snowy 17": Midway's 50-inch-plus snow seasons since 1928-29

2008.02.02: Chicago's cold January 1994 temperatures

2008.02.02: Snapshots In the Storm's Aftermath: Snow in Elmhurst

2008.02.02: Since 1928, only 7 seasons snowier than this one

2008.02.02: Next Snow Threats: Sunday Night and Election Day

2008.02.02: Source of the Sun's Heat

2008.01.31: Snowfall has already buried last season's totals

2008.01.31: Storm's 8-14 inches the latest in a season with the most snowy days in 24 years

2008.01.31: Largest 24 hour temperature swing on record

2008.01.31: Severe Weather Coming: WGN-TV starts at 4:30 a.m.

2008.01.31: Understanding the Weather: January 31,2008

2008.01.30: 4th snowiest winter in 25 years—and it's not over

2008.01.30: Storm track critical, but early projections suggest 6-10" totals possible

2008.01.30: Seeing breath on cold days

2008.01.29: Steep temperature drop driven by icy winds

2008.01.29: Chicago's Temperature Plunge and Next Storm Threat

2008.01.29: Chicago's Coldest Quarter

2008.01.28: Next cold blast will be winter's most dramatic temperature plunge yet

2008.01.28: Snow, wind threaten whiteout conditions as arctic blast hits Tuesday night

2008.01.28: Chicago's annual temperature distribution

2008.01.28: Understanding the Weather: Jan. 28,2008

2008.01.27: West Coast storm to bring bouts of rain here

2008.01.27: West Coast Storm Approaches the Midwest

2008.01.27: Full Moon Rising as Sun Sets

2008.01.26: Monday's warmth will clear snow, but not for long

2008.01.26: Last 5 days of January likely among warmest; heavy snow also possible

2008.01.26: Dangers of eating snow

2008.01.26: High winds and bursts of snow on tail of arctic air

2008.01.26: Storms merge into Monday's Wind Producer

2008.01.26: Day With the Most Subzero Lows

2008.01.26: Friday's Weather Over the Skies of Chicago

2008.01.25: Understanding the Weather: Jan. 26, 2008

2008.01.25: Winter mammatus clouds at O’Hare Friday afternoon

2008.01.25: West suburbs hit by viciously cold temperatures

2008.01.25: Snow Friday Night, Then a Surge to 50 Degrees Monday

2008.01.25: Is U.S. Weather Getting Worse?

2008.01.24: Understanding the Weather: Jan 24, 2008

2008.01.24: Spectacular snow shots from the Scottish Highland

2008.01.24: Arctic blast sets up lake snows which bury sections of western Lower Michigan under more than a foot of snow

2008.01.23: 3rd subzero spell packs chill reaching -25 degrees

2008.01.23: Powerhouse Plains storm to drive huge weather changes: 40s here by Monday

2008.01.23: Heat in Death Valley

2008.01.23: Fantastic sunrise

2008.01.23: Daniel Ruggiero of Fermilab dubs this morning's light pillar a "solar chimney"

2008.01.23: Frigid arctic air behind the eyecatching "light pillars"vertical columns of light--photographed by many of you Wednesday morning

2008.01.22: Snow hits near evening rush, ahead of arctic punch

2008.01.22: Snow's back Friday night ahead of strong weekend warming

2008.01.22: Winter humidity in Chicago vs. Tampa, Fla.

2008.01.21: Midway's snow totals soon may triple last year's

2008.01.21: New midweek cold blast yields to 30-degree-plus surge this weekend

2008.01.21: Snowfall in below-zero temperatures

2008.01.21: Understanding the Weather: Jan. 21, 2008

2008.01.21: Weekend arctic blast produces these shots Sunday on Chicago's wintry lakefront

2008.01.21: Frigid weekend blast creates what is often mistakenly called “steam” off Lake Michigan at Wilmette Harbor's Gilson Park

2008.01.20: Light snow to start Monday, then heavier at night

2008.01.20: Chicago's Shift to Seasonably Milder Air

2008.01.20: Longest Snow-Cover Streak

2008.01.20: Understanding the Weather: Jan. 20, 2008

2008.01.19: This morning's cold is nowhere near 1985 record

2008.01.19: Winter’s coldest week arrives on schedule in Chicago

2008.01.19: Morning vs. Afternoon Humidity

2008.01.19: Cold wave probably won’t be the winter’s last

2008.01.19: Already the 17th snowiest winter of past 80 years

2008.01.19: Moonbow

2008.01.19: Understanding the Weather: Jan. 19, 2008

2008.01.19: Planet Watch

2008.01.17: Chicago braces itself as temperatures plummet

2008.01.17: Developing pattern and more frequent snow could keep the cold air coming

2008.01.17: Day without U.S. precipitation?

2008.01.17: Planet Watch

2008.01.16: Warmer-than-normal winter to do an about-face

2008.01.16: Cold air poised for Friday invasion of Chicago

2008.01.16: Moon visible during daytime

2008.01.16: Planet Watch

2008.01.15: Temperatures to fall nearly 50 degrees by weekend

2008.01.15: Cold air over Canada poised to move into Northern Plains

2008.01.15: Chicago winters since the 1970s

2008.01.15: Weather Word

2008.01.14: Siberian Express to deliver snow, cold by weekend

2008.01.14: Return of snow and cold to set the tone for the rest of January

2008.01.14: Cold in Chicago

2008.01.14: Chicago snowfall

2008.01.14: Weather Word

2008.01.14: TRIBUNE WEATHER PAGE GETS A MAKEOVER

2008.01.13: Snow, frigid blast to whip city by next weekend

2008.01.13: Chicago Weather History: January 1918's Heavy Snow

2008.01.13:

2008.01.13: Chicago Temperature Range

2008.01.13: Planet Watch: Monday, Jan. 14

2008.01.13: Weather Term

2008.01.13: Winter Tornadoes in the Chicago Area: Breaking News!

2008.01.13: Season's coldest air headed here by next weekend

2008.01.13:

2008.01.13: Weather Word

2008.01.12: Arctic air to eat away at month's 12-degree temperature surplus

2008.01.12: Temperatures to Plunge in the Days Ahead

2008.01.12:

2008.01.12: Weather Term

2008.01.12: Tornado/Thunderstorm Watches

2008.01.10: Chicago in path of very active weather pattern

2008.01.10: Region's Rivers in Flood

2008.01.10:

2008.01.10: Weather Word

2008.01.10: Chicago's Coldest Winter Temperature

2008.01.09: Winter break ending, colder days lie ahead

2008.01.09: Just a dusting here, but snow to the north may hamper tornado clean-up

2008.01.09: WEATHER UPDATE

2008.01.09: January tornadoes in the Chicago area

2008.01.09: Weather Term

2008.01.08: Record-breaking warmth over, it’s back to winter for Chicago

2008.01.08: Severe weather/flood producing boundary moves east

2008.01.08: Weather Update

2008.01.08: Weight of the air pushing down on us

2008.01.08: Weather Word

2008.01.07: Historic January tornadoes rake the Midwest

2008.01.07: Unusually warm, moist January atmosphere spawns deadly twisters

2008.01.07: Weather Update

2008.01.07: Big Snow January 1967 in Chicago

2008.01.07: Weather Word

2008.01.07: DRAMATIC PHOTO CAPTURES TWISTER AS IT MOVES THROUGH THE POPLAR GROVE AREA

2008.01.07: TORNADO WATCH CANCELED

2008.01.07: TORNADIC THUNDEDRSTORMS ERUPT IN UNSEASONABLE WARMTH

2008.01.07: Sunday's warmth shatters records, more may fall Monday

2008.01.07: Chicago's Rapid Warm-Up

2008.01.07:

2008.01.07: Weather Word

2008.01.07: Weather vs. Climate

2008.01.05: Rapid snowmelt, healthy rains may trigger area flooding

2008.01.05: Slushy to fluffy: The varying nature of Chicago's snowfall

2008.01.05: WEATHER UPDATE

2008.01.05: Snowy New Year's Eve in Chicago: Dec. 31, 1984

2008.01.05: Chicago Temperatures

2008.01.04: Saturday 40s springboard to near-record high Sunday

2008.01.04: Snowpack to Melt Rapidly in Days Ahead

2008.01.04:

2008.01.04: Weather Word

2008.01.04: 2007 Temperatures

2008.01.03: Arctic air to be replaced by spring-like 50s

2008.01.03: Chicago’s snow melting process is already well underway

2008.01.03: Weather Update

2008.01.03: Is it possible for the temperature to reach 80-degrees in Chicago during the winter?

2008.01.03: Weather Word

2008.01.02: Stunning 55° temperature rise ahead

2008.01.02: Anticipating a rough weather week across Central and Western U.S.

2008.01.02: Weather Update

2008.01.02: Why does a low pressure symbol appear so often south of Las Vegas along the California-Arizona border?

2008.01.02: Weather Term

2008.01.01: Cold here, cold in Florida -- and beyond

2008.01.01: 2007 Chicago Temperature Wrap-Up

2008.01.01:

2008.01.01: Cold Weather Tip

2008.01.01: Contrails

2007.12.31: A weather prediction for 2008 and beyond

2007.12.31: WEATHER UPDATE

2007.12.31: 2007 closes on a snowy note in Chicago

2007.12.31: Chicago's record daily high temperatures

2007.12.31: Weather Term

2007.12.30: Temperatures to plunge; subzero wind chills ahead

2007.12.30: New Year's Day Outlook

2007.12.30:

2007.12.30: Weather Word

2007.12.30: Chicago's Temperature Variations

2007.12.29: No surprise: It's been a snowy month in Chicago

2007.12.29: New Year's Eve Climatology

2007.12.29:

2007.12.29: Weather Word

2007.12.29: Contrails and Weather

2007.12.28: December ends on a cloudy note in Chicago

2007.12.28: Temperature Outlook Through January's First 10 Days

2007.12.28:

2007.12.28: Weather Fact

2007.12.28: Hurricanes on the U.S. West Coast

2007.12.28:

2007.12.28: Snow to end this afternoon

2007.12.27: Season's third significant snow to impact evening rush hour

2007.12.27: Temperatures to tumble next week in wake of Friday’s 3-6" snow

2007.12.27: Weather Update

2007.12.27: Warmest part of the day

2007.12.27: Cold Weather Phobias

2007.12.26: Snow, frigid temperatures, flight problems

2007.12.26: Third big snow producer this month

2007.12.26: Weather Update

2007.12.26: What kind of hurricane season is expected next year?

2007.12.26: Weather Word

2007.12.25: Chicago's sunshine and Los Angeles' winds

2007.12.25: Three Snows -- Then an Arctic Blast

2007.12.25:

2007.12.25: Weather Term

2007.12.25: Viewing the Moon

2007.12.24: Chicago’s mildest Christmas in 13 years

2007.12.24: Weather Update

2007.12.24: Climatological ghosts of Christmas past: Chicago's Dec. 25 weather

2007.12.24: Why do we see our breath when it is cold?

2007.12.24: Chicago Climatology

2007.12.23: Storm departs, sunshine returns for Christmas

2007.12.23: Impact of Weekend Storm

2007.12.23:

2007.12.23: Weather Term

2007.12.23: Chicago's 'Whitest' Christmas

2007.12.22: Winter storm envelops Chicago, western Great Lakes

2007.12.22: Sunday's Weather Conditions

2007.12.22: Seasonal Temperature Lag

2007.12.22: Weather Term

2007.12.22: Evaporation Rates

2007.12.21: Mildest weather in 3 weeks a tease -- dicey Sunday ahead

2007.12.21: Weekend Storm: From Thunder to Snow/High Winds

2007.12.21:

2007.12.21: Weather Extreme

2007.12.21: Snowy Decembers

2007.12.20: Chill may have eased—but winter arrives early Saturday

2007.12.20: WEATHER UPDATE

2007.12.20: Mild 40s precede jarring return to wintry chill; storm threat monitored

2007.12.20: What is Chicago's all-time greatest lake-effect snowfall?

2007.12.20: Weather Term

2007.12.20: Hoar frost produces eye-catching beauty in far west suburban DeKalb County

2007.12.19: Fog threatens icy spots while air quality deteriorates

2007.12.19: WEATHER UPDATE

2007.12.19: Temps plunge Saturday night, could threaten Midwest weekend storm

2007.12.19: Has Chicago ever had a major snowstorm on Christmas Day?

2007.12.19: WEATHER TERM

2007.12.18: String of sub-freezing temperatures ends Tuesday

2007.12.18: But for 'warm' nights, December 2007 would have been even colder!

2007.12.18: WEATHER UPDATE

2007.12.18: Chicago's Winter 2000-01

2007.12.18: Weather Term

2007.12.18: Partial thaw in heaviest Chicago snowpack of past 10 months

2007.12.18: Weekend storm expected with arctic chill to follow

2007.12.18: Warmer air at the top of the world

2007.12.18: Robins arriving in winter

2007.12.18: Jim Hill reflects on the wind

2007.12.17: The Sears Tower poking above Monday morning's stratus deck and inversion

2007.12.16: Storm batters the Northeast, spawns twisters in Georgia

2007.12.16: Weekend Storm Wrap-Up

2007.12.16:

2007.12.16: Weather Fact

2007.12.16: Recent White Christmases

2007.12.16:

2007.12.15: Snowstorm sweeps out of area; cold night to follow

2007.12.15: WEATHER UPDATE

2007.12.15: The 20th anniversary of Chicago’s ‘heart-attack’ thundery snowstorm

2007.12.15: Snowfall comparison: Milwaukee, Wisc. vs. Kankakee, Ill.

2007.12.15: Weather Word

2007.12.15: WINTER STORM UPDATE 2:35 P.M.

2007.12.14: Weather Word

2007.12.14: Storm threatens full December's snow in south suburbs/lakeside

2007.12.14:

2007.12.14: Heaviest Snow: South Suburbs and Lakeshore Counties

2007.12.14: 20 Degrees -- And Rain?

2007.12.13:

2007.12.13: Northeast blasted by 11-13" snows; weekend storm looms

2007.12.13:

2007.12.13: Chicago's Next Storm Arrives Saturday/Saturday Night

2007.12.13: Greatest High/Low Range

2007.12.12: Chicago on periphery of winter storms targeting northeast U.S.

2007.12.12: WEATHER UPDATE

2007.12.12: Northeast primed for double-barrel winter storms next four days

2007.12.12: Lake Michigan waves in winter

2007.12.12: Weather Word

2007.12.11: Cold tightens its grip after cloudiest December open since ‘97

2007.12.11: WEATHER UPDATE

2007.12.11: Arctic air brings season’s coldest highs; Saturday snow chances monitored

2007.12.11: Cold December temperatures in Chicago

2007.12.11: Weather Word

2007.12.11: Icy Lowden State Park near Oregon, Illinois (southwest of Rockford)

2007.12.11: Ice coats northwest suburban Algonquin at 8 a.m. Tuesday morning

2007.12.11: A layer of ice covers outdoor surfaces at Lake in the Hills and across Chicago's northwest suburbs

2007.12.10: Major ice storm west of city caps historic 4-day icy spell

2007.12.10: WEATHER UPDATE

2007.12.10: Heartland ice storm wallops 12 states, cutting electricity to 400,000+

2007.12.10: DECEMBER 2000 TEMPERATURES

2007.12.10: Weather Word

2007.12.10: MORE SHOTS OF THE OKLAHOMA ICE STORM

2007.12.10: ICE STORM IN OKLAHOMA CITY

2007.12.10: Ice storm cripples Oklahoma

2007.12.09: Weather Term

2007.12.09: More wintry weather in store for Chicago this week

2007.12.09:

2007.12.09: Outlook This Week

2007.12.09: Winters in Argentina vs. Chicago

2007.12.08: Weekend wintry mix repeats midweek

2007.12.08: WEATHER UPDATE

2007.12.08: December 9-10, 1879, record high temperatures: Just minutes apart

2007.12.08: Lake-effect cloudiness

2007.12.08: Weather Term

2007.12.07: Astronomy Word

2007.12.07: City braces for a second straight icy weekend

2007.12.07:

2007.12.07: Messy Weekend Ahead

2007.12.07: Extinction-Level Climate Change

2007.12.06: Thursday’s record-tying 0° at O’Hare the earliest in 3 decades

2007.12.06: WEATHER UPDATE

2007.12.06: Volatile 80-degrees north/south U.S. temp spread sets stage for two wintry systems

2007.12.06: What are "upper-level lows"?

2007.12.06: Weather Term

2007.12.06: More snow in the North Woods of Wisconsin

2007.12.05: A 6-8 hour snow threatens new 2-4” totals

2007.12.05: WEATHER UPDATE

2007.12.05: Storm threatens snow/ice a second weekend; Tuesday could see all snow

2007.12.05: Weather: December 1976 in Chicago

2007.12.05: Weather & Health

2007.12.05: Snow-covered Belmont Harbor in Chicago between Wednesday’s bursts of lake snow

2007.12.05: Wednesday morning lake snow pushes Waukegan storm snow tally above 8”

2007.12.05: Alberta Clipper’s snow falling in Mokena Tuesday night

2007.12.05: WINTER STORM UPDATE

2007.12.05: Clipped by the Clipper

2007.12.04: Blustery storm enters ‘lake effect’ snow phase

2007.12.04: WEATHER UPDATE

2007.12.04: Accumulating snows fly again Thursday night; two more storms may follow

2007.12.04: Winter Tornadoes in the U.S.

2007.12.04: Weather Term

2007.12.04: 2:40 PM TUESDAY UPDATE

2007.12.03: Area braces for biggest snow of season to date

2007.12.03: WEATHER UPDATE

2007.12.03: Early-occurring 3"+ snows boost chances of above normal seasonal tallies

2007.12.03: Lake Michigan waves in winter

2007.12.03: Weather Word

2007.12.03: Parts of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula sit under 2 feet of snow; as much as 39.5” has fallen there since last Thursday (11/27)

2007.12.03: The wintry cocktail of precipitation in this area’s weekend storm captured in pictures

2007.12.02: Weather Term

2007.12.02: Fast-moving clipper threatens city with midweek snow

2007.12.02:

2007.12.02: Chicago Weather History

2007.12.02: Summer Rainfall in Chicago

2007.12.01: Near 50 deg. warmth to melt Saturday's snow and glaze

2007.12.01:

2007.12.01: Chicago’s wettest winter month on record: December 1982

2007.12.01: Which months in Chicago typically average the most and least amount of sunshine?

2007.12.01: Weather Calendar

2007.12.01: WINTER STORM UPDATE-TEMPERATURES APPROACHING 32 DEGREES

2007.12.01: Forecasting Winter Precipitation Types

2007.12.01: WINTER STORM UPDATE-SNOW ENDING AS FREEZING RAIN/SLEET TAKES OVER

2007.12.01:

2007.11.30: Weather Word

2007.11.30: 2nd straight December to open with a storm system

2007.11.30:

2007.11.30: Weekend Storm

2007.11.30: Changes in Air Pressure

2007.11.29: Coolest November in five years in its final hours

2007.11.29: WEATHER UPDATE

2007.11.29: Weekend storm looks more icy than snowy; big snows to hit upper Midwest

2007.11.29: Chicago weather on Dec. 7, 1941

2007.11.29: Weather Term

2007.11.28: Wednesday's 48 deg. warmest in 8 days - but it won't last

2007.11.28: WEATHER UPDATE

2007.11.28: Jury still out on weekend storm; new evidence suggests a change to rain

2007.11.28: What is the largest hailstone recorded in the Chicago area?

2007.11.28: Weather Term

2007.11.27: Humidities dive to lowest November levels in 13 years

2007.11.27: WEATHER UPDATE

2007.11.27: Computer models lock onto weekend storm—but snow, rain or a mix here?

2007.11.27: Does our mild autumn say anything about snow this winter?

2007.11.27: Weather Term

2007.11.26: Weather Word

2007.11.26: Chicagoans shiver through first 5-day string of 30s in 9 months

2007.11.26:

2007.11.26: Noteworthy Snow Threat Sunday

2007.11.26: The Last Time Chicago Fell to -15 Degrees

2007.11.25: People in Meteorology

2007.11.25: Seasonably cloudy week ahead for Chicago

2007.11.25:

2007.11.25: Some Drought Relief for Parts of the Southeast U.S.

2007.11.25: Lake Michigan Wave Heights

2007.11.24: A colder more wintry week ahead for Chicago

2007.11.24: WEATHER UPDATE

2007.11.24: Chicago's Novembers and Decembers: Warmer and wetter

2007.11.24: Graupel precipitation

2007.11.24: People and Weather

2007.11.23: Weather Term

2007.11.23: Fall's first 32-degree coldest in 7 months; hits 10 days earlier than year ago

2007.11.23:

2007.11.23: Chicago's Next Storm Systems

2007.11.23: Chicago's Weather in 1988

2007.11.22: Weather Word

2007.11.22: Measurable snow on the books; first back-to-back 30s since April

2007.11.22:

2007.11.22: Four Storms Threaten Chicago in the Next Two Weeks

2007.11.22: Varying Degrees of Frost

2007.11.22: Wednesday night's snowfall covers the ground at Lindenhurst, Illinois

2007.11.21: Chicago Weather History

2007.11.21: Storm whitens NW suburbs after biggest rains in 3 months

2007.11.21:

2007.11.21: Outlook Next Two Weeks

2007.11.21: Tuesday Morning’s Dense Fog

2007.11.21: Temperatures at Yellowstone

2007.11.20: Snow-covered Thanksgiving possible west/northwest suburbs

2007.11.20: WEATHER UPDATE

2007.11.20: Warm lake and ground to limit city snow; second storm looms Monday

2007.11.20: Chicago November Snowfall in 1991 and 1995

2007.11.20: Weather Word

2007.11.19: Fog shrouds metro area ahead of steep temp drop

2007.11.19: WEATHER UPDATE

2007.11.19: Storm to deliver biggest rains here in 3 months; period of snow follows

2007.11.19: Why such high death tolls from cyclones in Bangladesh?

2007.11.19: Weather Extremes

2007.11.19: “X” marks the spot as jet contrails cross in the sky above DeKalb County’s Shabbona Lake

2007.11.18: Weather Word

2007.11.18: Potential Midwest snow could impact holiday travel

2007.11.18:

2007.11.18: Chicago Weather History

2007.11.18: Weather on Nov. 13, 1988

2007.11.17: Cold Thanksgiving to follow pre-holiday warmth

2007.11.17: WEATHER UPDATE

2007.11.17: No rainy nights in Georgia: The evolution of the Great Atlanta Drought

2007.11.17: Chicago Snowfall March 1876

2007.11.17: Weather Term

2007.11.16: Geophysical Term

2007.11.16: Just chilly enough to activate lake sprinkles/flurries later today

2007.11.16:

2007.11.16: Thanksgiving Day Outlook

2007.11.16: Land vs. Nautical Mile

2007.11.16: Beautiful Friday evening sunset in DeKalb county

2007.11.16: The sun rises Friday on Chicago's lakefront

2007.11.16: Friday's sunrise and fall colors in northwest Indiana

2007.11.15: Chill and clouds to dominate next to last fall weekend

2007.11.15: WEATHER UPDATE

2007.11.15: Handling of potential Thanksgiving storm varies; could arrive in two stages

2007.11.15: Percent of Possible Sunshine

2007.11.15: Geophysical fact

2007.11.14: Overdue chill promises Fall 2007’s coolest readings to date

2007.11.14: WEATHER UPDATE

2007.11.14: Details vary but autumn storm a threat over Thanksgiving holiday period

2007.11.14: Chicago's Snowiest Week

2007.11.14: Astronomical fact

2007.11.14: The Comet Holmes as viewed from northern Illinois last Friday night

2007.11.14: Wednesday’s Sunrise in west suburban Kane County’s Maple Park, Illinois

2007.11.14: Tuesday evening’s spectacular sunset in the Fox Valley

2007.11.13: Powerful winds import season’s chilliest readings

2007.11.13: WEATHER UPDATE

2007.11.13: Key indicators turn bullish on chill ending mild days’ 3 to 1 autumn dominance

2007.11.13: When does the hurricane season end? What is the latest that an Atlantic Basin hurricane has formed?

2007.11.13: Weather Term

2007.11.13: Fall colors out and spectacular across the city; coming wind likely to bring some of them down

2007.11.13: Beautiful Tuesday evening sunset in north suburban Wauconda and Mundelein

2007.11.13: Winter nears across Alaska; low sun-angle and growing snowpack contribute to the quiet beauty of the cold season there

2007.11.12: Monday’s 66 degrees: Warmest Nov 12 in 43 years

2007.11.12: WEATHER UPDATE

2007.11.12: Windy chill hits late Wednesday; carries into Thanksgiving week

2007.11.12: What is the least amount of snow that Chicago has received during a winter?

2007.11.12: Weather Word

2007.11.12: What a difference two days make!

2007.11.11: Weather Term

2007.11.11: Warmest in nearly two weeks: First 60s this month

2007.11.11:

2007.11.11: Chicago Weather This Week

2007.11.11: Knots, Not Knots Per Hour

2007.11.10: Clouds and showers slow warming today

2007.11.10: WEATHER UPDATE

2007.11.10: Memorable Veterans Day weather: The snowstorm of 1940

2007.11.10: Illinois Rainfall

2007.11.10: Weather Term

2007.11.09: Weather Term

2007.11.09: Rains early Sunday arrive amid 4th driest fall of past 50 years

2007.11.09:

2007.11.09: Edmund Fitzgerald Weather

2007.11.09: Snow creates a winter wonderland in sections of northern Wisconsin

2007.11.08: Meteorological autumn’s 11th weekend—the chilliest yet

2007.11.08: WEATHER UPDATE

2007.11.08: Big warm-up due by Monday; 96 percent of Novembers here experience 60s

2007.11.08: Cool & Cold in Chicago

2007.11.08: Weather Term

2007.11.07: Seasonable chill yields to November’s first 60s Sunday

2007.11.07: WEATHER UPDATE

2007.11.07: Changing pattern could bring precip surge to driest fall in 28 years

2007.11.07: Indor Relative Humidity

2007.11.07: Weather Term

2007.11.07: A foot of snow hits parts of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula

2007.11.06: Tuesday’s 45° among latest fall cool spells since 1983

2007.11.06: WEATHER UPDATE

2007.11.06: Wind is a golfer’s frustration. Why it is windy during the day and calm at night?

2007.11.06: Weather Word

2007.11.05: Chicago area to shiver in coldest temps of past 7 months

2007.11.05: WEATHER UPDATE

2007.11.05: Two week pattern has temp swings and break in dry weather stranglehold

2007.11.05: Chicago snowfall in November

2007.11.05: Weather Word

2007.11.05: Monday’s sunrise over Waukegan Harbor

2007.11.04: Weather Word

2007.11.04: High wind advisory and falling temperatures today

2007.11.04:

2007.11.04: Chicago Outlook Next 10 Days

2007.11.04: Santa Ana Winds

2007.11.03: Cool-down begins Monday, Possible flurries Tuesday

2007.11.03: WEATHER UPDATE

2007.11.03: Week ahead at Chicago: Below-normal temps in 2007, record cold in 1991

2007.11.03: I have read that hurricanes never start at or cross the equator. Why?

2007.11.03: Fire Weather Word

2007.11.03: Weather Word

2007.11.03: City’s first official 32 degree arrives -- 3 weeks later than year ago

2007.11.03:

2007.11.03: Colder Weather Ahead

2007.11.03: Winters After Mild Octobers

2007.11.02: An explosion of autumn color near Water Fall Glen this week

2007.11.01: Thursday's 54-degrees ties fall's coolest; nothing chillier since April

2007.11.01: WEATHER UPDATE

2007.11.01: Fall's coldest yet hits next week; 30+ degree temperature pullback due here

2007.11.01: Chicago's lowest humidity

2007.11.01: Weather Word

2007.11.01: Busse Woods draped in the colors of fall

2007.10.31: Books close on warmest October in 36 years

2007.10.31: WEATHER UPDATE

2007.10.31: Buckling jet stream to tug chill off expanding Canadian snowpack into U.S.

2007.10.31: Please explain how the term “percent contained” is calculated. What does it mean in reference to a wildfire?

2007.10.31: WEATHER WORD

2007.10.31: Fall colors peak in northwest Indiana

2007.10.30: Florida nor’easter enters 4th day; beach erosion extreme

2007.10.30: WEATHER UPDATE

2007.10.30: Snowstorm whitens southern Canada setting stage for chill here next week

2007.10.30: Statistics behind lightning strikes

2007.10.30: Inches of mercury

2007.10.30: Fall colors come to North Carolina’s mountains

2007.10.30: An eyecatching explosion of fall color outside Oakton Community College in Des Plaines

2007.10.29: Weather Word

2007.10.29: There hasn’t been a milder autumn here since 1971

2007.10.29:

2007.10.29: Colder overall pattern ahead next two weeks

2007.10.29: Halloween Wash-out

2007.10.29: Beautiful Fall Colors near Princeton, Illinois

2007.10.29: Mist and morning frost Sunday amid the seasonal geese migration at Willow Pond in Prospect Heights, Illinois

2007.10.29: Frost also comes to central Scotland

2007.10.28: Cloud Types

2007.10.28: Major warm-up for Chicago early this week

2007.10.28:

2007.10.28: Halloween Climatology at Chicago

2007.10.28: Earthrise

2007.10.27: Chicago’s Fall 2007’s run of mild nights ending

2007.10.27: WEATHER UPDATE

2007.10.27: Chicago's dark days: The double whammy of less daylight and more clouds

2007.10.27: The October full moon was on the 25th this year. How often does a full moon occur on Halloween?

2007.10.27: Weather Word

2007.10.27: Fall 2007's chilliest weekend ahead; 20-degrees-plus off a week ago

2007.10.27:

2007.10.27: Brief Warm-Up for Halloween

2007.10.27: Where to Escape the Heat

2007.10.25: Chicago headed for chilliest weekend in 7 months

2007.10.25: WEATHER UPDATE

2007.10.25: Some of the wintry chill in the arctic may reach Chicago in 1-2 weeks

2007.10.25: I will be in Chicago until December 6. What are my chances of seeing a snowfall by then?

2007.10.25: Weather Term

2007.10.24: Chilliest in 2 weeks—but October still 11° milder than year ago

2007.10.24: WEATHER UPDATE

2007.10.24: Unusual northwestbound system to back clouds/rain into Chicago

2007.10.24: Dew Points vs. Relative Humidity

2007.10.24: Weather Term

2007.10.24: Tuesday's beautiful sunset as photographed from Whiting, Indiana

2007.10.24: Spectacular Tuesday evening sunset as viewed from Remington, Indiana

2007.10.24: Space Shuttle Visible

2007.10.23: Chicago bathed in sun as 3-5” rains soak southern Midwest

2007.10.23: WEATHER UPDATE

2007.10.23: System raising hopes for rain in drought-ravaged South is Chicagobound

2007.10.23: Chicago's Relative Humidity

2007.10.23: Weather Word

2007.10.23: BEAUTIFUL WEDNESDAY EVENING SUNSET

2007.10.22: Temps retreat 30° Monday; seasonable until weekend chill

2007.10.22: WEATHER UPDATE

2007.10.22: Extreme drought, 100 m.p.h. gusts, render Southern California a tinderbox

2007.10.22: Relative Humidity Records

2007.10.22: Weather Term

2007.10.21:

2007.10.21: Fall 2007 now 6th warmest, but cool-down looms

2007.10.21:

2007.10.21: Chicago Weather History

2007.10.21: Latest Fall 80° at Chicago

2007.10.20: Howling winds to accompany Sunday's rare 80-degree high

2007.10.20: WEATHER UPDATE

2007.10.20: Chicago's not-so-hot summer: Another sub-par 90-degree season on the books

2007.10.20: What are the earliest and latest dates that Chicago has received its first measurable snowfall of the season?

2007.10.20: Weather Term

2007.10.19: Weather Word From Geology

2007.10.19: Shorter days unlikely to hamper rare late-season 80 degrees Sunday

2007.10.19:

2007.10.19: Storm to the west brings winds, rain to Chicago

2007.10.19: Lightning Strikes and Gender

2007.10.19: Snapshots from Thursday's Storm

2007.10.19: View of Thursday's downburst-generating thunderstorm from the 60th floor of the AON Center

2007.10.18: Chicago’s Loop among areas walloped by t-storm downbursts

2007.10.18: WEATHER UPDATE

2007.10.18: Thursday's storms unleash dozens of U.S. twisters; weekend warmth follows

2007.10.18: What are the hottest and coldest temperatures ever recorded in McHenry County?

2007.10.18: Weather Word

2007.10.18: MORE STORM PHOTOS

2007.10.18: THURSDAY EVENING'S STORMS IN THE MONEE AREA

2007.10.18: THURSDAY EVENING STORM PHOTOS

2007.10.18: HAIL AND HIGH WINDS RAKING CHICAGO AREA

2007.10.18: STORM UPDATE

2007.10.17: Chicagobound storm spawns twisters, 80+ m.p.h. gusts in Plains

2007.10.17: WEATHER UPDATE

2007.10.17: Severe weather - i.e. twisters / microbursts - threatens Thursday

2007.10.17: What is the difference between partly cloudy and partly sunny?

2007.10.17: Weather Term

2007.10.16: Rare fall severe storm outbreak threatens Chicago Thursday

2007.10.16: WEATHER UPDATE

2007.10.16: Powerful 60 m.p.h. winds may feed Thursday p.m. t-storm gusts

2007.10.16: Chicago's snowiest winters

2007.10.16: Weather term

2007.10.15: October's 70s double a year ago; month 10° warmer

2007.10.15: WEATHER UPDATE

2007.10.15: Wettest pattern in 7+ weeks; 3 storms and as much rain as a full October

2007.10.15: Chicago's 80-degree temps in October

2007.10.15: Weather Word

2007.10.15: Glorious sunrise

2007.10.14: Weather Word

2007.10.14: Brief chill departs, wetter pattern lies ahead

2007.10.14:

2007.10.14: Hurricane Hazel

2007.10.14: Daylight Saving Time and Halloween

2007.10.13: Milder and wetter week shaping up for Chicago

2007.10.13: WEATHER UPDATE

2007.10.13: October 1963: The warm October that refused to quit

2007.10.13: What is the average date of the first frost?

2007.10.13: Weather Myths

2007.10.13: Weather and Mythology

2007.10.13: Despite slow 'warming,' weekend to run 25 degrees cooler than last

2007.10.13:

2007.10.13: Wetter Phase Ahead

2007.10.13: The Force of Wind

2007.10.11: Friday's 50s nothing compared to last year's 39-degrees and snow

2007.10.11: WEATHER UPDATE

2007.10.11: Temps surge back to 70 degrees this weekend; wetter pattern due next two weeks

2007.10.11: Normal vs. Average Weather

2007.10.11: Weather Word

2007.10.10: Chill, with origins 1,700 miles north, activates lake rains

2007.10.10: WEATHER UPDATE

2007.10.10: Active pattern next week could deliver the biggest rains here in 1.5 months

2007.10.10: In what year did Chicago set the most record highs?

2007.10.10: Weather Word

2007.10.09: Biggest three-day October high temp drop in 10 years

2007.10.09: WEATHER UPDATE

2007.10.09: Chill temporary; temp surge next week to keep 6-month 'warm' string going

2007.10.09: Why do winds move from west to east. Why not east to west?

2007.10.09: Weather Term

2007.10.09: A warm day at Jacobs Field, home of the Cleveland Indians

2007.10.08: October’s warmth one for the books; 17 states set heat records

2007.10.08: WEATHER UPDATE

2007.10.08: Tuesday's modest cool-off just the start; chilliest air in 6 months Wednesday

2007.10.08: Winds and clouds

2007.10.08: Weather Term

2007.10.08: Southern Alaska’s 2007 fall colors spectacular and at their peak; snow levels falling in region’s mountains

2007.10.07: Weather Quotation

2007.10.07: Sunday's record warmth followed by cold front later today

2007.10.07:

2007.10.07: Chicago's Growing Season

2007.10.07: Origin of Meteorology

2007.10.06: Chicago temperature records in jeopardy Sunday

2007.10.06: WEATHER UPDATE

2007.10.06: 30th running of Chicago Marathon may be warmest of all

2007.10.06: Month with most thunderstorm days in Chicago

2007.10.06: Hurricane Scale

2007.10.05: Weather Term

2007.10.05: Warmest weekend in Chicago since early August

2007.10.05:

2007.10.05: Special Weather Event

2007.10.05: Tornadoes

2007.10.04: Near record level temps here as snow hits the Rockies

2007.10.04: WEATHER UPDATE

2007.10.04: Four-day stretch of near-record warmth in store for Chicago

2007.10.04: Raining "cats and dogs"

2007.10.04: Weather Word

2007.10.03: Warm and warmer: Summer refuses to let go

2007.10.03: Weather Update

2007.10.03: Midwestern warmth tied to western chill

2007.10.03: Chicago's "Normal Temperatures"

2007.10.03: Weather History

2007.10.02: Weather Proverb

2007.10.02: Mild today, warm Thursday -- warmer still Friday

2007.10.02:

2007.10.02: Active Weather Pattern

2007.10.02: Oxygen in the Atmosphere

2007.10.01: Weather Term

2007.10.01: Summer warmth today and thunderstorms tonight

2007.10.01:

2007.10.01: Great Lakes Water Level

2007.10.01: Chicago and Extreme Temps

2007.09.30:

2007.09.30: Eleven degrees above normal this week

2007.09.30:

2007.09.30: Weather This Week

2007.09.30: Green Skies and Thunderstorms

2007.09.29: Weather Word

2007.09.29: September warmth to spill into October

2007.09.29:

2007.09.29: Chicago Weather History

2007.09.29: 1983 Precipitation

2007.09.28: Weather & Living Things

2007.09.28: September 2007 at Chicago: Sunny, warm, dry

2007.09.28:

2007.09.28: Tornadoes and Hurricanes

2007.09.28: Perseids Meteor Shower

2007.09.27: A week of near-record warmth ahead

2007.09.27: WEATHER UPDATE

2007.09.27: For two-thirds of the nation, summer hangs on

2007.09.27:

2007.09.27: Geophysical term

2007.09.26: Normal temperatures—how odd!

2007.09.26: WEATHER UPDATE

2007.09.26: Summer temperatures set to return

2007.09.26: San Diego, California temperatures

2007.09.26: Astronomy Myth

2007.09.25: Seasonal temps to follow Tuesday’s active storms

2007.09.25: WEATHER UPDATE

2007.09.25: Fall colors beginning to show in parts of the country

2007.09.25: With gravity pulling everything toward the Earth, how do clouds stay in the sky?

2007.09.25: Weather Word

2007.09.25: A PENNANT AT THE END OF THE RAINBOW?

2007.09.24: Yesterday's warmth leads to today's storms

2007.09.24: WEATHER UPDATE

2007.09.24: September warmth—mild winter?

2007.09.24: Harvest Moon, Sept. 26, 2007

2007.09.24: Weather Word

2007.09.23: Weather Word

2007.09.23: Near-record warmth surges into Chicago

2007.09.23:

2007.09.23: U.S. Weather Trend

2007.09.23: Full Moon Illusion

2007.09.22: Summer temperatures linger into autumn

2007.09.22: Weather Update

2007.09.22: Sunday marks the autumnal equinox

2007.09.22: Global warming and August floods in Chicago

2007.09.22: Weather Word

2007.09.22: Only 4th 90-degree-plus Sept. 21 high at Midway in 80 years

2007.09.22:

2007.09.22: Warm Days Ahead

2007.09.22: Strong Tornadoes and T-Storms

2007.09.20: Remembering a rare New England hurricane

2007.09.20: WEATHER UPDATE

2007.09.20: Three disturbances to impact nation’s drought areas

2007.09.20: Chicago's September temperatures

2007.09.20: WEATHER WORD

2007.09.19: No repeat of last September’s chill; new temp surge Friday

2007.09.19: WEATHER UPDATE

2007.09.19: Bicoastal U.S. weather woes include rain, waterspouts; warmth lingers here

2007.09.19: Could a volcanic eruption alter the world’s climate?

2007.09.19: Weather Index

2007.09.18: Just 4 days to move from frost to the latest 90° in 7 years

2007.09.18: WEATHER UPDATE

2007.09.18: It's back to 90 degrees Friday but 1-2 week forecasts forecast cooler, wetter

2007.09.18: For every 100 miles east or west of Chicago what is the difference in the time of sunset?

2007.09.18: Weather History

2007.09.18: A frosty morning in Scotland

2007.09.17: Four-day temp rebound among September’s largest

2007.09.17: WEATHER UPDATE

2007.09.17: Big temp surpluses into next week; downturn, wetter pattern follows here

2007.09.17: Lake-effect rain

2007.09.17: Weather History

2007.09.16: Weather Word

2007.09.16: Furnace off, A/C on as temperatures rebound toward 90 degrees

2007.09.16:

2007.09.16: Chicago's Precipitation Extremes

2007.09.16: Converting Barometer Readings

2007.09.15: Saturday’s record chill earliest here in 117 years

2007.09.15: WEATHER UPDATE

2007.09.15: Variations on a September precipitation theme: Soggy 1961 vs. arid 1979

2007.09.15: Mosquitoes surviving low temperatures

2007.09.15: Weather Term

2007.09.14: Weather Calendar

2007.09.14: Chill of this intensity typically holds off until October

2007.09.14:

2007.09.14: Major Warm-up in the Works

2007.09.14: Vegetation in Alaska

2007.09.14: Fall colors have emerged in northern Wisconsin

2007.09.13: Cool surge threatens inland frost, temp record in jeopardy

2007.09.13: WEATHER UPDATE

2007.09.13: Warmth not done yet despite weekend chill; 50-degree temp rebound next 4 days

2007.09.13: Winter of 1941-42 in Europe

2007.09.13: Weather Term

2007.09.12: 20s hit North Woods; temps here coolest since early June

2007.09.12: WEATHER UPDATE

2007.09.12: Remnants of Japanese typhoon playing role in weekend cool surge here

2007.09.12: Weather Myths

2007.09.12: Weather term

2007.09.11: Chilliest weekend since mid-April predicted

2007.09.11: Weather Update

2007.09.11: Chill hardly a fixture here yet; temps to rebound strongly next week

2007.09.11: Weather changes on Sept. 11, 2001

2007.09.11: Weather Word

2007.09.11: Fall comes to southern Wisconsin; leaves turning and already falling

2007.09.11: Stunning thunderstorm “debris” clouds traversing downstate skies over Champaign-Urbana back on August 14, 2007

2007.09.11: A fitting photo for September 11 captured quite by accident

2007.09.10: Monday temp crash follows mildest September open in 17 years

2007.09.10: WEATHER UPDATE

2007.09.10: Temp surge to 80 degrees Thursday before plunge to coolest levels since mid-May

2007.09.10: Meteorological fall

2007.09.10: Geophysical fact

2007.09.09: Weather Word

2007.09.09: Late-week chill to bring city a touch of autumn

2007.09.09:

2007.09.09: Hot Septembers

2007.09.09: Months With No 90s

2007.09.08: City temps on an autumnal trend this week

2007.09.08: Weather Update

2007.09.08: Sept. 9-14, 1960: Hurricane Donna devastates Florida and the East Coast

2007.09.08: Features on weather maps

2007.09.08: Weather Term

2007.09.08: Weather Word

2007.09.07: Most humid summer here in 5 years; Gabrielle forms off Carolinas

2007.09.07:

2007.09.07: Autumn Looms Ahead

2007.09.07: Hurricane Storm Surge

2007.09.06: Gusty downpours Friday; any weekend rains at night

2007.09.06: WEATHER UPDATE

2007.09.06: Mildest September open in 17 years; next week's chill coolest since June

2007.09.06: Chicago's last 100°

2007.09.06: Weather Term

2007.09.06: Rainbow Thursday evening over Montrose Harbor on Chicago’s lakefront

2007.09.06: Eyecatching photo of a shadow cast by the rising sun by the antenna array on the Sears Tower

2007.09.05: 2,000 miles of south winds deliver most humid air in weeks

2007.09.05: Weather Update

2007.09.05: Weekend all but cleared of rain but autumn chill looms next week

2007.09.05: Growing up in Chicago in the 1950s, I remember going back to school in sweltering heat.

2007.09.05: Weather Word

2007.09.05: A spectacular Alaskan triple rainbow photographed last Thursday while driving through a thunderstorm on our 49th state’s Denali Highway

2007.09.04: Temps here headed to 90 degrees; record rains hit Upper Michigan

2007.09.04: WEATHER UPDATE

2007.09.04: Longest dry spell since June to break; wetter pattern could mean 1-2 inch rains

2007.09.04: Hurricane Felix affecting Aruba

2007.09.04: Negative lightning

2007.09.03: Weather Term

2007.09.03: Warmest Labor Day in 24 years; school year opens warm, too

2007.09.03:

2007.09.03: Wetter and cooler weather ahead

2007.09.03: Chicago vs. Seattle: August Rain

2007.09.02: Weather Word

2007.09.02: Sunny in Chicago as Category 5 Felix churns in Caribbean

2007.09.02:

2007.09.02: Hurricane Felix

2007.09.02: Heat Lightning

2007.09.01: Sunday warmth expected to persist into mid-week

2007.09.01: Weather Update

2007.09.01: Comparing the end of spring to the start of fall: Which is warmer?

2007.09.01: Lightning strikes and airplanes

2007.09.01: Weather Term

2007.09.01: Sun welcome after one of cloudiest summers in 10 years

2007.09.01:

2007.09.01: Hurricane Threat in Caribbean

2007.09.01: Winters After Wet Augusts

2007.08.30: WEATHER UPDATE

2007.08.30: Labor Day weekend arrives in longest dry spell of past month

2007.08.30: September opens cool—but 5 days of warming is followed by wet pattern

2007.08.30: Understanding chances of rain

2007.08.30: Weather Word

2007.08.29: NE winds deliver coolest high of any sun-filled day this month

2007.08.29: WEATHER UPDATE

2007.08.29: Rainfall here could surge next 1-2 weeks after warm Labor Day weekend

2007.08.29: August 1967 in Chicago

2007.08.29: Weather Word

2007.08.29: The swollen Rock River at the dam near Dixon, Illinois

2007.08.28: Chicago heat fuels 60,000 ft. Wisconsin/Iowa t-storms

2007.08.28: WEATHER UPDATE

2007.08.28: Storms threaten Wednesday; seasonal temp decline triples in coming month

2007.08.28: I want to move to a place with cool, dry summers and cold, snowy winters. Any suggestions?

2007.08.28: Weather Terms

2007.08.28: The remarkable power of last Thursday's (8/23/2007) storms underscored by these photos from stormchaser Chad Cowan

2007.08.28: Storm clouds over West Yellowstone, Mont.

2007.08.28: Spectacular view of this morning's (8/28/2007) lunar eclipse as viewed from the Illinois State Water Survey/Midwestern Regional Climate Center grounds in Champaign

2007.08.27: First 90 degree here in a week - but overall summer 90s down 20 percent

2007.08.27: Weather Update

2007.08.27: Storms to rake Iowa/Wisconsin—surviving storms reach Chicago Wednesday

2007.08.27: What is the most surprising revelation about lightning?

2007.08.27: Weather History

2007.08.27: Lightning arcs across the sky as viewed last week from the Loop

2007.08.27: Last week's storms provoke serious northwest Indiana flooding

2007.08.27: Northfield among the Chicago area communities hit hard by last Thursday’s storms

2007.08.27: Last week’s storm pictures keep coming in

2007.08.27: Estimate 80 m.p.h. gusts last Thursday contributed to these scenes in west suburban Streamwood

2007.08.26: Weather Term

2007.08.26: Rain to stage midweek return to Chicago

2007.08.26:

2007.08.26: Chicago Weather History

2007.08.26: Hurricane/Typhoon Names

2007.08.25: After the deluge: 9.70" at O’Hare and counting...

2007.08.25: Weather Update

2007.08.25: Arid Augusts: Not this year, and recently more of an exception than the rule

2007.08.25: Was Hurricane Wilma a Category 5 storm when it hit the Yucatan Peninsula in 2005?

2007.08.25: Weather on this date

2007.08.25: Weather Word

2007.08.25: Rain/record flooding to ease; August declared wettest since 1987

2007.08.25:

2007.08.25: Break in Wet Weather Ahead

2007.08.25: Double-Named Hurricanes

2007.08.24: Thursday's Storm Damage in Elmhurst

2007.08.24: Approaching storms sent this west suburban bike rider hurrying home Thursday

2007.08.24: Eyecatching lightning strikes over downtown Chicago

2007.08.24: South Elgin lightning around 1:30 a.m. Friday morning

2007.08.24: Airborne debris within Thursday's storm

2007.08.24: Storm's shelf cloud sweeps into DeKalb Thursday

2007.08.24: DeKalb area hit hard by flooding after recent waves of thundery deluges

2007.08.24: Thursday's second round of powerhouse storms sweep into Manhattan, Illinois

2007.08.24: Lake Arlington level soars after a baker's foot of rain

2007.08.23: Mammoth storm Thursday; possibly one of most expansive here

2007.08.23: WEATHER UPDATE

2007.08.23: Strong late summer jet stream threatens to invigorate t-storms again

2007.08.23: First recorded tornado

2007.08.23: Weather Term

2007.08.23: From Chicago's Lakeview comes these photos

2007.08.23: Storm Damage in Glenview Thursday afternoon

2007.08.23: Thursday's storms move into Tinley Park

2007.08.23: First floods--now damaging t-storm winds

2007.08.23: Photographer David Mayhew tracks Wednesday evening’s thunderstorms into Chicago

2007.08.22: Downpours propel Wisconsin August rainfalls to all time records

2007.08.22: WEATHER UPDATE

2007.08.22: Deadly heat wave enters third week; keeps fueling thundery downpours

2007.08.22: Thunderstorm Heights

2007.08.22: Hydrology Fact

2007.08.22: Overnight thunderstorms in Wisconsin generate driving rains and spectacular lightning

2007.08.22: Flood waters engulf northern Ohio

2007.08.21: Trees in Chicago snap Thursday in storm’s raging winds

2007.08.21: Fierce storms unleash 5” hailstones, 80 + m.p.h. gusts

2007.08.21: WEATHER UPDATE

2007.08.21: Saturated soils, bank-full rivers render predicted thunderstorms ominous

2007.08.21: Atlantic & Pacific Storms

2007.08.21: Weather Word

2007.08.21: DES PLAINES RIVER FLOODING

2007.08.20: Weather Term

2007.08.20: August's 6.40 inches wettest in 17 years -- nearly 3 times normal!

2007.08.20:

2007.08.20: T-Storms Heighten Flood Risk

2007.08.20: Wet September of 1986

2007.08.20: Swollen creek and flooded park in Lake In the Hills; Fox River over its banks just below Algonquin

2007.08.20: The big rains have sent Lake Geneva's level soaring in Wisconsin while producing street flooding

2007.08.20:

2007.08.19: Weather Term

2007.08.19: Heavy downpours lead to widespread flood potential

2007.08.19:

2007.08.19: Late-August Rain

2007.08.19: Hurricane Gilbert and Chicago

2007.08.19: The National Weather Service's Jim Allsopp calls last week's northern Indiana wind damage the most intense straight-line blowdown he's ever surveyed

2007.08.19: Beautiful Northern Wisconsin sunset last weekend (Aug. 11-12)

2007.08.18: Heavy rains in Chicago as Dean approaches NE Mexico

2007.08.18: WEATHER UPDATE

2007.08.18: Tracking the transition to meteorological autumn

2007.08.18: Eskimo words for snow

2007.08.18: Botany and the Atmosphere

2007.08.17: Weather Word

2007.08.17: Western fires behind 'red' moon here; storms late Saturday

2007.08.17:

2007.08.17: Wet Weather and Return to 90s Ahead

2007.08.17: Hurricanes and Hawaii

2007.08.16: Weather Service survey team finds 100 m.p.h. Indiana gusts

2007.08.16: WEATHER UPDATE

2007.08.16: Wettest August in 18 years to get wetter; thundery downpours ahead

2007.08.16: On the left side of the radar display there is a color-coded scale labeled "dBZ". What does this stand for?

2007.08.16: Weather Term

2007.08.15: Storms flood south suburbs; 70 m.p.h. gusts sweep Indiana

2007.08.15: Weather Update

2007.08.15: Deadly 100 degree heat just 230 miles south to fuel big rains this coming weekend

2007.08.15: Signs of severe winter

2007.08.15: Weather Word

2007.08.15: Crown Point, Indiana is hit by hail, downpours and high winds Wednesday evening

2007.08.15: More than 3,000 cloud to ground lightning strokes in just ten minutes from Wednesday evening’s 60,000 ft. tall thunderstorms

2007.08.14: August third warmest in half a century despite all the rain

2007.08.14: WEATHER UPDATE

2007.08.14: Wet August headed for big additional rains; some 2-week estimates exceed 4"

2007.08.14: Cloud movement in different directions

2007.08.14: Weather and Forests

2007.08.14: Dramatic lightning strokes early Tuesday over South Elgin, Illinois

2007.08.14: Chicago area’s “derecho-like” storms produce spectacular cloud displays downstate Tuesday

2007.08.13: Dakotas/Plains 100s fueling waves of potent Midwest t-storms

2007.08.13: WEATHER UPDATE

2007.08.13: Chicago's wettest month to live up to it's reputation next 2 weeks

2007.08.13: My husband and I want to know the average number of 100° days in Chicago each summer.

2007.08.13: Weather & Physics

2007.08.12: Weather Term

2007.08.12: Repeat of Sunday's windy storms possible tonight

2007.08.12:

2007.08.12: Chicago's Wet Augusts: Part 2

2007.08.12: Storms of Aug. 18-19, 1979

2007.08.11: August to continue in a warm,humid and rainy mode

2007.08.11: Weather Update

2007.08.11: August: Chicago's wettest month once again living up to its title

2007.08.11: Length of full moons

2007.08.11: Weather term

2007.08.11: Weather Term

2007.08.11: Weekend one of summer's 3 warmest; storms/heat relief Sunday p.m.

2007.08.11:

2007.08.11: Record Heat Scorches 10 States

2007.08.11: A Chicago Without 90s

2007.08.09: First rain-free day in a week; August now 8th wettest

2007.08.09: WEATHER UPDATE

2007.08.09: Summer's hottest weekend yet on the way; storms late Sunday?

2007.08.09: Daytime & nighttime t-storms

2007.08.09: U.S. Weather Extremes

2007.08.09: Apparent wall cloud/funnel illuminated in reflected light Thursday evening over Elgin; parent t-storm produced Doppler indicated rotation for 45 minutes—but NO touchdown

2007.08.09: Northern Wisconsin, suffering from drought, could use some of the recent rain here in the Chicago area

2007.08.09: The funnel clouds behind Wednesday afternoon’s tornado warnings and the siren activation in many northwest suburbs

2007.08.09: Spectacular lightning with Thursday’s pre-dawn south suburban thunderstorms

2007.08.08: Tornado sirens activated as funnels sweep NW suburbs

2007.08.08: WEATHER UPDATE

2007.08.08: Aurora hit with 3.25" in 80 minutes; more downpours threaten metro area

2007.08.08: What is the heaviest rain that Chicago has ever received?

2007.08.08: Weather Words

2007.08.08: Possible wall cloud at 3:15 pm over Cannon Crossing Park in Hoffman

2007.08.08: Storms produce this lightning early Wednesday morning

2007.08.08: New storms sweep northwest suburbs Wednesday afternoon

2007.08.08: Dust devils stir things up in Door County, Wisconsin's Peninsula State Park

2007.08.07: Rockford/Belvidere reeling after 6 inch plus rains; 75 plus year flood

2007.08.07: WEATHER UPDATE

2007.08.07: Mammoth hot dome driving storms here; 22 states warned of heat danger

2007.08.07: Is there a date that on average marks a turning point where the daily temperature declines from the summer peak?

2007.08.07: Weather terms

2007.08.07: UPDATE: Rockford flooding qualifies as a 75 year event; Belvidere's overnight deluge a 100+ year flood

2007.08.07: Rockford, Belvidere, Cherry Valley area reeling after overnight deluge; more than half a foot of rain hits some sections--and more's coming!

2007.08.06: Most humid air of this year fuels storms; 3.82 inches hits DeKalb Co.

2007.08.06: Weather Update

2007.08.06: Saturated atmosphere re-erupts Tuesday; severe weather, flooding a threat

2007.08.06: Water conservation & rainfall

2007.08.06: Weather Word

2007.08.06: Lightning hits Monday evening in powerful storms near Crown Point, Indiana

2007.08.06: Sunday evening’s tornado captured in photos from our WGN-TV viewers; apparent brief touchdown causes minor damage

2007.08.05: Weather Word

2007.08.05: Hot, humid air sits over Chicago through Thursday

2007.08.05:

2007.08.05: Hot Start to August

2007.08.05: Sun Intensity After 4 p.m.

2007.08.04: Hot humid week ahead with t-storms in the mix

2007.08.04: WEATHER UPDATE

2007.08.04: Temperatures by Chicago's lakefront

2007.08.04: Some lightning bolts flashing in the clouds look awfully long. What is the longest on record?

2007.08.04: Weather Word

2007.08.04: Weather Term

2007.08.04: Heat-fueled S. Dakota storms unleash 5.92"; being watched here

2007.08.04:

2007.08.04: Chicago’s Hottest Spell of 2007 Due Next Week

2007.08.04: Thermometer Placement

2007.08.02: Only 6th August since 1967 to open with back to back 90s

2007.08.02: Weather Update

2007.08.02: Heat to provoke t-storms; 7 of 8 computer forecasts: 2+" two week rains

2007.08.02: Chicago's Hottest Month

2007.08.02: Weather term

2007.08.02: Ground fog hugs the northwest Indiana soil as another muggy day gets underway Thursday

2007.08.01: Lake breezes, moderate humidities limit heat's full impact

2007.08.01: WEATHER UPDATE

2007.08.01: Year's muggiest air next week; resulting t-storms critical to degree of heat

2007.08.01: "Dry season" vs. "drought"

2007.08.01: Weather word

2007.07.31: Think Wednesday's 93 degrees is hot? It was 99 degrees a year ago

2007.07.31: WEATHER UPDATE

2007.07.31: Building heat to exhibit staying power, highest temps could hit next week

2007.07.31: Hawaii and Alaska temperatures

2007.07.31: Weather & People

2007.07.31: The eyecatching beauty of northern Scotland's Grampian Mountains

2007.07.30: More 90s in the coming week than all of last August

2007.07.30: WEATHER UPDATE

2007.07.30: Western heat slashes river flows to record lows, July warmest in 133 years

2007.07.30: Is the haze that fills the sky, especially on humid summer days, a sign of poor air quality?

2007.07.30: Weather Word

2007.07.30: Scotland’s beautiful East Coast in summer

2007.07.30: Full moon rising Sunday evening over Arlington Heights

2007.07.29: Weather Term

2007.07.29: Here comes the heat: 90s to dominate week

2007.07.29:

2007.07.29: Hot Summers in Chicago: Part 2

2007.07.29: Lake Michigan Temperatures

2007.07.28: Weather Term

2007.07.28: 90s likely to return here after three-week hiatus

2007.07.28:

2007.07.28: Hot Summers in Chicago: Part 1

2007.07.28: Hurricane Risk in June

2007.07.28: Weather Term

2007.07.28: Weekend to become summer’s 6th cooler than normal

2007.07.28:

2007.07.28: 90s Still on Track

2007.07.28: Chicago's Warmest Month

2007.07.26: Weather Word

2007.07.26: Microbursts hit southwest suburbs. 3-5 inch rains swamp other areas

2007.07.26:

2007.07.26: Return to 90s Possible Midweek

2007.07.26: Dangerous Positive Lightning

2007.07.25: Weather Myth

2007.07.25: Wednesday's 85 degrees warmest in a week; now 17 days since 90 degrees

2007.07.25:

2007.07.25: Thunderstorms in the Picture

2007.07.25: Hotter Now Than the 1950s?

2007.07.24: Geophysical Fact

2007.07.24: Chicago's 90s this decade grow at slowest pace since 1930

2007.07.24:

2007.07.24: Spotlight on Europe

2007.07.24: Humidity in Phoenix

2007.07.24: Arizona double rainbow amid monsoonal clouds and thunderstorms

2007.07.23: On This Date

2007.07.23: 15 days since last 90°+; summer slips from 27th to 43rd warmest

2007.07.23:

2007.07.23: Heat in Northern Plains and Europe

2007.07.23: 2007 Atlantic Hurricane Outlook

2007.07.22:

2007.07.22: Gradual increase in humidity and rain chances this week

2007.07.22:

2007.07.22: July Winds

2007.07.22: Cicada-Related Tree Damage

2007.07.21: Humidity and rain chances increase by midweek

2007.07.21: WEATHER UPDATE

2007.07.21: Greater air conditioning demand in city than in suburbs

2007.07.21: Chicago's hottest day

2007.07.21: Weather Word

2007.07.20: Weather Extreme

2007.07.20: Weekend marks 13 days without 90s, rare this time of year

2007.07.20:

2007.07.20: Quirky Disturbance Aloft

2007.07.20: Wind Directions

2007.07.20: Another spectacular set of Chicago lightning photos from this past Wednesday evening's storms

2007.07.19: More 90s on this date than any other--but not this year

2007.07.19: WEATHER UPDATE

2007.07.19: Heat to build into Chicago; stagnating air mass means haze, limited rain

2007.07.19: Why are the skies over Phoenix so blue?

2007.07.19: Weather Term

2007.07.19: Spectacular lightning in Wednesday evening's storms

2007.07.19: Wednesday evening's spectacular lightning display

2007.07.18: Flooding rains, dazzling lightning score direct hit on area

2007.07.18: WEATHER UPDATE

2007.07.18: Near 30-degree short term temp pullback then delayed heat makes its move

2007.07.18: Swimming during thunderstorms

2007.07.18: On This Date

2007.07.18: Amazing thunderstorm photo shot just days ago near Charleston, South Carolina

2007.07.17: Thundery 2-6" rains drench eastern Iowa, central Illinois

2007.07.17: WEATHER UPDATE

2007.07.17: Atmosphere explosive, loaded with moisture; 90 degrees high would be year's 11th

2007.07.17: How high above the ground would a person have to be to see across Lake Michigan?

2007.07.17: Astronomy term

2007.07.17: Threatening-looking storms send this shelf cloud into far south suburban Ashkum, Illinois around 9 a.m. this mornin

2007.07.16: T-storms blunt advance of blistering 100° Plains heat

2007.07.16: Weather Update

2007.07.16: Deluge threat prompts flood watch; storms arrive in waves; 2-3"+ totals

2007.07.16: The cause of thunder

2007.07.16: People in meteorology

2007.07.16: Beautiful view of the crescent moon on a summer evening from Arlington

2007.07.15: Strong thunderstorms today, heavy rains in days ahead

2007.07.15:

2007.07.15: The Cool Summer of 1992

2007.07.15: Understanding Dew Point

2007.07.15: Weather Word

2007.07.14: Mild weather short-lived, big warm-up ahead

2007.07.14: Weather Update

2007.07.14: JUNE 16 YEARS AGO: MT. Pinatubo eruption and Chicago's winter/summer

2007.07.14: Warmest and coldest times of the day

2007.07.14: Weather Term

2007.07.13: Windiest Mac start in years; front could ignite t-storms

2007.07.13: Weather Update

2007.07.13: NW flow aloft to slow onset of next week’s 90s; lengthy hot spell follows

2007.07.13: July 1995 heat wave

2007.07.13: State Temperature Extreme

2007.07.12: Weather Extreme

2007.07.12: Comfortable temps a bonus in period often dominated by 90s

2007.07.12:

2007.07.12: Storms Always Miss Me!

2007.07.11: Temps settle to coolest levels in 10 days

2007.07.11: Weather Update

2007.07.11: Heat next week not surprising; 90° tallies soar when summers open warm

2007.07.11: Chicago weather on July 12, 1957

2007.07.11: Weather Word

2007.07.11: Tuesday storm damage/possible microburst on I-294 in Schiller Park

2007.07.11: Tuesday's storms roar into Chicago's northwest suburbs Tuesday

2007.07.10: Heat relief welcome; air conditioning up 54% over year ago

2007.07.10: Weather Update

2007.07.10: Computer models hint Western heat headed for heartland next week

2007.07.10: Temperature, humidity and fireflies

2007.07.10: Weather Word

2007.07.10: SEVERE WEATHER UPDATE

2007.07.10: Powerful thunderstorms sweeping Chicago area a second day

2007.07.09: Cloudburst drenches DeKalb with a month’s rain in 80 minutes

2007.07.09: Weather Update

2007.07.09: Storm outbreak brings relief—but staggering Western heat being watched

2007.07.09: How do you calculate the distance to a thunderstorm using the time between the lightning and thunder?

2007.07.09: Weather & Geography

2007.07.09: Spectacular Skyline shots shortly after sunset July 4

2007.07.09: FLOODING DOWNPOURS IN DEKALB

2007.07.09: TEMPERATURES CRASH AFTER THUNDERSTORMS HIT

2007.07.09: Monday's storms bear down on Crystal Lake

2007.07.09: BELVIDERE SIREN UPDATE

2007.07.09: SEVERE WEATHER UPDATE MONDAY 3:15 P.M.

2007.07.08: Weather Term

2007.07.08: Western heat, drought—and dangerous wildfires

2007.07.08:

2007.07.08: Weather Pattern Change

2007.07.08: Freezing Water

2007.07.07: City sizzles in highest temperature in 10 months

2007.07.07: Weather Update

2007.07.07: Heat index over 100° returns to Chicago

2007.07.07: July 8, 1923 temperatures

2007.07.07: Weather Word

2007.07.06: Weather and Botany

2007.07.06: Heat, intense sunlight hit Chicago this weekend

2007.07.06:

2007.07.06: Aphelion

2007.07.06: Finding Chicago Temperatures

2007.07.05: A brief taste of smog; heat returns this weekend

2007.07.05: Weather Update

2007.07.05: The national distribution of precipitation

2007.07.05: Volcanic eruptions and flight delays

2007.07.05: Weather Fact

2007.07.04: Weather Word

2007.07.04: A few thoughts about lightning

2007.07.04:

2007.07.04: Relative Humidity

2007.07.04:

2007.07.03: Storm threat diminishes from north today

2007.07.03: Weather Update

2007.07.03: Strong thunderstorms threaten the Chicago area today

2007.07.03: 80°+ temperatures in Chicago

2007.07.03: Weather Word

2007.07.02: Warmth terminates city’s unusual run of 70° days

2007.07.02: Weather Update

2007.07.02: Thundery rains head toward Chicago

2007.07.02: What is the difference between scattered, isolated and intermittent thunderstorms?

2007.07.02: Weather Myth

2007.07.01: Cloud Types

2007.07.01: Storm threat increases as holiday nears

2007.07.01:

2007.07.01: Heat Out West as Plains Rain Shifts South

2007.07.01: Green Color in Clouds

2007.06.30: A pleasant start, but warmth returns by mid-week

2007.06.30: Weather Update

2007.06.30: The halo: A work of the sun/moon and cirrus clouds

2007.06.30: Does lightning come up from the ground or down from the sky?

2007.06.29: Cloud Types

2007.06.29: Cool interlude yields to gathering warmth, humidity

2007.06.29:

2007.06.29: Night Sky This Weekend

2007.06.29: The Building in Red

2007.06.29: THURSDAY NIGHT'S SUNSET

2007.06.28: Cool spell short lived; heat by July 4

2007.06.28: Weather Update

2007.06.28: Are Chicago’s summers getting warmer?

2007.06.28: High/low temperature readings

2007.06.28: Weather Term

2007.06.27: 12th warmest June suggests a hot summer

2007.06.27: Weather Update

2007.06.27: Drought shrivels the Southwest and Southeast; Plains are awash

2007.06.27: Increased carbon dioxide

2007.06.27: Weather Term

2007.06.26: Tuesday’s thundery cloudburst focuses on North Side

2007.06.26: Weather Update

2007.06.26: Stalled storms behind Tuesday deluge; steamy air could reignite downpours

2007.06.26: Warm/cold Lake Michigan shoreline temperatures

2007.06.26: STATE TEMPERATURE EXTREMES

2007.06.26: Temperatures crash with deluges

2007.06.26: Drenching downpours and lots of lightning accompany heavier thunderstorms moving across sections of the Chicago metro area Tuesday, urban flood warnings issued

2007.06.25: Lake cooling exits first time in 6 days; 93° to tie year’s hottest

2007.06.25: Weather Update

2007.06.25: Sub-par rain next 2 weeks may be no match for strong June/July sun

2007.06.25: Golf balls and humid weather

2007.06.25: People and Weather

2007.06.25: Cloud Types

2007.06.24: Warm-up to follow cloudy and cool weekend

2007.06.24:

2007.06.24: Chicago Weather History: June 1959

2007.06.24: Chicago's Heavy Rainfall

2007.06.23: Coolest June 23rd here in 28 years; 90s on the way

2007.06.23: WEATHER UPDATE

2007.06.23: Flash and crash: An in-depth look at Chicago thunderstorms since 1880

2007.06.23: What was Chicago’s most extreme weather year?

2007.06.23: Weather Term

2007.06.23: East Iowa/western Illinois 7-8” cloudbursts trigger water rescues

2007.06.23:

2007.06.23: Here Comes the Heat...

2007.06.23: BIG HAIL

2007.06.21: Coolest here in 2 weeks; big storms/severe weather west

2007.06.21: Weather Update

2007.06.21: Dome of heat to bring 2007's hottest, most humid air next week

2007.06.21: Can there be thunder without lightning?

2007.06.21: Weather Word

2007.06.21: Time exposures of Wednesday evening's International Space Station/Space Shuttle Atlantis pass over Chicago at 9:52 p.m.

2007.06.21: Cool lake winds protecting Chicago area against strong t-storms Thursday; strong storms south and west sections of area later tonight; peak Chicago storm threat late Friday night into Saturday

2007.06.20: Barrages of hail blast the upper Midwest

2007.06.20: Longest Day in Chicago

2007.06.20: Chicago in line for a stormy then steamy start to astronomical summer

2007.06.20: Meteoroids

2007.06.20: Geography Word

2007.06.20: Anvil Cloud in Rogers, Minn. Thursday evening

2007.06.19: Weather & Ecology

2007.06.19: Clouds may limit tonight’s view of International Space Station

2007.06.19:

2007.06.19: Late-Week Thunderstorms, Then Heat Returns

2007.06.19: June as Chicago’s Hottest Month

2007.06.19: Distant towering cumulus clouds or thunderhead produce this eyecatching display of crepuscular rays

2007.06.18: Towering cumulonimbus cloud (thunderhead) over Tinley Park Monday evening

2007.06.18: Weather Term

2007.06.18: Downpours join barrages of wind/lightning to break hot spell

2007.06.18:

2007.06.18: Hints of Hotter Weather Next Week?

2007.06.18: Driest Cities in the United States

2007.06.17: Weather Term

2007.06.17: 4th straight 90° to be followed by storms tonight

2007.06.17:

2007.06.17: Hurricane Agnes

2007.06.17: North American Temperature Extremes

2007.06.16: Heat and humidity trigger thunderstorms

2007.06.16: Weather Update

2007.06.16: Chicago’s 88 days of summer: A temperature-defined season

2007.06.16: Chicago weatherman P.J. Hoff

2007.06.16: Weather Term

2007.06.16: Weather Terms

2007.06.16: Hottest weekend in 11 months; 4 straight 90s a month ahead of year ago

2007.06.16:

2007.06.16: Chicago's Next Chance of Rain

2007.06.16: Calm Winds

2007.06.14: Lake winds air condition city; inland 90s year’s hottest

2007.06.14: Weather Update

2007.06.14: Warmest weekend since July; winds to dash lake cooling/deliver humid air

2007.06.14: Why don’t they have hurricanes in California, Oregon and Washington?

2007.06.14: Weather Word

2007.06.13: 100% sunny streak longest in 2 years; June 34th warmest

2007.06.13: Weather Update

2007.06.13: Peculiar pattern behind all the sun here pounding East/Plains with storms

2007.06.13: Accuracy of hurricane forecasts

2007.06.13: Weather Word

2007.06.12: Blocking pattern keeps the sun coming here

2007.06.12: Weather Update

2007.06.12: 8"+ deluge hits waterlogged Nebraska even as soils continue drying here

2007.06.12: Has there even been a year in which no hurricanes touched the U.S. mainland?

2007.06.12: Weather Quote

2007.06.11: Most 80s here in 8 years; 62% ahead of last year’s pace

2007.06.11: Weather Update

2007.06.11: Rains have to keep coming in summer; nearly 1.50" necessary each week

2007.06.11: What causes thunder to sound different?

2007.06.11: Weather Word

2007.06.10: Weather Word

2007.06.10: Chicago in line for several days of warm, dry weather

2007.06.10:

2007.06.10: Drought Update

2007.06.10: June 12, 1948, Rainfall

2007.06.09: Cool lake impacts Chicago temperatures this week

2007.06.09: Weather Update

2007.06.09: Buckets of rain drenched the Chicago area: The cloudbursts of June 10, 1967

2007.06.09: Controlling the weather

2007.06.09: Astronomy Word

2007.06.09: Damage from Thursday night/Friday morning's thundery deluge and wind gusts at Waukegan Airport

2007.06.09: Weather Words

2007.06.09: Storms unleash wild weather in 18 states after north suburban deluge

2007.06.09:

2007.06.09: Time of Year Approaches for Extended Heat

2007.06.09: Aurora vs. Chicago Record Rainfall

2007.06.07: Powerful overnight storms rake area after 2007’s hottest

2007.06.07: Weather Update

2007.06.07: Winter intensity storm and summer-like heat/humidity spawn wind/twisters

2007.06.07: Problems encountered by tornado survey teams

2007.06.07: Weather Term

2007.06.07: Wall cloud toward sunset Thursday near Rockford

2007.06.07: High winds, potentially tornadic thunderstorms threaten Chicago area as winter-intensity storm taps energy from summerlike hot, humid atmosphere

2007.06.07: Thursday Wind Damage in Oak Park

2007.06.06: Powerful low pressure generates strong winds/severe storms

2007.06.06: Weather Update

2007.06.06: Thursday’s Severe Storm Risk—Highest for Chicago in the Evening

2007.06.06: “Red sky at morning, sailor take warning. Red sky at night, sailor’s delight.”

2007.06.06: Weather Fact

2007.06.05: Temperatures here to surge 45°+ by Thursday

2007.06.05: Weather Update

2007.06.05: Unusually intense late-spring storm to produce both snow and twisters

2007.06.05: What is the most rainfall that Chicago has received in a 24-hour period?

2007.06.05: Weather Word

2007.06.04: After half May’s normal rain, June opens wettest in 8 years

2007.06.04: Weather Update

2007.06.04: Storm of rare strength threatens 40+ m.p.h. gusts/t-storms, 90s Thursday

2007.06.04: July's hottest place in the world

2007.06.04: Weather Word

2007.06.04: Downpours accompany Monday's 43,000 ft. tall thunderstorms

2007.06.04: Weather Record

2007.06.03: Barry’s moisture to enhance Monday rains here

2007.06.03:

2007.06.03: Chicago's Hottest Days

2007.06.03: Santa Barbara vs. Chicago Thunderstorms

2007.06.02: Barry soaks Florida—more rain due here

2007.06.02: Weather Update

2007.06.02: Barry soaks Florida—more rain due here

2007.06.02: How do you determine the daily average high and low temperatures, and do they ever change?

2007.06.02: Weather Words

2007.06.02: Weather Calendar

2007.06.02: Lightning-packed squall line unleashes 60 m.p.h. gusts, 1”+ rains

2007.06.02:

2007.06.02: Recent Severe Weather

2007.06.02: Rainbow Around the Sun

2007.06.01: Friday's Line of Storms

2007.06.01: SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING

2007.05.31: Meteorological summer begins after 11th warmest spring

2007.05.31: Weather Update

2007.05.31: Rains Florida-bound as '07 hurricane season begins; more t-storms here too

2007.05.31: Rainfall Measurements

2007.05.31: Temperature Coincidence

2007.05.30: Chicago’s warm May pales compared to record Russian heat

2007.05.30: Weather Update

2007.05.30: Tropical downpours could put a dent in 20"+ Florida 17-month rain deficits

2007.05.30: Was Chicago’s summer of 1992 a cold one?

2007.05.30: Astronomy Fact

2007.05.29: Chicago’s 90° tallies have soared after similarly warm Mays

2007.05.29: Weather Update

2007.05.29: Downpours headed for sections of fire-ravaged Florida/waterlogged Plains

2007.05.29: Does Chicago or Seattle get more annual precip? I say Seattle, but my friend thinks Chicago.

2007.05.29: Weather Words

2007.05.29: Weather Word

2007.05.28: Week of 80s to secure May’s position as warmest in 9 years

2007.05.28:

2007.05.28: Chicago’s 18th Mildest Spring on Record

2007.05.28: Cloudy? What a Bummer...

2007.05.28: Weather Term

2007.05.27: Wet pattern persists—warmth returns then ends midweek

2007.05.27:

2007.05.27: Coldest Memorial Days

2007.05.27: Active Hurricane Season ... For U.S.?

2007.05.26: Soggy Saturday brings much needed rainfall

2007.05.26: Weather Update

2007.05.26: Warmer temperatures—but fewer records—at Midway the past 20 years

2007.05.26: Most frequently asked weather questions

2007.05.26: Weather Myth

2007.05.26: Weather Fact

2007.05.26: Warmth, humidity and energetic jet stream threaten t-storms

2007.05.26:

2007.05.26: Signs of Wetter Weather Ahead

2007.05.26: Daylight in Frankfurt, Germany

2007.05.25: Tornado on the ground Friday afternoon near Casey in east-central Illinois near the Indiana border

2007.05.24: Limbs snap as dusty 55 m.p.h. winds rake the area

2007.05.24: Weather Update

2007.05.24: Memorial Day weekend far from washout; t-storms threaten in clusters

2007.05.24: Red Flag Warning in Chicago

2007.05.24: Weather Term

2007.05.23: Thursday’s predicted 92° near 57 year old record

2007.05.23: Weather Update

2007.05.23: Rain-deprived Chicago in for active storms tonight; big 2 week rain totals?

2007.05.23: Barometric pressure units

2007.05.23: Nautical Word

2007.05.23: Non-thunderstorm winds produce tree damage west of Chicago in Lee County Wednesday

2007.05.22: Year’s longest warm spell yet; most May 80s in 2 decades

2007.05.22: Weather Update

2007.05.22: Tornadic Plains storms the forerunners to thundery downpours here

2007.05.22: Legacy of Dr. Ted Fujita

2007.05.22: Astronomy Fact

2007.05.21: 80°+ tally to reach 12 Wednesday—most since 1987

2007.05.21: Weather Update

2007.05.21: Warmth threatening Plains’ biggest severe weather outbreak in 2+ weeks

2007.05.21: Is it true that a tornado is always preceded by hail?

2007.05.21: Weather Term

2007.05.21: Hydrology Term

2007.05.20: Major warm-up today after Sunday’s big cool-down

2007.05.20:

2007.05.20: Memorial Day 2007

2007.05.20: Winter vs. Summer Lake Winds

2007.05.19: City to shiver in lake-enhanced chill Sunday

2007.05.19: Weather Update

2007.05.19: May 18, 2000: T-storm, microburst level trees in north/northwest suburbs

2007.05.19: Has there ever been a tornado on Christmas or New Year’s Day?

2007.05.19: Weather Word

2007.05.18: Only the third of 11 spring weekends to host 80°+

2007.05.18:

2007.05.18: Weekend Cold Front -- Then A Warm-Up

2007.05.18: A Vote for Colder Weather?

2007.05.18: Frost forms in Chicago's suburbs Thursday night/Friday morning

2007.05.17: Chilliest in a month; North Woods shiver in 20s

2007.05.17: Weather Update

2007.05.17: Summerlike Saturday—even warmer next week; temps tumble Sunday

2007.05.17: Rain Gush

2007.05.17: Weather Word

2007.05.16: Thunderstorms produce damage a second day

2007.05.16: Weather Update

2007.05.16: From a flirtation with frost to 80s by Saturday; Chicago area to warm

2007.05.16: Are the huge icebergs and ice fields on Earth composed mostly of frozen salt water or are some of them fresh water?

2007.05.16: Record Event

2007.05.16: Dramatic "shelf cloud" sweeping down Lakeshore Drive with Wednesday's storm

2007.05.15: Storm’s 60+ m.p.h. winds turn deadly, damage south suburbs

2007.05.15: Weather Update

2007.05.15: Chill aloft to ignite late day t-storms; 80°+ warmth back by Saturday

2007.05.15: Has Chicago ever recorded a 100º temperature in May?

2007.05.15: Weather Term

2007.05.15: Gust front rakes area south of I-80 with 60-70 m.p.h. wind gusts Tuesday afternoon

2007.05.15: Will and Kankakee counties in Illinois and Lake County, Indiana among those hardest hit in Illinois by Tuesday afternoon's powerful storms

2007.05.14: First 90° since last August; earliest in 13 years

2007.05.14: Weather Update

2007.05.14: T-storms to bring needed rain Tuesday; projections also boost 8-15 day rains

2007.05.14: Wedge Tornadoes

2007.05.14: Weather Word

2007.05.14: Weather Term

2007.05.13: Warmest day of 2007—then rain, cool-down Tuesday

2007.05.13:

2007.05.13: After Tuesday, Dry Weather Prevails

2007.05.13: Lake-Effect Rain

2007.05.12: Big warm-up Monday precedes Tuesday storms

2007.05.12: Weather Update

2007.05.12: May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month

2007.05.12: Volcanic eruption & U.S. temperatures

2007.05.12: On This Date

2007.05.12: Weather Term

2007.05.11: Chill follows 40° plunge—biggest 2-day May drop in 6 years

2007.05.11:

2007.05.11: Next Major Rain Threat: Tuesday

2007.05.11: Latest Snow in Chicago

2007.05.11: Thursday's 80°+ warmth spawns dust devils to Chicago's west

2007.05.10: Weather Update

2007.05.10: Temp-slashing NE wind reaches city after 280 mile trek over sub-40° water

2007.05.10: Enhanced Fujita Tornado Scale

2007.05.10: Astronomical Event

2007.05.10: Weather Word

2007.05.09: Longest May dry spell in 15 years; month 21st mildest since 1871

2007.05.09: Weather Update

2007.05.09: ‘Andrea’ among the 18 earliest tropical storm strength systems since 1851

2007.05.09: Chicago sunrise/sunset

2007.05.09: Weather Term

2007.05.09: SPECIAL REPORT ON WGN'S NINE O'CLOCK NEWS WEDNESDAY EVENING (MAY 9) This waterspout last September 22 off the Loyola University Sheridan Road campus illustrates the Chicago area's tornado vulnerability

2007.05.09: Greensburg, Kansas in ruins after the devastating Friday, May 4 EF5 tornado

2007.05.08: Chicagoans treated to first back-to-back 80s in 7 months

2007.05.08: Weather Update

2007.05.08: Flooding in waterlogged Plains could approach record 1993 washout

2007.05.08: Below zero temperatures in South America

2007.05.08: Weather Term

2007.05.08: Flooding in Aberdeen, South Dakota

2007.05.07: Tripling of atmosphere’s water content raises t-storm chances

2007.05.07: Weather Update

2007.05.07: Humid air behind deadly Greensburg, Kan. twister reaches Chicago

2007.05.07: Blue Moons

2007.05.07: Weather Term

2007.05.06: 21% relative humidity here lowest in nearly 15 months

2007.05.06:

2007.05.06: May 1977 Temperatures

2007.05.06: May 1927 Tornado

2007.05.06: Tornado Safety Rule

2007.05.05: Deadly Plains tornado barrage continues

2007.05.05:

2007.05.05: Chicago Record Highs

2007.05.05: O'Hare as Chicago’s Official Site

2007.05.05: Weather Word

2007.05.05: Demise of rain-inhibiting east winds to allow surge of warmth

2007.05.05:

2007.05.05: Stormy Days Ahead in Plains

2007.05.05: States With Light Winds

2007.05.04: Friday morning's sunrise over Chicago's western suburbs

2007.05.03: Storm which drenched Missouri to clip Chicago

2007.05.03: Weather Update

2007.05.03: Midwest 2007 moisture variation stunning; wildfires north—flooding south

2007.05.03: Most frequent high low temperatures in Chicago

2007.05.03: Weather Term

2007.05.02: Developing La Nina could signal more 90s here

2007.05.02: Weather Update

2007.05.02: Year’s warmest, most humid stretch yet to follow days of cool east winds

2007.05.02: Which years have had the most pre-June 80s and did those years end up having hot summers?

2007.05.02: Weather Word

2007.05.02: Tornado chase last week yields these amazing photos in western Kansas Monday evening, April 23

2007.05.02: Shots of Wisconsin wildfire smoke trapped beneath a Lake Superior-induced temperature inversion

2007.05.01: From five hours of 80s to 3 days of cool east winds

2007.05.01: Weather Update

2007.05.01: Warm spell beginning this weekend to linger; multi-day 80° string likely

2007.05.01: Does Europe have tornadoes?

2007.05.01: Weather Term

2007.05.01: Indiana dewdrops in the warm Sunday sun

2007.05.01: Storm’s warm sector to overpower lake cooling; Chicago’s third 80° of 2007

2007.04.30: Breezes chill Chicago but 90° only 90 miles away

2007.04.30: Weather Update

2007.04.30: Dew Point Temperatures over 80°?

2007.04.30: Weather Calendar

2007.04.30:

2007.04.29: Wide range in weather across the area today

2007.04.29:

2007.04.29: May 1-5 Temperatures

2007.04.29: Relative Humidity

2007.04.28: Big warm-up followed by mid-week cool down

2007.04.28: Weather Update

2007.04.28: Doppler Weather Radars

2007.04.28: Tornadoes in Chicago

2007.04.28: Weather Word

2007.04.28: Weather Fact

2007.04.28: Sun’s return comes amid cloudiest April here in 12 years

2007.04.28:

2007.04.28: April to End on Warm Note

2007.04.28: DRY LINE

2007.04.26: Mini tornado touchdown in Plainfield/Bolingbrook area

2007.04.26: Weather Update

2007.04.26: Thursday’s ‘landspout’ hardly a conventional tornado; winds under 85 m.p.h.

2007.04.26: What is the highest altitude that a tornado has been recorded at?

2007.04.26: Weather Term

2007.04.26: Small, short-lived tornado known as a "landspout" touches down around 2:59 p.m. Thursday in Plainfield

2007.04.26: Thursday’s storm pictures

2007.04.26: What a seminar at Fermilab this past Saturday, April 21—MANY THANKS for such wonderful support!!

2007.04.25: Series of tornado touchdowns downstate Wednesday

2007.04.25: Weather Update

2007.04.25: Chicago headed for a string of 80s—year’s most substantial warm spell yet

2007.04.25: Highest Illinois Temperature

2007.04.25: Weather Term

2007.04.25: Overnight rains top 2" over Chicago's southern suburbs—1-2" in the city proper!

2007.04.25: A tornado encounter this past Saturday (April 21) in West Texas

2007.04.24: Howling winds to deliver 2"+ rains; heaviest in 5 months

2007.04.24: Weather Update

2007.04.24: Tornadoes, record rains lash Plains to be followed by 2007’s warmest temps

2007.04.24: Has it ever snowed in any spring season after we have had an 80° day?

2007.04.24: Weather Word

2007.04.23: It’s dry! Longest rain-free April period on record

2007.04.23: Weather Update

2007.04.23: Blustery downpours to double April’s rain tally; tornadic storms south

2007.04.23: Why are temperatures always taken in the shade?

2007.04.23: Hydrology Term

2007.04.23: Weather Term

2007.04.22: Cool, wet week to follow summery Sunday

2007.04.22:

2007.04.22: April 1967 Tornado Outbreak

2007.04.22: Snow After Oak Lawn Tornado

2007.04.21: City to bask in season’s first 80° temp today

2007.04.21: Weather Update

2007.04.21: Twisters devastate Northeast Illinois on ‘F4 Friday’—April 21, 1967

2007.04.21: April 27, 1910 Snowfall

2007.04.21: Weather Fact

2007.04.21: Weather Word

2007.04.21:

2007.04.21: The 2007 Fermilab Tornado and Severe Weather Seminar—including a trip inside Hurricane Katrina

2007.04.20: Oak Lawn/Belvidere twisters 40 years ago; Utica ravaged in 2004

2007.04.20:

2007.04.20: Plains Thunderstorms Shift East

2007.04.20: Who Activates Tornado Sirens?

2007.04.19: Warmest weekend in 7 months; first 80° since October

2007.04.19: Weather Update

2007.04.19: Rainfalls could take off next two weeks; severe weather Sunday night?

2007.04.19: Weather records May 1934

2007.04.19: Weather Word

2007.04.18: April winds blow off chilly lake 42% of the time

2007.04.18: Weather Update

2007.04.18: Weekend warm-up could produce Sunday highs which flirt with 80°

2007.04.18: Temperature & Cricket Chirps

2007.04.18: Geophysical Fact

2007.04.17: Jarring plunge extinguishes 2007’s sixth round of 70s

2007.04.17: Weather Update

2007.04.17: Three 70° days begin Saturday—20° warmer than last weekend

2007.04.17: Shortest snow-free period in Chicago

2007.04.17: Weather Word

2007.04.16: Dramatic temp plunge to hit behind back-door cold front

2007.04.16: Weather Update

2007.04.16: Warmest weekend temps of 2007 could boost severe weather prospects

2007.04.16: Aircraft Lightning Strikes

2007.04.16: Weather & Health

2007.04.15: Sunny skies over Chicago as New England is hit hard

2007.04.15:

2007.04.15: Impact of Omega Block on Chicago's Weather

2007.04.15: Global Warming and Tornadoes

2007.04.14: Clouds over Chicago as nor’easter pounds New England

2007.04.14: Weather Update

2007.04.14: Average date of the last spring freeze has already passed for parts of Chicago

2007.04.14: What year was the last time it snowed on April 11?

2007.04.14: Weather Term

2007.04.14: Hydrology Fact

2007.04.13: Cloud-maker here to explode into East Coast nor’easter

2007.04.13:

2007.04.13: Hints of Warmth for Next Weekend

2007.04.13: Chicago Weather Records

2007.04.12: It was 80° a year ago—30° milder than today

2007.04.12: Weather Update

2007.04.12: April 14th coolest of past 137 years; a choppy road to milder 1-2 week temps

2007.04.12: What is the record for the longest snow season in Chicago?

2007.04.12: Geophysical Fact

2007.04.11: Heaviest late season snow here in 27 years

2007.04.11: Weather Update

2007.04.11: Chilly new storm to graze area Saturday; 60s Tuesday, warmest in 2 weeks

2007.04.11: Snowfall in the middle of May in Chicago?

2007.04.11: On This Date

2007.04.11:

2007.04.11: Rain in place following one of April’s biggest late season snowfalls in 27 years; powerful winds to diminish—only to return with snow early Thursday

2007.04.11: Heaviest official late-season snow in 27 years

2007.04.10: Lake’s warmth helping keep storm a ‘liquid event’

2007.04.10: Weather Update

2007.04.10: Cold, wind driven rains to total 1+" here as big snows hit Wisconsin

2007.04.10: Where did the term jet stream originate?

2007.04.10: Weather Word

2007.04.10: Rare and potentially significant April snowstorm bearing down on north and west sections of the Chicago metro area, mixed precip threatens city

2007.04.09: Early April’s chilliest spell in a quarter century

2007.04.09: Weather Update

2007.04.09: Warm North Atlantic may have played role in recent chill; storms follow

2007.04.09: What is a “feedback mechanism?” Does is affect the weather?

2007.04.09: On This Date

2007.04.09: Wrigley Field wasn't the only place to see snow; here, flurries fly

2007.04.09: Weather Word

2007.04.08: Flurries could fly at Cubs home opener

2007.04.08:

2007.04.08: First Tornado Captured on Radar

2007.04.08: Full Moons in February

2007.04.07: Chicago bracing for coldest Easter in 29 years

2007.04.07: Weather Update

2007.04.07: Saving winter’s worst for last: The big snows of April 1938

2007.04.07: Chicago snowfall in April 1961

2007.04.07: Notable People

2007.04.07: Cold and snow hit western North Carolina

2007.04.07: Hydrology Word

2007.04.06: Saturday’s blustery chill to challenge 71-year-old record

2007.04.06:

2007.04.06: Ominous Storm Brewing Midweek

2007.04.06: Chicago's Latest Snow

2007.04.05: Cold blast has Chicagoans shivering; U.P. digging out

2007.04.05: Weather Update

2007.04.05: Chill’s persistence threatens parts of metro area with snow/sleet Tues. p.m.

2007.04.05: Wind direction, Crib, Cold & Snow

2007.04.05: Weather Word

2007.04.05: Monster April snowstorm—a record breaker—smothers Michigan's Upper

2007.04.04: Chicago’s largest April temp plunge in three decades

2007.04.04: Weather Update

2007.04.04: April cold spell halted by ‘blocking’ pattern; blustery new storm next week

2007.04.04: Could you further elaborate on the selection of 32º and 212º as the Fahrenheit freezing and boiling points?

2007.04.04: Weather Extremes

2007.04.03: Weather Update

2007.04.03: Single digit chills hit after most early year 70s in 61 years

2007.04.03: Hail bombards hundreds of mid U.S. sites; 2 ft. snows bury Michigan's U.P.

2007.04.03: When was the coldest Cubs opener at Wrigley Field?

2007.04.03: On this date

2007.04.02: Severe weather hits—then coldest April chill in 11 years

2007.04.02: Weather Update

2007.04.02: Strength of coming chill rare in a month with 1.4% of area’s annual 30s

2007.04.02: What exactly is the temperature when you say it’s 0ºF outside?

2007.04.02: On this date

2007.04.02: Weather Word

2007.04.01: Mild start, but very cold for the rest of the week

2007.04.01:

2007.04.01: Dramatic Temperature Change This Week

2007.04.01: 1ST WEEK OF SPRING VS. AUTUMN

2007.03.31: Severe weather Saturday evening; much colder mid-week

2007.03.31: Weather Update

2007.03.31: In spring, easterly winds become more prevalent over Chicago

2007.03.31: What was the worst weather disaster in the United States?

2007.03.31: On this date

2007.03.31: Weather Term

2007.03.31: Warmth, humidity reach city as warm front cuts cool lake winds

2007.03.31:

2007.03.31: A Recipe for Stormy Weather Saturday

2007.03.31: Robins

2007.03.29: Area headed for the most March 60s in 61 years

2007.03.29: Weather Update

2007.03.29: 80% of recent Aprils have been mild making coming chill out of character

2007.03.29: What impact has our winter had on the 17-year cicadas that are

2007.03.29: Weather Term

2007.03.28: Twisters hit Plains; snow measured in feet in Rockies

2007.03.28: Weather Update

2007.03.28: From Saturday’s t-storm priming 71° to a possibly snowy mid week chill

2007.03.28: What 2-3 week summer period is typically Chicago’s hottest?

2007.03.28: Weather Term

2007.03.27: Rare 3 day March 70° streak ends with 30°+ temp crash

2007.03.27: New 70s Saturday ignite t-storms; late season chill hits later next week

2007.03.27: Weather Update

2007.03.27: Chicago’s Latest Snowfall

2007.03.27: Weather Term

2007.03.27: Cold front brings early season flirtation with summerlike warmth to a dramatic end; temperatures crash Tuesday 20+-degrees in an hour

2007.03.27: On This Date

2007.03.26: Sunday/Monday 79° highs: Earliest warmth here since 1990

2007.03.26:

2007.03.26: Wet Midwest in Line for More Thundery Weather

2007.03.26: Flooding in Cities

2007.03.26:

2007.03.25: City may bask in a second day of record warmth

2007.03.25:

2007.03.25: March 1920 Tornado Outbreak

2007.03.25: Record High Lows and Low Highs

2007.03.24: Spring storm brings Colorado twisters and heavy snow

2007.03.24: Weather Update

2007.03.24: Major late-March storms in 1930 and 1970: Two for the snow

2007.03.24: Chicago’s all-time record high temperature for March is 88º

2007.03.24: Weather Term

2007.03.24: Hydrology Term

2007.03.23: Fog shrouds waterlogged Chicago area; more thundery rain ahead

2007.03.23:

2007.03.23: March Among 21 Wettest on Record

2007.03.23: Thunderstorm Safety

2007.03.23: Tired of the rain and clouds here? Take a look at this beautiful Myrtle Beach, S.C., sunrise

2007.03.23: River and streams out of their banks, ground saturated, especially south of Chicago

2007.03.23: LIGHTNING IN THE CLOUDS

2007.03.22: Bursts of thundery rainfall to flare along stalled front

2007.03.22: Weather Update

2007.03.22: Big temperature swings next 2 weeks; from next week’s warmth to chill

2007.03.22: December 2000 Snowfall

2007.03.22: Weather Calendar

2007.03.21: Thunderstorm downpours produce this flooding Wednesday in East Dundee

2007.03.21: VIEW FROM THE HANCOCK BUILDING WEDNESDAY

2007.03.21: Metro area’s first severe storm outbreak of 2007

2007.03.21: Weather Update

2007.03.21: March’s rain surplus already the biggest in 5 months and likely to grow

2007.03.21: Does March usually bring at least a few mild days?

2007.03.21: Weather & Health

2007.03.20: Warm front triggers thundery downpours, 40+ m.p.h. gusts

2007.03.20: Weather Update

2007.03.20: Wednesday downpours hardly the last; wet, mild pattern to hold into April

2007.03.20: Most record highs in Chicago

2007.03.20: Weather Term

2007.03.20: Waxing crescent moon and Venus just after the vernal equinox

2007.03.19: Thundery Wednesday warm front to send temps surging 20°+

2007.03.19: Weather Update

2007.03.19: More frequent warmth signaling wet pattern; 2-week rains could pass 3+"

2007.03.19: What percentage of years have we had measurable snowfall after the vernal equinox?

2007.03.19: Weather Word

2007.03.18: After Equinox, spring arrives in Chicago

2007.03.18:

2007.03.18: Evolution of Rains This Week

2007.03.18: EARTHQUAKES AND RAIN

2007.03.17: Midweek warm-up accompanied by substantial rains

2007.03.17: Weather Update

2007.03.17: The Vernal Equinox: The start of spring

2007.03.17: What is the highest temperature recorded on a day with measurable snow?

2007.03.17: Weather Term

2007.03.16: Snowfall tops 20”+ out East while Phoenix broils at 99°

2007.03.16:

2007.03.16: Big Rains Next Week

2007.03.16: Ears and Jet Planes

2007.03.15: Hydrology Term

2007.03.15: Jarring weather shift out East; 60s to 12”+ snows in just 2 days

2007.03.15:

2007.03.15: Cold weekend—then springlike warmth returns

2007.03.15: St. Patrick's Day in the 1960s

2007.03.14: From May to February in a day

2007.03.14: Weather Update

2007.03.14: La Niña suggests wet spring here, active Atlantic hurricane season

2007.03.14: Global Warming & Severe Weather

2007.03.14: Weather Term

2007.03.13: Temperatures to crash 30° today

2007.03.13: Weather Update

2007.03.13: Warmth, moisture bring season’s first possibility of severe thunderstorms

2007.03.13: Igloos

2007.03.13: Nautical Terms

2007.03.12: Record Chicago warmth expected today: 74°

2007.03.12: Weather Update

2007.03.12: Spring warmth, here and elsewhere

2007.03.12: Public criticism of weather foecasts

2007.03.12: Weather Myth

2007.03.12: Hydrology Term

2007.03.11: March temperatures can sometimes bring surprises

2007.03.11:

2007.03.11: CHICAGO WEATHER HISTORY

2007.03.11: RAINDROPS

2007.03.10: Temperatures on roller coaster this week

2007.03.10: Enhanced Fujita tornado rating scale is now official

2007.03.10: Weather Update

2007.03.10: Politics aside, what lesson did Hurricane Katrina teach us?

2007.03.10: Weather Terms

2007.03.10: Weather Term

2007.03.10: Sunny weekend prelude to early week warm-up

2007.03.10:

2007.03.10: WEATHER PATTERNS CHANGE IN THE WEEKS AHEAD

2007.03.10: SUNSETS AND DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME

2007.03.08: Today’s 53° temp—year’s warmest to date

2007.03.08: Weather Update

2007.03.08: The season’s first strong mild surge

2007.03.08: Light Pollution

2007.03.08: Weather Term

2007.03.07: An overlooked benefit of a cold March

2007.03.07: Weather Update

2007.03.07: After a slow start, Great Lakes snowfall plays catch-up

2007.03.07: “Normal” vs. “Mean” in meteorology

2007.03.07: Earth Science Word

2007.03.06: Chicago shivers through coldest March 6 in 47 years

2007.03.06: Weather Update

2007.03.06: March: Warmer and warmer...

2007.03.06: February 2007 energy costs in Chicago

2007.03.06: Ice on Mars

2007.03.05: More cold, some snow; then relief

2007.03.05: Weather Update

2007.03.05: The cold and snowy sides of March

2007.03.05: Weather Radars and "Foodar"

2007.03.05: Weather Term

2007.03.04: Chicago still on track for a late-week warm-up

2007.03.04:

2007.03.04: Severe Weather in March

2007.03.04: Lag of the Seasons

2007.03.04: More Minnesota Blizzard Aftermath Photos

2007.03.03: Persistent cold to depart by end of week

2007.03.03: Weather Update

2007.03.03: The ups and downs in Lake Michigan ice cover since 1963

2007.03.03: How frequently is the ground in Chicago totally snow covered on March 1?

2007.03.03: Weather Word

2007.03.03: Geophysical Fact

2007.03.02: Gusts hit 50 m.p.h. at Midway; Upper Midwest snows reach 25”

2007.03.02:

2007.03.02: 50s Possible Here By Next Thursday

2007.03.02: Heavy March Snows in 1930 & 1931

2007.03.02: Friday Blizzard in Hebron, Ill.

2007.03.02: Drifts reach up to 15 feet in the Duluth, Minn., area as the Midwest's 2nd blizzard in under a week pounds the area; snowfalls reach 25" in hardest-hit areas

2007.03.01: Storm’s backside 40 m.p.h. winds blast Chicago

2007.03.01: Weather Update

2007.03.01: Blizzard’s winds hit 66 m.p.h.; 2007 twisters running twice last year's pace

2007.03.01: Weather Term

2007.03.01: New Fujita Scale

2007.03.01: Thundery downpours, frozen ground and snowmelt contribute to area flooding

2007.02.28: Snow, diving temps follow thundery downpours here

2007.02.28: Weather Update

2007.02.28: Latest storm unleashes twisters, crippling blizzard; threatens to slow

2007.02.28: Heavy Precipitation & Lake Michigan Levels

2007.02.28: Weather Calendar

2007.02.27: La Nina threatens wet spring here, active Atlantic hurricane season

2007.02.27: Weather Update

2007.02.27: Big snows, thundery downpours, gyrating temps to accompany new storm

2007.02.27: What exactly is the “RPM” model?

2007.02.27: Weather Word

2007.02.26: 9th coldest February in 137 years; 4th snowiest since 1929

2007.02.26: Weather Update

2007.02.26: Once snow-starved Upper Midwest in line for new blizzard; t-storms due here

2007.02.26: Brownish yellow snowfall

2007.02.26: Weather Word

2007.02.26: Heavy Wisconsin snows

2007.02.26: Chicago descends into heavy snow Sunday on back side of major weekend storm

2007.02.26: Weather Terms

2007.02.26: Chicago Daylight

2007.02.25: SATURDAY NIGHT'S ICE STORM IN INDIANA

2007.02.25: More snow could fall here as storm winds down

2007.02.25:

2007.02.25: Wide Range of Weather Across the Central U.S.

2007.02.25: BY JING! A WEATHER POEM...

2007.02.25: Chicago Daylight

2007.02.25: Weather words

2007.02.24: Major winter storm blasting the Chicago area

2007.02.24: Weather Update

2007.02.24: February 18-25, 2000—From winter to spring in one week

2007.02.24: January-February 60° temperatures in Chicago

2007.02.24: 3rd winter storm hits with 35+ m.p.h. gusts, rare thundersnow

2007.02.24:

2007.02.24: Major weekend storm

2007.02.24: Ice-storm-resistant trees

2007.02.24: Weather Term

2007.02.24: Chicago Daylight

2007.02.23: 2007 Fermilab coming in April

2007.02.23: Forecast Weather Map for Friday Feb. 23

2007.02.23: Chicago Daylight

2007.02.23: Weather Term

2007.02.22: February already Chicago’s 3rd snowiest and more’s coming

2007.02.22: Weather Update

2007.02.22: Windy new storm hits this weekend with accumulating snow/mixed sleet

2007.02.22: Temperatures and sunrise

2007.02.22: Lake Michigan shelf ice

2007.02.22: Chicago Daylight

2007.02.22: Weather Word

2007.02.21: February 2007 still among Chicago’s coldest despite temp surge

2007.02.21: Weather Update

2007.02.21: Wintry California storm threatening icy weekend open and snowy close here

2007.02.21: Is “black ice” just an expression or is there really black-colored ice?

2007.02.21: Wednesday morning's icy fog drops lowers visibilities to as little as 100 ft.

2007.02.21: Chicago Daylight

2007.02.21: Geophysical Fact

2007.02.20: Spring’s approach evident in Chicago’s 60° temp rebound

2007.02.20: Weather Update

2007.02.20: Stormy pattern next 2 weeks to bring big precip totals, possibly more snow

2007.02.20: It is really true that no two snowflakes are alike?

2007.02.20: Chicago Daylight

2007.02.20: Weather Word

2007.02.19: Monday’s 42° ends longest sub-32-streak in 23 years

2007.02.19: weather Update

2007.02.19: Storms like this weekend’s may be prelude to a wet spring as La Niña forms

2007.02.19: Lake Michigan's wave heights

2007.02.19: Aerial view of Lake Michigan ice with Gary, Indiana airport in the foreground

2007.02.19: Chicago Daylight

2007.02.19: Weather Word

2007.02.18: Snow cover days are numbered—flooding looms

2007.02.18:

2007.02.18: The February Thaw?

2007.02.18: Reading About Weather

2007.02.18: Chicago Daylight

2007.02.18: Weather Word

2007.02.17: Three-week long arctic chill in its final hours

2007.02.17: Weather Update

2007.02.17: So far, February 2007 is the coldest in more than 70 years

2007.02.17: In general, how far south does the permafrost line run?

2007.02.17: Chicago Daylight

2007.02.17: Geophysical Word

2007.02.16: Cold’s last gasp to erase winter temperature surplus

2007.02.16:

2007.02.16: Alberta Clipper

2007.02.16: Sub-32° streaks at Chicago

2007.02.15: More snow and cold—then big changes next week

2007.02.15: Weather Update

2007.02.15: Potent winter storm leaves deep snow cover in its wake

2007.02.15: Subzero temps in Chicago

2007.02.15: Weather Myth

2007.02.15: Chicago Daylight

2007.02.14: Storm’s 12" at Midway is February’s biggest in 74 years

2007.02.14: Weather Update

2007.02.14: Storm hits south suburbs with 14"+; buries Upstate New York with 42"

2007.02.14: How is snow accumulation measured during high winds?

2007.02.14: Weather Word

2007.02.14: Canine Weather Observer

2007.02.14: A picture worth a thousand words!

2007.02.14: Chicago Daylight

2007.02.14: CHICAGO WEATHER HISTORY: VALENTINE'S DAY 1990

2007.02.13: Storm’s snow reaches 30th hour in Wednesday a.m. rush

2007.02.13: Weather Update

2007.02.13: Storm’s snow on verge of February record; paves way for sub-0° chill here

2007.02.13: Cold Temperatures of January 20, 1985

2007.02.13: Weather Term

2007.02.13: Four-foot snow drifts reach the windows at Northern Illinois University

2007.02.13: More scenes from the Wintry Heartland Tuesday

2007.02.13: Snowstorm turns to a full blown blizzard downstate

2007.02.13: Crippling wind/snow combo brings downstate Illinois and Indiana to a standstill while snow turns heavy Tuesday afternoon across Chicago metro area; lake moisture getting involved and rush hours threatened

2007.02.13:

2007.02.13: Chicago Daylight

2007.02.12: Biggest February snow in 7 years; 4-8”+ possible

2007.02.12: Weather Update

2007.02.12: Vigor of storm underscored by thunder, multi-inch hourly accumulations

2007.02.12: What’s the greatest number of consecutive days with measurable snowfall in Chicago?

2007.02.12: Weather Word

2007.02.12: Major winter storm bearing down on Chicago, high winds and significant accumulations threaten starting late Monday night

2007.02.12: Chicago Daylight

2007.02.12: Weather Term

2007.02.11: Chicago facing a week of shivering and shoveling

2007.02.11:

2007.02.11: TRIPLE THREAT THIS WEEK

2007.02.11: BLIZZARD OF FEB. 14, 1923

2007.02.11: On This Date

2007.02.11: Chicago Daylight

2007.02.10: Snow to accompany early week warm-up

2007.02.10: Weather Update

2007.02.10: Full illu-MOON-ation: A year’s worth of Chicago’s upcoming full moons

2007.02.10: Doldrums, a calm area near the equator

2007.02.10: Weather Terms

2007.02.10: Chicago Daylight

2007.02.09: Brief break in 14-day cold wave; first 30° of February ahead

2007.02.09:

2007.02.09: MONDAY SNOW POTENTIAL

2007.02.09: ORIGIN OF THE WORD "METEOROLOGY"

2007.02.09: Ice-clogged Chicago River at 7 a.m. Friday morning

2007.02.09: Chicago Daylight

2007.02.09: Weather Term

2007.02.08: Sub-0° streak hits 7 days; February’s coldest open in 112 years!

2007.02.08:

2007.02.08: NEXT STORM SYSTEM TO AFFECT CHICAGO

2007.02.08: THE WEIGHT OF AIR

2007.02.08: Chicago Daylight

2007.02.08: Weather Term

2007.02.08: Planet Watch

2007.02.07: Sub-0° stretch nearly February’s 2nd longest since 1871

2007.02.07: Weather Update

2007.02.07: Sub-32° streak could be area’s longest in 23years; snow early next week?

2007.02.07: What is the neutral point for Chicago’s barometric pressure?

2007.02.07: Planet Watch

2007.02.07: Weather Word

2007.02.06: Picturesque 7-hour snow a horror on many area roads

2007.02.06: Weather Update

2007.02.06: Fresh snow and converging jet streams keeps it cold ahead of next snow

2007.02.06: Is it ever too cold to snow?

2007.02.06: Tuesday Snowfall Update

2007.02.06: Weather Term

2007.02.05: Snow’s coming: starting toward midday; 1-3" possible

2007.02.05: Weather Update

2007.02.05: February arctic surges aren’t over; increased snowfall in coming weeks?

2007.02.05: How does wind chill relate to weather, if at all, when looking at physical changes, such as ice formation?

2007.02.05: Up to 15-20" on the ground near Holland, Michigan

2007.02.04: City to slowly emerge from the deep freeze

2007.02.04:

2007.02.04: A NEGATIVE LOOK AT CHICAGO’S WINTERS

2007.02.04: COLD FEBRUARY/MARCH 1960

2007.02.04: Sunday’s Frigid Temperatures

2007.02.03: Super cold Sunday could set record low max

2007.02.03: Weather Update

2007.02.03: The first four days of February: When Chicago’s most likely in a subzero mode

2007.02.03: Which day of the year has the greatest range of temperature between the record high and record low in Chicago?

2007.02.02: Powerful cold blast to crush daytime warming Saturday

2007.02.02:

2007.02.02: COLD SPELL TO THREATEN CHICAGO’S RECORD BOOK

2007.02.02: COOLING CAUSED BY GLOBAL WARMING

2007.02.02: Valley fog at sunrise in the Great Smoky Mountains of western North Carolina

2007.02.01: Chicago winter temp surplus vanishing as brutal chill nears

2007.02.01: Weather Update

2007.02.01: North America’s coldest air—the ‘polar vortex’—promising Chicago a direct hit

2007.02.01: Has Lake Michigan ever frozen over completely from shore to shore?

2007.02.01: The Last Month of Meteorological Winter

2007.01.31: Despite frigid close; January 2007 the 9th warmest since 1928

2007.01.31: Weather Update

2007.01.31: Cold wave to deliver five sub-0° nights here; more than past 10 Februarys

2007.01.31: Bears Super Bowl Jan. 26, 1986

2007.01.30: Chicagoans shiver through 16 hours of sub-zero chills

2007.01.30: Weather Update

2007.01.30: Brutal weekend chill threatens the coldest February open here in 11 years

2007.01.30: The snow lover’s lament: It’s now cold, but where’s the snow?

2007.01.29: Arctic chill cuts into snow totals outside lake snowbelt

2007.01.29: Weather Update

2007.01.29: Chicago remains target of bitter Siberian weekend surge; Friday snow?

2007.01.29: How does a very snowy winter in Chicago compare with a very snowy winter in Anchorage, Alaska?

2007.01.29: Lake snows transform southwest Michigan's lake snow belt into a winter wonderland while challenging area drivers

2007.01.28: More light snow today, big end-of-week chill down

2007.01.28:

2007.01.28: SNOWFALL SEASON UPDATE

2007.01.28: MULTIDAY SNOWS

2007.01.27: A cold week ahead for Chicago

2007.01.27: Weather Update

2007.01.27: Volunteer to become a rain/hail/snow weather observer

2007.01.27: Rain calms choppy water

2007.01.26: Coming temperature plunge to sting after 13th mildest winter to date

2007.01.26:

2007.01.26: CHICAGO’S COLDEST AIR THIS WINTER ON THE WAY

2007.01.26: CHICAGO’S SUBZERO HIGHS

2007.01.26: Post-warm-frontal sunrise Friday morning

2007.01.25: Friday a breeze compared to crippling blizzard of ‘67

2007.01.25: Weather Update

2007.01.25: Temp dive begins frigid spell leading to brutally cold Super Bowl weekend

2007.01.25: Why is it that snowfall amounts are not as abundant now as they were back in the 1970s and 1980s?

2007.01.25: On this date in 1821

2007.01.24: Only 21 of 137 seasons have failed to produce 0° by now

2007.01.24: Weather Update

2007.01.24: Friday’s thaw to precede series of bone-chilling late season arctic blasts

2007.01.24: Why is the largest hole in the Earth’s ozone layer located above Antarctica, even though no people with CFCs or other pollutants permanently live there?

2007.01.24: Lake snow whitens the Michigan snowbelt Wednesday

2007.01.23: Chicago’s longest sub-freeezing spell in 3 years

2007.01.23: Winter’s most energetic outbreaks of cold air to expand chill’s grip on U.S.

2007.01.23: Weather Update

2007.01.23: Extratropical storm Kyrill

2007.01.23: Chicago Skyline cheering on the Bears!

2007.01.22: Cold pattern would reverse winter trend of recent decades

2007.01.22: Weather Update

2007.01.22: Arctic air, potentially winter’s coldest, hits this weekend; holds into February

2007.01.22: I remember record warmth in January 1996 followed by a huge temperature drop. What were the details?

2007.01.22: Arizona Snow

2007.01.22: Tuscon whitened by a rare winter snow accumulation

2007.01.21: Thin snow blanket should last through the week

2007.01.21:

2007.01.21: LAKE WATER TEMPERATURES

2007.01.21: LIGHT SNOW SEASONS AT CHICAGO

2007.01.20: Bears Weather today: Snow—wind chills in the teens

2007.01.20: Weather Update

2007.01.20: Second-half January temperature slide leads to more ‘normal ’ Jan. 21

2007.01.20: What should the humidity be indoors in the winter months? Is 40 percent too low?

2007.01.19: All’s go for Sunday snow as Bears/Saints take the field

2007.01.19:

2007.01.19: MILD WINTER IN EUROPE

2007.01.19: COMPARING RAIN AND SNOW

2007.01.18: Chicago shivers in longest sub-32°spell in 13 months

2007.01.18: Weather Update

2007.01.18: Snow, possibly 2" Sunday; Bears game looks colder than a week ago

2007.01.18: Chicago’s normal high & low temperatures

2007.01.17: Central U.S. temps 10-30° colder than a year ago

2007.01.17: Weather Update

2007.01.17: Snow targeting Bears game; three reinforcing cold surges in coming weeks

2007.01.17: In what part of the winter does Chicago have the greatest chance of getting a six-inch (or greater) snowstorm?

2007.01.16: Wednesday opens colder than any time in the past 11 months

2007.01.16:

2007.01.16: WINTER'S COLD LOCKING IN

2007.01.16: SNOW IN HAWAII

2007.01.15: Snow sets stage for coldest temps in 38 days

2007.01.15: Weather Update

2007.01.15: Changing pattern threatens regular arctic blasts and big temp reversal

2007.01.15: Water temperature from the southern Lake Michigan buoy

2007.01.15: Weekend of Ice and Snow

2007.01.14: Ice—then snow and cold—finally return to Chicago

2007.01.14:

2007.01.14: CHICAGO'S MILD WINTER TO END

2007.01.14: DECEMBER 2005 TEMPERATURES

2007.01.13: Long-gone winter tackles Plains and Midwest

2007.01.13: Weather Update

2007.01.13: Snowbound in Chicago: The biggest storm in Chicago’s snowiest winter

2007.01.13: I seem to remember several instances of mild days in the middle of winter. Can we expect one of these “January Thaws” every year?

2007.01.13: Cold spawns central U.S. ice storm; record chill hits California

2007.01.13:

2007.01.13: SNOW—THEN COLD

2007.01.13: SUNSHINE—OR LACK OF IT—IN 2006

2007.01.11: Frigid Chicago-bound air sends Plains temps into near-60° dive

2007.01.11:

2007.01.11: WEEKEND SNOW THREAT TO BE WATCHED CLOSELY

2007.01.11: SNOW IN ABOVE-FREEZING TEMPS

2007.01.10: Mild spell waning; area’s first 0° next week

2007.01.10: Weather Update

2007.01.10: Storm could break 40-day Chicago snow drought and snow/sleet on Bears

2007.01.10: What is the farthest south that snow has fallen in the United States?

2007.01.09: Morning chill follows record 2006 U.S. warmth

2007.01.09: Weather Update

2007.01.09: Winter storm possible ahead of arctic blast; bitter sub-0° chill looms

2007.01.09: Boiling water tossed in freezing temperatures

2007.01.08: Chill hits amid mildest winter in 75 years

2007.01.08: Weather Update

2007.01.08: Flow across North Pole recharging Canadian chill and targeting Chicago

2007.01.08: We are experiencing a long string of above normal days. What is the city’s record?

2007.01.07: Snow with minor accumulations prelude to coldest day of week

2007.01.07:

2007.01.07: BEARS PLAYOFF GAME WEATHER OUTLOOK

2007.01.07: SOURCE OF CHICAGO’S WARM/COLD AIR

2007.01.06: Early week snow, mid-week cold, late week rain

2007.01.06: Weather Update

2007.01.06: It’s been mild—but record January temperatures appear safe

2007.01.06: Snowiest locations in the United States and Canada

2007.01.05: Eyecatching warmth reaches across the Atlantic; 70s Saturday on East Coast

2007.01.05:

2007.01.05: SIGNIFICANT CHILL 1-2 WEEKS OUT

2007.01.05: WHERE CHICAGO’S MILD TEMPS ARE NORMAL...

2007.01.04: Thursday’s 1.40" January’s 4 heaviest since 1929

2007.01.04: Weather Update

2007.01.04: Chicago’s recorded a third of its typical wintry days—but big changes hinted

2007.01.04: Who thought of reporting daily temperature forecasts with the high shown first and then the low, which is actually the next day?

2007.01.03: Mild weather takes a breather

2007.01.03: Colder, wetter and snowier pattern by mid January

2007.01.03: 100° Temperatures in Northern & Southern Hemisphere

2007.01.02: March temperatures in January

2007.01.02: Where has winter winter gone?—West and north!

2007.01.02: “Twice as cold” temperatures

2007.01.02: UNSEASONABLE WARMTH CONFUSING THE FLOWERS

2007.01.01: 2006 ends mild, 2007 begins mild

2007.01.01:

2007.01.01: CHICAGO CLIMATOLOGY

2007.01.01: COLORED LIGHTNING FLASHES

2006.12.31: A weather prediction for 2007 and beyond

2006.12.31:

2006.12.31: 2006 TEMPERATURE WRAP-UP

2006.12.31: FULL MOON ON JAN. 1

2006.12.30: A mild, wet New Year’s Eve

2006.12.30: Weather Update

2006.12.30: Clearly remembered: The 1988 New Year’s Eve Fog Bowl at Soldier Field

2006.12.30: Bears fans were throwing snowballs at Packers running back Paul Hornung on Saturday, Dec. 1964.

2006.12.29: Tracking a storm system with multiple threats

2006.12.29:

2006.12.29: CLOSED UPPER LOW SYSTEMS

2006.12.29: WEEKEND WEATHER

2006.12.28: 50° in late December? Not bad for winter

2006.12.28:

2006.12.28: YEAR-END FORECAST

2006.12.28: CICADAS IN 2007

2006.12.27: ‘Mild’ air builds in, then more rain

2006.12.27: Weather Update

2006.12.27: Here we go again—more rain for Chicago and heavy snow for Denver

2006.12.27: Chemtrails

2006.12.26: Christmas Day twister rakes Daytona Beach area

2006.12.26: Year’s last storm to be a wet one here

2006.12.26: Weather Update

2006.12.26: 2006 to exit mild and wet—2007 to enter cold and white

2006.12.26: What is the range of extreme temperatures at Oymyakon, Russia?

2006.12.25: Rare Christmas twisters rake Florida

2006.12.25: Weather Update

2006.12.25: CHRISTMAS CLIMATOLOGY

2006.12.25: SNOWLESS WINTER MONTHS

2006.12.23: Still some hope for snow on Christmas Day in Chicago

2006.12.23: Christmas Snowfall

2006.12.23: Winter Precipitation

2006.12.23: What are the chances that it will snow two inches or more on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day? What about four inches, or six?

2006.12.22: City dodges bullet: Record precipitation falls as rain

2006.12.22:

2006.12.22: NAME THAT (WEATHER) TUNE…

2006.12.22: DECEMBER 1983 BEARS GAME

2006.12.22: PICTURE FROM COLORADO BLIZZARD

2006.12.21: Chicago’s 7th December 50° reading expected today

2006.12.21:

2006.12.21: DAYLIGHT AT CHICAGO

2006.12.21: SNOWFALL IN THE 1950s AND 1960s

2006.12.20: December’s longest snow-free spell here since 1993

2006.12.20: Weather Update

2006.12.20: Track uncertainties surround new storm expected to swing north from Gulf

2006.12.20: Why do you use the word “areal”? I do believe the word is “aerial”.

2006.12.19: Chicago enjoys its mildest mid-December since 1939

2006.12.19: Weather Update

2006.12.19: Risk of a Christmas Day storm tied to rare 230 m.p.h. Pacific jet stream

2006.12.19: How much snow will an inch of water produce?

2006.12.18: Chilliest a.m. here in 10 days as Plains brace for snow

2006.12.18: NOAA's climate model: Further weakening ahead

2006.12.18: Early forecast scenarios hint at snow here toward Christmas and New Years

2006.12.18: What part of the winter is the snowiest in Chicago?

2006.12.17: THE PASSING OF DENNIS HALLER

2006.12.17: Pre-Christmas storm to be a rainy one

2006.12.17: SNOW COVER UPDATE

2006.12.17: THE WEEK BEFORE CHRISTMAS...

2006.12.17: COLDEST BEARS HOME GAME

2006.12.16: A gentle brand of winter to arrive this week

2006.12.16: Weather Update

2006.12.16: Warm winter weather followed by a major snowfall

2006.12.16: Weather in Chicago just after Thanksgiving Day 1949

2006.12.15: Saturday’s 58° likely mildest of 2006’s remaining days

2006.12.15:

2006.12.15: TEMPERATURE DOWNTURN AHEAD

2006.12.15: WHY SNOW IS WHITE

2006.12.14: MORE NORTHERN LIGHTS PICTURES

2006.12.14: A 60° Saturday would be only the 70th here in December since 1870

2006.12.14:

2006.12.14: SATURDAY’S WARMTH WILL BE FLEETING

2006.12.14: FREQUENCY OF MILD DECEMBER DAYS

2006.12.14: Northern lights display north of DeKalb

2006.12.14: Auroral display Thursday night appears as "visible cloud" in Mundelein

2006.12.14: Northern Lights out Thursday in the wake of huge solar flares

2006.12.13: Today’s 55° only the start; record-tying 60° possible Saturday

2006.12.13:

2006.12.13: WINDY BUT MILD DAY AT CHICAGO

2006.12.13: FOG AT THE NORTH POLE

2006.12.12: Highs next 7 days: 20° warmer than Dec. 1-7

2006.12.12: Weather Update

2006.12.12: Storm crashing into Pacific Northwest boasts pressure of a Cat. 2 hurricane

2006.12.12: Why is it so hard for Chicago to maintain a deep snow pack?

2006.12.11: Rare December t-storms possible Tuesday

2006.12.11: Weather Update

2006.12.11: A week of 40s before seasonable chill’s return next week; Arctic chill next?

2006.12.11: What is the longest streak for both sub-freezing and sub-zero temperatures in Chicago?

2006.12.10: Temperature turnaround continues this week

2006.12.10:

2006.12.10: DEC. 10-16 AT CHICAGO

2006.12.10: STEADY TEMPERATURES

2006.12.09: Increasing temperatures and a shrinking snow cover

2006.12.09: Weather Update

2006.12.09: Record high December temperatures in Illinois

2006.12.09: Has there ever been a day that no clouds were present in the sky in the whole United States?

2006.12.09: Chicagobound warm-up boosts Plains temps 60-80 degrees

2006.12.09:

2006.12.09: SNOWPACK READY TO MELT

2006.12.09: RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND COLD AIR

2006.12.07: Think it’s been cold? Last December was even colder

2006.12.07:

2006.12.07: MILDER TEMPS AND RAIN AHEAD

2006.12.07: LAKE-EFFECT SNOWSTORM IN 1958

2006.12.07: More than a foot of lake-effect snow whitens Holland, Mich., Thursday

2006.12.07: LAKE-EFFECT SNOW: A PILOT'S-EYE VIEW

2006.12.07: Snow Thursday in North Carolina's mountains

2006.12.06: Thursday’s frigid single digits follow 13 hrs. above 32°

2006.12.06: Weather Update

2006.12.06: Gusts and frigid air threaten -6 to -16 chills; lake snow/travel woes east

2006.12.06: Why do the skies turn gray and gloomy at this time of year? Is this just our Chicagoland luck, or is there a reason for it?

2006.12.05: Arctic blast to deliver Chicago’s coldest temps yet

2006.12.05: December in Chicago

2006.12.05: Brutal incoming cold punch ignites formidable Indiana/Michigan lake snows

2006.12.05: The sun is at its lowest angle in the sky on Dec. 21 (the winter solstice) and that is when nights are longest. Why is the period after the solstice so much colder than the period before the solstice?

2006.12.05: Downstate Illinois still feeling the effects of last Friday's ice and snowstorm

2006.12.05: Marking the holiday season on Daytona Beach

2006.12.04: Coldest December open here in 30 years

2006.12.04: Weather Update

2006.12.04: Arctic blast threatens Indiana lake snows; milder, stormier pattern follows

2006.12.04: Chicago snowfall on Christmas Day

2006.12.04: Island Lake, Illinois beneath last week's big snow

2006.12.04: Lake in the Hills buried beneath snow!

2006.12.04: Wintry scenes across Chicago's northern suburbs the wake of last Friday's big storm

2006.12.04: More photos of last week's storm—the area's biggest early season snow-maker in nearly three decades

2006.12.03: Sunday’s 15° high the coldest ever for Dec. 3

2006.12.03:

2006.12.03: 2006 ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON WRAP-UP

2006.12.03: 1906-1915 PRECIPITATION AT CHICAGO

2006.12.02: Cold to linger—warm-up a week away

2006.12.02: Snowfall in Chicago

2006.12.02: Forecasting snow in Chicago: A tough job in a city often near the rain/snow line

2006.12.02: I need to know the sun’s elevation angle above the horizon each season.

2006.12.02: Heaviest early snow here in 28 years; NW suburbs: Up to 15”

2006.12.02:

2006.12.02: TWO BLASTS OF COLD AIR AHEAD

2006.12.02: NO DEC. 1 SNOWSTORM—IN 1935?

2006.12.01: Winter storm wallops areas north and west of Chicago

2006.12.01: DEC. 1 SNOWSTORM: PHOTO GALLERY

2006.12.01:

2006.11.30: Storm unleashes its most powerful winds/snows on Friday morning; near blizzard strength gusts

2006.11.30: Frigid arctic air to arrive over new snowpack this weekend

2006.11.30: Storm pounds 1100-mile swath of mid U.S. with record early snows

2006.11.30: When does a winter storm become a blizzard?

2006.11.30: Winter storm heading toward Chicago dumps heavy snows in Oklahoma

2006.11.30: STORM UPDATE: Issued 4 PM Thursday afternoon, 11/30/2006

2006.11.30: Incoming storm's broad reach has included New Mexico

2006.11.29: Storm threatens biggest Dec. 1 snow since 1978

2006.11.29: Weather Update

2006.11.29: Intense storm capable of thundersnow threatens Friday a.m. rush hour

2006.11.29: What are some winter-weather safety rules for dog and cat owners?

2006.11.29: Major winter storm threatens wind-driven, accumulating snows Thursday night/Friday in the wake of Wednesday's thundery flooding rains

2006.11.29: Icy accumulation in Bellevue, Washington in the Pacific Northwest Wednesday—an area more typically "warmed" by Pacific winds

2006.11.28: Wall of arctic air hits amid downpours tonight

2006.11.28: Weather Update

2006.11.28: With city overdue for snow, new storm's track critical to any accumulations

2006.11.28: When lightning strikes a body of water, how far does the current reach?

2006.11.27: Current late season mild spell: One of a kind

2006.11.27: Weather Update

2006.11.27: Significant late week Midwest snow?

2006.11.27: Do earlier first flakes of the season mean harsher winters afterwards with more snowfall amounts on average?

2006.11.26: Cold front slows, gives a better chance of snow

2006.11.26:

2006.11.26: WEDNESDAY’S COLD FRONT

2006.11.26: MEASURABLE SNOWFALL STREAKS

2006.11.25: Mild temperatures short-circuited midweek

2006.11.25:

2006.11.25: SKYWARN AND RADIO OPERATORS

2006.11.25: HURRICANES IN FLORIDA

2006.11.24: Friday’s 62° may not be the last: 25 of past 78 years have had another

2006.11.24:

2006.11.24: ARCTIC CHILL READY TO INVADE LOWER 48

2006.11.24: MEMORIES OF NOVEMBER 1941

2006.11.23: Mild spell holds 5 more days as arctic chill gathers to north

2006.11.23:

2006.11.23: WINTRY CHILL JUST AROUND THE CORNER…

2006.11.23: A “HUMAN-FREE” EARTH?

2006.11.22: Turkey, stuffing and a possible 60° in Chicago

2006.11.22: Weather Update

2006.11.22: Arctic blast threatens Rockies/Plains snowstorm, an end to 7 mild days here

2006.11.22: When was our last warm Thanksgiving and what is Chicago’s warmest on record?

2006.11.21: Florida shivers in coldest early season spell since 1968

2006.11.21: Weather Update

2006.11.21: Arctic chill threatens southward plunge; may reach Chicago mid-next week

2006.11.21: Dust Devils

2006.11.21: Chicago's Skyline as viewed above the clouds!

2006.11.21: A "hole in the sky" over Tinley Park, Illinois Tuesday morning

2006.11.21: Northern Minnesota Boundary Waters area weather webcam

2006.11.20:

2006.11.20: Weather Update

2006.11.20: Thursday likely to be one of Chicago’s milder Thanksgivings on record

2006.11.20: Is it harder to forecast temperatures in the winter versus the summer?

2006.11.19: Chicago in line for big midweek warm-up

2006.11.19:

2006.11.19: THANKSGIVING FORECAST FOR CHICAGO

2006.11.19: THE BLOG HAS A NEW ADDRESS

2006.11.18: Early week cold replaced by big warm-up

2006.11.18: Weather Update

2006.11.18: Snowfall frequency in Chicago

2006.11.18: Does my use of a fireplace contribute to the problem of global warming because of the carbon dioxide released from the burning of the wood?

2006.11.17: Friday’s 2 hours of sun welcome after 4 days of cloudy skies

2006.11.17:

2006.11.17: COAST-TO-COAST WARM UP STILL ON TRACK

2006.11.17: NIAGARA FALLS

2006.11.16: High winds exit, but clouds linger and lake snow in sight

2006.11.16: Weather Update

2006.11.16: Chicago’s Thanksgiving Day warm up has Pacific Ocean roots

2006.11.16: I suspect we have reached 70º in every month in Chicago from February through November. Can you confirm that?

2006.11.15: Storm walloping Midwest to generate 50 m.p.h. gusts

2006.11.15: Weather update

2006.11.15: Howling winds boost lake levels 3 feet, pound shoreline with 9-14 ft. waves

2006.11.15: Which U.S. city, excluding those in Alaska and Hawaii, receives the longest and latest sunlight in winter?

2006.11.14: Storm targets Chicago; 40 m.p.h. gusts, rain/snow

2006.11.14:

2006.11.14: New storm’s snows bury Colorado as Deep South braces for tornadoes; Chicago readies for 1”+ rain

2006.11.14: Have we ever had a 70º+ high on Thanksgiving? How often do we have a White Thanksgiving?

2006.11.13: Cloudy November running 9.5° cooler than a year ago

2006.11.13: Weather update

2006.11.13: Powerful storm forming

2006.11.13: With this past October being so cold, did we come close to a record for days with lows of 32º or lower?

2006.11.12: Miserable week ahead: Rainy, windy, chilly—snow, too

2006.11.12:

2006.11.12: CHICAGO’S STORM THREAT THIS WEEK

2006.11.12: NORTH/SOUTH POLES VS. CHICAGO

2006.11.11: Putting the ‘No’ in November’s harsh weather

2006.11.11: Weather update

2006.11.11: Measuring carbon dioxide in the air

2006.11.11: What is the difference between flurries, snow showers and snow squalls?

2006.11.11: Windy, lightning-laced downpours sweep area Friday

2006.11.11:

2006.11.11: NEXT MAJOR STORM SYSTEM: WEDNESDAY

2006.11.11: ARMISTICE DAY STORM

2006.11.10: Cirrostratus clouds (high-altitude ice clouds) at sunrise in a "mare's tails" configuration

2006.11.10: November sunrise

2006.11.09: Mercury transits the sun Wednesday---one of only 14 such transits this century

2006.11.09: Wind-driven rain finishes as snow; cold weekend follows

2006.11.09: Weather update

2006.11.09: Rain to ride 30 m.p.h. gusts here as the first big snows target Wisconsin

2006.11.09: Barometric pressure readings in November

2006.11.08: Front opens door to temperature-crashing NE winds

2006.11.08: Weather update

2006.11.08: Chill's predicted return introduces ‘snow’ to Chicago’s forecast

2006.11.08: Earliest below-zero temp in Chicago

2006.11.07: Clouds trapped beneath inversion to deny Chicago 70°

2006.11.07: Weather update

2006.11.07: Southward sagging jet stream suggesting stormier, wetter pattern ahead

2006.11.07: Temperature drops in Chicago

2006.11.06: Mildest temperatures Tuesday of Chicago’s past 6 Election Days

2006.11.06:

2006.11.06: PINEAPPLE EXPRESS PATTERN: SWEET WARM-UP AHEAD FOR CHICAGO

2006.11.06: CHICAGO’S BIGGEST SNOWSTORM

2006.11.05: Mild weather gets the vote this week

2006.11.05:

2006.11.05: NOVEMBER SNOW: PART TWO

2006.11.05: HOT JUNE OF 1934 AT CHICAGO

2006.11.04: The chill is gone as a huge warm-up looms

2006.11.04:

2006.11.04: NOVEMBER SNOW: PART ONE

2006.11.04: NOR’EASTER

2006.11.03: Saturday's gloomy skies the first stage in a week-long 51-degree temperature surge

2006.11.03:

2006.11.03: COAST-TO-COAST WARM UP AHEAD

2006.11.03: RANGE IN EXTREME TEMPERATURES

2006.11.02: Thursday’s 34° high: Only 6 other years have been as cold this early

2006.11.02:

2006.11.02: PATTERN CHANGE AHEAD

2006.11.02: 1995: CHICAGO’S WARMEST YEAR?

2006.11.01: Second coldest November open here in half a century

2006.11.01: Weather Update

2006.11.01: Huge shift in coming week to send temps surging 45°+ to 70° mid-week

2006.11.01: BAROMETRIC PRESSURE AND BODILY PAINS

2006.10.31: December-level chill remainder of the work week

2006.10.31: Above normal temps ahead

2006.10.31: Pattern change early next week

2006.10.31: Sundown and weakening breeze

2006.10.30: Temps to plunge more than 30° by Thursday

2006.10.30: Weather update

2006.10.30: One of Chicago's worst Halloweens—October 31, 1994

2006.10.30: Temperature extremes on same day?

2006.10.29: Chicago’s warm Monday to come at a price

2006.10.29: Weather Update

2006.10.29: A HALLOWEEN TREAT IN 1950

2006.10.29: FULL MOONS ON HALLOWEEN

2006.10.28: October heading for a sunnier, milder exit

2006.10.28: Chicago's October sunshine

2006.10.28: Late autumn’s cold and clouds: Darkness on the edge of winter

2006.10.28: Atlantic Basin storms crossing over to Pacific Basin

2006.10.27: 40-50 m.p.h. gusts—potentially October 2006’s highest

2006.10.27: Weather Update

2006.10.27: PATTERN CHANGE IN THE WEEKS AHEAD

2006.10.27: CHICAGO'S OFFICIAL OBSERVATION SITE

2006.10.27: Fall in the South

2006.10.27: Chicago area fall colors in all their glory

2006.10.27: Buffalo's record Oct. 12-13, 2006, lake-effect snowstorm

2006.10.26: October ‘06 has hosted most rainy days here in 81 years

2006.10.26: Avalanche threat in the wake of Colorado blizzard; storm closes roads from Limon to Colorado Springs

2006.10.26: October ‘06 has hosted most rainy days here in 81 years

2006.10.26: Normal vs. Average temperature

2006.10.25: Heaviest rain to skirt city to the south

2006.10.25: Brief warm-up ahead for Chicago

2006.10.25: Powerful multi-tasking storm to lash nation’s midsection

2006.10.25: Central Standard Time update

2006.10.24: Potentially big rains Thursday-Friday

2006.10.24: Chilly rain ahead for Chicago

2006.10.24: Last week in October—turning the corner into November weather

2006.10.24: Thunder and Snowstorms

2006.10.23: Chicago’s coolest October in 18 years

2006.10.23: Weather Update

2006.10.23: HOPE FOR 70°-PLUS HIGHS FADING

2006.10.23: BAROMETRIC PRESSURE EXTREMES

2006.10.22: Mini-warm up, then another rain-producing storm

2006.10.22: Weather Update

2006.10.22: MORE RAIN AHEAD FOR CHICAGO

2006.10.22: FEWEST 70°-PLUS HIGHS IN OCTOBER

2006.10.21: Weather a major challenge for marathon runners

2006.10.21: Marathon weather conditions

2006.10.21: Weather signs in the sky

2006.10.21: TORNADOES AND WINDOWS

2006.10.21: Marathoners headed for soggy start, windy finish Sunday

2006.10.21: Weather Update

2006.10.21: SNOW TO THE WEST, RAIN IN CHICAGO

2006.10.20: SNOWBOWS

2006.10.19: Cool, wet falls (like this one) seldom signal snowy winters

2006.10.19: Weather Update

2006.10.19: TYPHOON REMNANTS TO REACH CHICAGO

2006.10.19: 0.5"-PLUS SNOWFALL AT CHICAGO

2006.10.19: A bird's eye view Thursday of mountain valley fog in western North Carolina

2006.10.18: Cloudiest fall here in more than 15 years

2006.10.18: Weather Update

2006.10.18: WEEKEND FORECAST

2006.10.18: DECIPHERING "LOT"

2006.10.17: Autumn 2006 among the five coolest to date in 104 years

2006.10.17: Weather Update

2006.10.17: This fall’s chill to continue through October; warm North Atlantic a factor

2006.10.17: Earthquakes and weather

2006.10.16: After overnight rains, warmest day of week today

2006.10.16: U.S. Snowfall

2006.10.16: Severe weather and heavy rains along Gulf Coast move east

2006.10.16: Environmental Movement

2006.10.15: Wet storm system to soak Gulf Coast states

2006.10.15: Weather Update

2006.10.15: HEATING DEGREE DAYS

2006.10.15: CHICAGO SNOWFALL IN OCTOBER 2000

2006.10.14: Chicago in store for a milder but wetter week

2006.10.14: October Snowfall in Chicago

2006.10.14: Chicago area hit by twister in 1781: Earliest tornado on record here

2006.10.14: El Niño and La Niñas

2006.10.13: Chill spawns storm stronger than 1975 Edmund Fitzgerald system

2006.10.13: Weather Update

2006.10.13: EARLY WEEK RAIN FORECAST

2006.10.13: CHANCE OF 80° AFTER FALL SNOW

2006.10.12: Colder, snowier weather’s never hit earlier

2006.10.12: Weather Update

2006.10.12: New storm initiates 30°+ temperature rebound, rain early next week

2006.10.12: Lake-effect rain

2006.10.12:

2006.10.12: The metro area's EARLIEST measurable snow on record Thursday--one of the 6 earliest snowfalls in 121 of weather records here!

2006.10.12: Snow shaft Thursday from 13th floor in Schaumburg

2006.10.12: Crystal Lake beneath unusually Thursday's early cover of snow

2006.10.12: Barrington snow scenes

2006.10.12: Coating of snow illustrates the clash of seasons Thursday

2006.10.12: A snowman in early October?? Rare 1.25" snowfall at Deerfield's Briarwood Country Club made it possible Thursday

2006.10.12: Snow covers the ground and fall foilage Thursday morning in north suburban Algonquin

2006.10.11: One of Chicago’s four coldest early season days

2006.10.11: Weather Update

2006.10.11: Wet pattern since August has quadrupled last year’s rain; no break in sight

2006.10.11: DAYLIGHT POLES VS. EQUATOR

2006.10.10: Chill like Thursday’s didn’t hit until Nov. 16 a year ago

2006.10.10: Huge autumn storm spins up as powerful jet streams merge; big snows north

2006.10.10: Weather Update

2006.10.10: Hurricanes missing the U.S. coastline

2006.10.09: Incoming cold snap among chilliest ever so early

2006.10.09: Weather Update

2006.10.09: Snow Thursday would mark the 11th time since 1885 flakes have fallen so early

2006.10.09: Green ball in the sky, downed power lines

2006.10.08: Chicagoans flirt with record cold later this week

2006.10.08:

2006.10.08: COLUMBUS DAY IN CHICAGO

2006.10.08: HORIZONTAL LIGHTNING BOLTS

2006.10.07: From 80° to snow in just four days

2006.10.07: Weather Update

2006.10.07: First flakes: Start of 2006-07 ‘snowing season’ rapidly approaching

2006.10.07: "Dog days" of summer

2006.10.06: Early wintry blast to follow weekend warm-up

2006.10.06:

2006.10.06: CHICAGO’S FIRST FALL FREEZE

2006.10.06: CHICAGO’S COLDEST DAY

2006.10.05: Only the 5th time it’s been this cool this fall

2006.10.05: Tropical storms off Japan may set stage for cold outbreak here next week

2006.10.05: Weather Update

2006.10.05: Clouds around mountain peaks

2006.10.04: Autumns starting as wet as this one often turn drier

2006.10.04: Despite chill, warmth not history yet: Eight 70s common beyond Oct. 5

2006.10.04: Weather Update

2006.10.04: Tornado disaster in Monee, Ill.

2006.10.04: Wind damage at Peotone Monday night, part of an 8 mile long, 3 mile wide swath of damage

2006.10.04: Robert Feuss captures the natural light show over Round Lake

2006.10.04: Spectacular cloud to ground strokes pepper downtown Chicago Monday night

2006.10.04: Lightning in Monday evening's storms as viewed from the Gold Coast

2006.10.04: Monday evening storms, the worst in an October here since 1954, pound Plainfield with large hail

2006.10.03: Fall returns after brief summery sojourn

2006.10.03: Weather Update

2006.10.03: Set-up behind Monday's storms

2006.10.03: Tornado rotation

2006.10.02: Mammatus clouds Monday

2006.10.02: Atmosphere primed for a thundery repeat

2006.10.02: Midwest Climate Calendar

2006.10.02: Weather Update

2006.10.02: Types of lightning

2006.10.01: Chicago’s first 80°-plus high in two weeks

2006.10.01:

2006.10.01: HARVEST MOON

2006.09.30: Big warm-up imminent—80s Monday/Tuesday

2006.09.30: Weather update

2006.09.30: Air masses that influence Chicago's weather

2006.09.30: Global Ice Age vs. Global Warming

2006.09.29: Cool September ends, but mid-summer warmth beckons

2006.09.29:

2006.09.29: OCTOBER TEMPERATURE EXTREMES

2006.09.29: SOIL TEMPERATURES

2006.09.28: September temps heading to subnormal finish

2006.09.28: September temperatures

2006.09.28: Summer stages a comeback

2006.09.28: Lightning strikes in Chicago

2006.09.27: Chill brings season’s first threat of frost

2006.09.27: Weather update

2006.09.27: Northwoods’ fall colors off to a quick start

2006.09.27: Strong vs. Severe Thunderstorms

2006.09.26: Chilly showers, then a taste of summer

2006.09.26: Incoming chill threatens lake-effect showers Thursday

2006.09.26: Cloudier and windier in the months ahead

2006.09.26: Pluto no longer considered planet

2006.09.25: Big weather changes ahead for Chicago

2006.09.25: Brief temperature drop

2006.09.25: Meandering jet stream brings warm days, chilly days

2006.09.25: Water on Earth’s surface

2006.09.24: Anniversary of Chicago’s earliest autumn snow

2006.09.24:

2006.09.24: COOL WEATHER AHEAD

2006.09.24: THE MAN IN THE MOON

2006.09.23: September rain totals hefty, but hardly a record

2006.09.23: Chicago temperatures

2006.09.23: Earth’s atmosphere

2006.09.23: Lightning and static discharges

2006.09.22: Thundery deluge delivers record rain, 70 m.p.h. gusts

2006.09.22:

2006.09.22: SEPTEMBER'S FINAL WEEK

2006.09.22: HEAT LIGHTNING

2006.09.21: Severe weather targets Chicago and Midwest

2006.09.21: Recipe for severe weather

2006.09.21: Eastern United States precipitation

2006.09.21: Tornadoes in large cities

2006.09.20: 2006’s precipitation now sixth greatest in 78 years

2006.09.20: Hurricane remnants

2006.09.20: Another 1"+ rain possible Friday

2006.09.20: Naming natural disasters

2006.09.19: Since 1940, only two years as chilly this early

2006.09.19: Weather Update

2006.09.19: Windy late week storm to mark Fall 2006's arrival

2006.09.19: Chicago's warmest winter

2006.09.18: Less than 7% of September days as cool as Tuesday

2006.09.18: Autumnal Equinox approaches

2006.09.18: Buckling 155 m.p.h. jet over Pacific signals late week storm, more rain here

2006.09.18: Difference between rain and drizzle

2006.09.17: Late-season heat brews thunderstorms

2006.09.17:

2006.09.17: CHICAGO’S SUB-60° HIGHS

2006.09.17: ACID RAIN

2006.09.17: CREPUSCULAR RAYS CREATE EYE-CATCHING SUNSET SATURDAY NIGHT

2006.09.16: Temperatures to plunge 25°+ by midweek

2006.09.16: Weather Update

2006.09.16: FEATURE091706SUN

2006.09.16: Southern Lights

2006.09.15: Only 2 Septembers with fewer 80s by now since 1966

2006.09.15:

2006.09.15: COOL, WET WEATHER TO RETURN

2006.09.15: HURRICANE CAMILLE

2006.09.14: Strength of new El Niño critical to coming winter

2006.09.14: Fog, Sun & Warmth in Chicago

2006.09.14: Cold blast threatens autumnal chill in Chicago

2006.09.14: Udometer

2006.09.13: Midway’s 10.38” since Aug. 1: 5th wettest since 1928

2006.09.13: Weather Update

2006.09.13: Warming to provoke vigorous Sunday storms; November level chill follows

2006.09.13: Measuring rainfall

2006.09.12: Chicago beneath clouds a 5th straight day

2006.09.12: Weather update

2006.09.12: Temperatures to plunge after weekend 80s

2006.09.12: Pollen, hay fever and weather changes

2006.09.11: Wettest August/September period here in 3 decades

2006.09.11: Weather Update

2006.09.11: Huge atmospheric realignment to bring snows to Rockies, 80s to Chicago

2006.09.11: Different dates for autumn

2006.09.10: Monday could be a real soaker for the Chicago area

2006.09.10:

2006.09.10: HURRICANE SEASON UPDATE

2006.09.10: PACIFIC HURRICANES IN THE U.S.

2006.09.09: Autumnal starting week to end up summery

2006.09.09: Chicago’s 90s in 2006

2006.09.09: Chicago’s warmest year: 1921

2006.09.09: May 27, 1896 ST. Louis area tornado

2006.09.09: Saturday’s chill has Ontario, Canada, origin—750 miles north

2006.09.09:

2006.09.09: RAINFALL AT CHICAGO IN THE DAYS AHEAD

2006.09.09: FALL HIGHS IN THE 60s

2006.09.08: Nearly full moon photographed over Waukegan Friday evening

2006.09.07: Weekend temp plunge: July to October in 2 days

2006.09.07: Weather Update

2006.09.07: Thundery downpours ahead

2006.09.07: Hurricanes and Typhoons

2006.09.07: Cold air funnel over Peotone

2006.09.07: Wall cloud--often the precursor to a tornado—over DeKalb County Monday

2006.09.06: Rockford golf course submerged by Monday (Labor Day) evening's deluge

2006.09.06: 12% of annual 80s occur between now and Nov. 1

2006.09.06: Weather Update

2006.09.06: Sprawling Canadian high to deliver autumn chill; thundery weekend rains

2006.09.06: Places without thunderstorms

2006.09.06: Tuesday's funnel cloud as viewed from Peotone

2006.09.06: Near Monee, Illinois: Cold air funnel photograph

2006.09.06: The devastation of Labor Day's (Monday's 9/4/2006)) southeast Rockford cloudburst: Worst in at least 30 years

2006.09.05: Upper storm spawns cold air funnels here Tuesday

2006.09.05: Weather Update

2006.09.05: First set of 80s in two weeks, but cool air's weekend return to bring 1" rains

2006.09.05: Doppler rain estimates vs. ground observations

2006.09.05: Cold air funnels develop Tuesday

2006.09.05: Double rainbow near Rockford at the periphery of Labor Day evening's cloudburst and the serious flooding it produced

2006.09.04: Thundery deluge floods Rockford, stranding residents/motorists

2006.09.04:

2006.09.04: IMPACT OF SHOWERY UPPER STORM

2006.09.04: MAST SEEDING

2006.09.03: Chicago to experience cool, wet Labor Day

2006.09.03:

2006.09.03: WEATHER PATTERN THIS WEEK

2006.09.03: RAIN ON LABOR DAY WEEKEND

2006.09.02: Showers tonight—clouds, rain likely Labor Day

2006.09.02: Thunderstorms and aircraft

2006.09.02: String of 70s continues in Chicago

2006.09.02: Lightning Striking Automobiles

2006.09.01: Labor Day weekend: Coolest here since early June

2006.09.01:

2006.09.01: LABOR DAY WEEKEND FORECAST

2006.09.01: FALL LEAVES IN NOVEMBER

2006.08.31: Meteorological Autumn

2006.08.31: Cloudiest meteorological summer in 9 years

2006.08.31: Weather Update

2006.08.31: East winds act as atmospheric conveyor belt prompting holiday showers

2006.08.31: The 1930's “Dust Bowl”

2006.08.30: August closes 24° cooler than its 99°open

2006.08.30: Weather Update

2006.08.30: Moisture pumped into Chicago

2006.08.30: Perpetual rainfall on Earth

2006.08.29: Midway’s 69° Tuesday: The chilliest Aug. 29 in 41 years

2006.08.29: Weather Update

2006.08.29: Ernesto affecting Chicago weather

2006.08.29: Hurricanes and Aruba in January/February

2006.08.29: Last Wednesday's t-storm damage

2006.08.29: Gorgeous August sunset on the Cisco Chain of lakes at Watersmeet, Michigan

2006.08.28: Lansing hit by 2.71” rain; Midway’s August rain soars past 7”+

2006.08.28: Weather Update

2006.08.28: Ernesto not the storm first feared

2006.08.28: Lightning inside tornadoes

2006.08.28: Last week's towering Michigan City storms—as viewed from Bourbannais, Illinois

2006.08.27: Relief for Chicago, anxiety for Florida

2006.08.27:

2006.08.27: HURRICANES IN SEPTEMBER

2006.08.27: HURRICANES DO HIT HAWAII

2006.08.26: August to exit on a warm, dry note

2006.08.26: Weather update

2006.08.26: Chicago's hot summer of 1953

2006.08.26: World's greatest annual rainfall

2006.08.25: Thundery downpours top 3-5” near Rockford/Belvidere

2006.08.25:

2006.08.25: HINT OF AUTUMN EARLY NEXT WEEK?

2006.08.25: SNOW IN JULY?

2006.08.25: More damage shots from this past Wednesday night's supercell in Michigan

2006.08.24: Grapefruit-size hail, twisters hit Dakotas, Minnesota

2006.08.24: RETURN OF WARMTH THREATENS T-STORMS

2006.08.24:

2006.08.24: MOONBOWS

2006.08.24: The aftermath of vicious Wednesday thunderstorms at Michigan City and across northwest Indiana.

2006.08.24: Lightning Strike Photos

2006.08.23: Hail accompanies Wednesday evening's violent Indiana thunderstorms

2006.08.23: Tornado, gusts to 106 m.p.h., huge hail pound NW Indiana

2006.08.23: Powerful storm Wednesday

2006.08.23: More thunderstorms ahead

2006.08.23: Heat Lightning

2006.08.22: Warmest in 18 days Tuesday; now on to 90°

2006.08.22: Downpours in Alaska

2006.08.22: Waves of thunderstorms ahead

2006.08.22:

2006.08.21: Seasonable August 2006 among warmest 20%

2006.08.21: Weather Update

2006.08.21: Chicago's 80° temperatures

2006.08.21: Chicago's Summer of 1943

2006.08.20: Heat and humidity return here midweek

2006.08.20:

2006.08.20: CHICAGO CLIMATOLOGY THIS WEEK

2006.08.20: CHICAGO’S HIGHEST TEMPERATURE

2006.08.19: Skies improve for Chicago’s Air and Water show

2006.08.19: Hurricane Katrina revisited

2006.08.19: Thunderstorms and Chicago's rainfall

2006.08.19: Global warming cycles

2006.08.18: Muggy air to shroud Saturday’s Air and Water Show in haze

2006.08.18:

2006.08.18: DON'T COUNT 90s OUT JUST YET...

2006.08.18: LONGEST STREAK OF 80°-PLUS HIGHS

2006.08.17: August is the month most prone to 1”+ rains in Chicago

2006.08.17: Weather update

2006.08.17: Thundery rains ahead

2006.08.17: More rain on Thursdays?

2006.08.17: Thunderstorm-generating cumulonimbus clouds photographed in flight over Iowa earlier this month

2006.08.16: Wyoming Wildfires create their own weather

2006.08.16: August rain at Midway six times O’Hare’s

2006.08.16: Weather update

2006.08.16: Thundery rain system

2006.08.16: Distance of Mars from Earth

2006.08.15: Clouds to overtake area later Thursday

2006.08.15: Humid air arrives Friday

2006.08.15: Current South Atlantic Weather Pattern

2006.08.15: 17-Year Cicadas

2006.08.14: Summer 2006: +1.8° above normal; 33rd warmest of 135 years

2006.08.14: Weather update

2006.08.14: Heat’s return not yet evident with 2 weeks left in meteorological summer

2006.08.14: Earthquakes and weather

2006.08.13: A quiet week of 80s on tap for Chicago

2006.08.13:

2006.08.13: CHICAGO'S HOTTEST SUMMERS

2006.08.13: THE HARVEST MOON

2006.08.12: Stuck inside the 80s for upcoming week

2006.08.12: August Rainfall

2006.08.12: 70°+ dew points in Chicago

2006.08.12: Time zones

2006.08.11: Comfortable: Coolest Saturday here since June 10

2006.08.11:

2006.08.11: CANADIAN HIGH BRINGS COOLER AIR TO NORTHEAST U.S.

2006.08.11: NO ALL-DAY RAINS IN JULY/AUGUST

2006.08.11: Thursday's downpours fill this Park Forest rain gauge

2006.08.10: 78 minute 2.28” South Side deluge: Heaviest in 4 years

2006.08.10: Thursday's Storms

2006.08.10: A new hot spell in sight

2006.08.10: Supercells

2006.08.10: Lightning shatters car window within downpour-generating thunderstorms shown here sweeping into west suburban Naperville Thursday morning

2006.08.09: August cool spells rarely mark the end of hot weather here

2006.08.09: Weather update

2006.08.09: Cooler Canadian air on the way

2006.08.09: Not always ‘cooler by the lake’

2006.08.08: Coolest temp here in 28 days—only a week after deadly heat

2006.08.08: Hurricane Season Update

2006.08.08: A third of Chicago 90s occur beyond August 9—yet no 90s in sight

2006.08.08: July 2006 Cloudiness vs. Normal

2006.08.08: VICTORY IN THE 2006 RACE TO MACKINAC ISLAND!

2006.08.07: 66% of summer days and 14 of past 15 months above normal

2006.08.07: July 2006 Heat

2006.08.07: Brutal heat retreats to Plains

2006.08.07: Scent of Rain

2006.08.07: Shelf cloud sweeps Upper Michigan's Whitefish Bay area this past week

2006.08.07: The splendor of summer in northern Minnesota near the Canadian border

2006.08.06: A week of highs in the 80s ahead for Chicago

2006.08.06:

2006.08.06: EXPLAINING ATLANTIC HURRICANES

2006.08.06: IDEAL WEATHER LOCATIONS

2006.08.05: Storms possible today and later in the week

2006.08.05: Weather Update

2006.08.05: Lightning Rods

2006.08.05: Lightning Strikes

2006.08.05: Heat’s returning, but summer 2.2 degrees behind 2005

2006.08.05:

2006.08.05: MUGGY AIR/T-STORMS TO RETURN

2006.08.05: DRIEST MONTHS IN CHICAGO

2006.08.04: HAZY IN THE SMOKIES

2006.08.03: Relief! The coolest morning in 10 days greets Chicagoans

2006.08.03: Cooler Temperatures

2006.08.03: Regular rains ahead for Chicago

2006.08.03: Lightning's effect on jet airplanes

2006.08.03: Rainshaft bears down on Chicago as part of Wednesday evening's storms

2006.08.03: Heat wave busting t-storms set off dramatic Wednesday evening Chicago area lightning display

2006.08.03: The view from Ashland Avenue and Wrightwood in Chicago as Wednesday evening's storm approached

2006.08.03: Lightning in Blue Island Wednesday night

2006.08.02: Heat wave breaks with downpours and lightning

2006.08.02: Weather Update

2006.08.02: Warmth returns this weekend

2006.08.02: Lake Michigan upwelling drops shoreline temperatures

2006.08.02: With powerful thunderstorm development looming Wednesday night, a look back at spectacular mid-June storms moving in on Peru, Illinois

2006.08.01: City wilts a 2nd day in 10 hours of 100°+ heat indexes

2006.08.01: Weather Update

2006.08.01: Area's most brutal heat in 11 years threatens stormy, rain-soaked exit

2006.08.01: Altitude of Clouds

2006.07.31: Hottest August open in nearly 2 decades

2006.07.31: Killer Heat

2006.07.31: Chicago hotter both day and night than suburbs

2006.07.31: Summer warmth

2006.07.30: High heat back on track for Monday and Tuesday

2006.07.30:

2006.07.30: STORMS DELIVER FLEETING HEAT RELIEF

2006.07.30: DISTANCE TO THE HORIZON

2006.07.30: SUNDAY STORM PICTURE

2006.07.29: Building heat wave could rewrite record book

2006.07.29: Hurricane Season Update

2006.07.29: Chicago's hottest day

2006.07.29: U.S. & World Temperatures

2006.07.28: Rare 100s reach northern Wisconsin, Minnesota

2006.07.28:

2006.07.28: HEAT WAVE THREATENS TO SET NEW RECORD HIGHS

2006.07.28: AIR PRESSURE WITHIN A TORNADO

2006.07.28: Ominous "wall cloud" photographed in the midst of Thursday evening's

2006.07.27: Joliet swamped by thundery 6+”cloudburst Thursday

2006.07.27: Weather Update

2006.07.27: Another heat wave for Chicago

2006.07.27: Rainfall Intensity

2006.07.27: Thursday's storms rumble into northwest Indiana

2006.07.27: Powerful thunderstorms erupt Thursday prompting tornado warnings ; 2" swamps Joliet in 45 minutes; severe t-storm watch covers Chicago metro area until 11 p.m. Thursday.

2006.07.27: Spectacular McHenry County lightning strikes taken Thursday, July 20

2006.07.26: Current warmth opening act of summer’s hottest spell

2006.07.26: Weather Update

2006.07.26: Brutally Hot Forecast for Chicago

2006.07.26: Lake Michigan's daily water evaporation

2006.07.25: Chicago’s 90s only 43% of last year’s—but more on the way

2006.07.25: Chicago Rainfall; European Heat

2006.07.25: Intense heat nudged this way...

2006.07.25: Distance of Thunder

2006.07.24: Wisconsin hit by hail, thundery corridor of 3-6” rains

2006.07.24: HEAT SHIFTS EAST ON TWO CONTINENTS

2006.07.24:

2006.07.24: THE SOUND OF THUNDER

2006.07.23: CIRCUMHORIZONTAL ARC

2006.07.23: Air conditioners to hum as muggy week looms

2006.07.23:

2006.07.23: CHICAGO WEATHER HISTORY: JULY 1934

2006.07.23: THE COOL SUMMER OF 1992

2006.07.23: Waking up to the sound of thunder

2006.07.23: SATURDAY EVENING HAIL

2006.07.22: Heat and humidity to return for July’s final week

2006.07.22:

2006.07.22: CHICAGO'S SUMMER RECORD HIGHS

2006.07.22: CHICAGO TEMPERATURES IN THE 1800s

2006.07.22: Wisconsin storms may flirt with north/west sections late today

2006.07.21:

2006.07.21: HEAT BREAKS IN PLAINS—BUT NOT OUT WEST

2006.07.21: 100°-PLUS IN ALL 50 STATES

2006.07.20: Summer rainfall running 5 times last year’s pace

2006.07.20:

2006.07.20: WEEKEND NOT COMPLETELY RAIN-FREE

2006.07.20: TORNADOES IN DOWNTOWN CHICAGO

2006.07.20: Storm bears down on Midway Airport Thursday morning

2006.07.19: 90 m.p.h. gusts rake W. Illinois, damage St. Louis’ Busch Stadium

2006.07.19:

2006.07.19: INTENSE PLAINS HEAT SETS UP STRONG STORMS

2006.07.19: RECORD AREA DEW POINTS

2006.07.19: WILDFIRES IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA

2006.07.18: Heat heads this way; surging humidities to brew storms

2006.07.18: Wednesday

2006.07.18: Waves of Thundery Downpours

2006.07.18: How high can birds fly?

2006.07.17: Most oppressive heat since ‘99 leads to dazzling lightning show

2006.07.17: Monday's Heat Broils Chicago

2006.07.17: Arizona's Monsoon Season

2006.07.17: Relief from heat in Chicago due late week

2006.07.16: Another day to minimize outdoor activities

2006.07.16:

2006.07.16: JULY 1996 FLOODS

2006.07.16: PHOENIX’S HOTTEST TEMPERATURE

2006.07.15: Excessive Heat Warning today

2006.07.15: Heat Warnings in Chicago

2006.07.15: 1996 Aurora Flood

2006.07.15: Lightning Striking Twice

2006.07.14: A 100° on Sunday would be only 3rd of past decade

2006.07.14:

2006.07.14: HERE COMES THE HEAT

2006.07.14: CHICAGO’S HIGHEST DEW POINT

2006.07.14: Alaska's Denali (Mt. McKinley) this past weekend

2006.07.13: Sunday/Monday highs within striking range of 100°

2006.07.13: Great Lakes Water Temperatures

2006.07.13: This Summer's Most Extended Hot Spell Begins

2006.07.13: Evaporation of Tons of Water

2006.07.12: July—a month of weather extremes

2006.07.12: Heat & Humidity

2006.07.12: July Heat

2006.07.12: Chicago's Earliest Freeze

2006.07.11: Tuesday’s rain worth ‘a million dollars’

2006.07.11: Chicago Heat to Come in Waves

2006.07.11: Chicago's Warmest Month

2006.07.11: Green Skies

2006.07.10: Severe thunderstorms, heavy rain target Illinois

2006.07.10: Summer Heat in Chicago

2006.07.10: Muggy Downstate Air Fuels Downpours/Severe Weather

2006.07.10: Summer Freeze in Chicago?

2006.07.09: Briefly cooler—then some real heat arrives

2006.07.09:

2006.07.09: U.S. DROUGHT UPDATE

2006.07.09: CAN TORNADOES CLIMB MOUNTAINS?

2006.07.08: July heat finally arrives at Chicago

2006.07.08:

2006.07.08: CHICAGO WEATHER HISTORY: JULY 1936

2006.07.08: THE MEANING OF "CLOSE"

2006.07.07: Higher temperatures, higher humidity ahead

2006.07.07:

2006.07.07: CHICAGO’S NEXT CHANCES FOR RAIN

2006.07.07: RAIN OR SNOW—IT ALL "EVENS OUT"

2006.07.06: July, Chicago’s hottest month... not this year

2006.07.06: Typhoon Ewiniar

2006.07.06: Weather Influenced by High Pressure Systems

2006.07.06: Severe T-Storm Safety Tips

2006.07.06: Greetings from Alaska!

2006.07.05: Air conditioners still silent

2006.07.05: Weather Update

2006.07.05: Full Moons This Summer

2006.07.05: The Moon in the Sky

2006.07.04: Especially pleasant air mass slowly warms up

2006.07.04:

2006.07.04: MIDSUMMER HEAT WAVE

2006.07.04: RADAR IMAGE STREAKS

2006.07.03: Cooler, less humid air for the days ahead

2006.07.03: Humid Air Retreats

2006.07.03: Midwestern crops in better shape than last year

2006.07.03: Rods Attracting Lightning

2006.07.02: Periods of rain still possible into Tuesday

2006.07.02:

2006.07.02: MAUNA LOA OBSERVATORY

2006.07.02: CARBON DIOXIDE

2006.07.01: Severe storms, heavy rain possible

2006.07.01: Lake Michigan Temp; Midwest Weather Outlook

2006.07.01: Great Lales Water Temperatures

2006.07.01: Accuracy of GPS NEXRAD Wind Data

2006.06.30: Heat, humidity and storms this weekend

2006.06.30:

2006.06.30: 2006 LONG-TERM FORECAST

2006.06.30: SO WINDY NEAR TALL BUILDINGS

2006.06.29: Weekend features heat, humidity, thunderstorms

2006.06.29: Chicago Temperatures

2006.06.29: long twilight and short nights linger well past the Summer Solstice

2006.06.29: Stalled Weather Fronts

2006.06.28: Weekend heat brings more storms

2006.06.28: Precipitation & Temperatures

2006.06.28: Weekend Heat in Chicago

2006.06.28: The Sound of Thunder

2006.06.27: A 90° has occurred 91% of time in coming two weeks

2006.06.27: Northeastern U.S. & Equatorial Pacific Update

2006.06.27: July 4th Weekend 90s in Chicago

2006.06.27: Measuring Lightning Bolts

2006.06.26: Rains here pale compared to Boston’s 22.39”

2006.06.26: Heavy Rains out East

2006.06.26: Our big rains contrast sharply with Western heat; Portland sizzles at 102°

2006.06.26: Hurricane Katrina not the worst

2006.06.25: June to bow out on a cool, showery note

2006.06.25:

2006.06.25: CHICAGO WEATHER HISTORY: JUNE 1988

2006.06.25: TWISTERS AROUND THE WORLD

2006.06.24: THIS DAY IN WEATHER HISTORY: AUDREY

2006.06.24: No 90s in sight for Chicago before June’s exit

2006.06.24: Rainfall Outlook & Drought Conditions

2006.06.24: Chicago's Hottest Day in June

2006.06.23: 1,600+ severe weather reports, 42 twisters in past week

2006.06.23:

2006.06.23: SUNDAY’S THUNDERSTORM RISK

2006.06.23: JUNE 24, 1906, WEATHER

2006.06.23: Urban summer sunset on Thursday, June 22, 2006

2006.06.22: No repeat of last year’s late June string of eight 90s

2006.06.22: Weather Update

2006.06.22: Showery Midwest Upper Low

2006.06.22: Sunlight Warming Air

2006.06.22: Wind-tossed clouds ahead of Thursday morning's t-storms

2006.06.22: Thursday Morning's Chicago Area Storms

2006.06.21: Storms reach 62,000 ft; 78 m.p.h. gusts sweep Michigan City

2006.06.21: HOTTEST "FEELING" AIR OF 2006

2006.06.21: Downpours Impressive but Limited Wednesday; Next Rains Mainly South

2006.06.21: Dates most likely to have rain

2006.06.20: Upper 90s downstate to energize storms here

2006.06.20: Severe Weather Wednesday

2006.06.20: The Next Three Days

2006.06.20: Summer Solstice Sunset

2006.06.19: June 3.4° cooler than 2005; no extended heat in sight

2006.06.19: Severe Weather Risk

2006.06.19: Rainfall Update

2006.06.19: Gloaming: The period after sunset and before sunrise

2006.06.18: Sunday’s showers move east, but there’s more to come

2006.06.18:

2006.06.18: SUMMER SOLSTICE 2006

2006.06.18: COOL JUNES IN CHICAGO

2006.06.17: Frequent periods of thunderstorms ahead

2006.06.17: Lightning Deaths & Injuries

2006.06.17: Lightning Safety Tips

2006.06.17: Rainfall With Clear Skies

2006.06.16: Heat-driven Plains storms unleash hail, flooding rains

2006.06.16:

2006.06.16: HOT WEEKEND IN CHICAGO

2006.06.16: AVERAGE DAYS OF 80s AND 90°-PLUS

2006.06.15: Air conditioners to hum Friday first time in weeks

2006.06.15: June 2006 Temperatures; Longest Day June 21

2006.06.15: Intense Heat Ahead; Heat Indexes to approach 100° in Chicago

2006.06.15: Chicago Summer With Frequent Hail

2006.06.14: Plains 100° line-up stunning; Denver’s earliest 100°

2006.06.14: Blistering Heat Wednesday

2006.06.14: Muggy and humid weather in Chicago ahead

2006.06.14: What is Chicago’s longest span of years between 100° days?

2006.06.13: Heat coming: Mercury headed for 90° Friday

2006.06.13: Rainfall

2006.06.13: Sizzling Heat Targets Chicago

2006.06.13: Sun Angle Directly Overhead

2006.06.12: June 9-12 highs haven’t been cooler here in 78 years

2006.06.12: Forecast

2006.06.12: Hot Weekend Ahead

2006.06.12: Humidity & Air Density

2006.06.11: Gradual shift this week from cool to hot, humid

2006.06.11:

2006.06.11: TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO

2006.06.11: MEASURING TEMPERATURES

2006.06.10: This weekend cool/wet—next weekend hot/humid

2006.06.10: Weather Update

2006.06.10: June, July and August Weather in Chicago

2006.06.10: Why is the Sky Blue?

2006.06.09: Wettest of past 7 weekends; coolest in a month

2006.06.09:

2006.06.09: SATURDAY’S WEATHER

2006.06.09: SNOW IN JUNE

2006.06.08: Incoming April-level chill 20°+ below a year ago

2006.06.08: Temperatures

2006.06.08: Saturday Downpours Could Top 0.60"

2006.06.08: Rubber Shoes and Lightning

2006.06.07: An infrequent set of June 60s begins Friday

2006.06.07: Temperatures

2006.06.07: Air Masses Compete for Control of Midwest Weekend Weather

2006.06.07: Forecasting Hurricane Tracks

2006.06.07: TORNADIC THUNDERSTORMS SWEEP WISCONSIN TUESDAY

2006.06.06: Nearly a dozen Wisconsin twisters Tuesday

2006.06.06: Gulf Waters Update

2006.06.06: Thundery Rains Next Two Weeks

2006.06.06: Clockwise Tornado Rotation

2006.06.05: Tuesday headed above 80°: 11th time in 2006

2006.06.05: Ahead of the Storms

2006.06.05: A Wetter Pattern Developing

2006.06.05: Largest Hail in Chicago

2006.06.04: Seasonable week to end on a hot note

2006.06.04:

2006.06.04: CHICAGO WEATHER HISTORY

2006.06.04: 1932 TIDAL WAVE IN CUBA

2006.06.03: Heat set to make a brief midweek return

2006.06.03: Rainfall Update

2006.06.03: A Very Active Hurricane Season Expected in 2006

2006.06.03: Memorial Day Rainfall Since 1980

2006.06.03: Friday’s t-storms underscore lightning threat

2006.06.03:

2006.06.03: SATURDAY: ISOLATED T-STORMS POSSIBLE

2006.06.03: DEW POINT VS. RELATIVE HUMIDITY

2006.06.01: Heating threatens several gusty late day t-storms

2006.06.01: Winds and Temperatures off the Lake

2006.06.01: Heat Returns to Chicago Next Week

2006.06.01: Earth’s Rotation and Atmosphere

2006.05.31: FIVE INDIANA TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS WEDNESDAY NEAR MONTICELLO--100 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHICAGO

2006.05.31: Twisters 100 miles south of Chicago Wednesday

2006.05.31: Hurricane Season Begins

2006.05.31: Summer Outlook

2006.05.31: Lightning Charges

2006.05.31: FIVE INDIANA TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS WEDNESDAY NEAR MONTICELLO--100 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHICAGO

2006.05.31: TUESDAY STORMS POUND CHICAGO

2006.05.30: Dramatic lightning peppers Tuesday downpours

2006.05.30: Tuesday's Downpours

2006.05.30: 90s again early next week?

2006.05.30: Nitrogen & Lightning

2006.05.30: MEMORIAL DAY STORMS APPROACHING NAPERVILLE

2006.05.29: Hottest Memorial Day in 12 years provokes storms

2006.05.29:

2006.05.29: T-STORM THREAT ON TUESDAY

2006.05.29: TORNADO-FREE AREAS? NOT HERE…

2006.05.28: Heat persists, but showers in picture today

2006.05.28:

2006.05.28: MEMORIAL DAY AT CHICAGO

2006.05.28: TEMPERATURE MIND GAMES

2006.05.27: Heat Index could approach 100° this afternoon

2006.05.27: Heat Indes Could Reach 100°

2006.05.27: Mattoon Tornado

2006.05.27: Acoustic Shadows

2006.05.27: Warmest weekend since September: 90s Sunday

2006.05.26:

2006.05.26: HOT WEATHER AHEAD

2006.05.26: TELEPHONES AND THUNDERSTORMS

2006.05.25: Heat Surge

2006.05.25: Heat and humidity arrive for the holiday weekend

2006.05.25: First 90s in Chicago

2006.05.25: Frozen Lake Michigan

2006.05.24: T-storms sweep area, Kankakee County hit hard

2006.05.24: Tall Thunderheads Wednesday

2006.05.24: Chicago's 2006’s hottest weather next...

2006.05.24: Tornado Safety & High-Rise Buildings

2006.05.23: 80° warmth and humid air boost severe weather risk

2006.05.23: Midwest Storms; Florida Drought

2006.05.23: Memorial Day 2006 Heat

2006.05.23: Memorial Day Weather in the 1980s

2006.05.22: Wednesday’s 80° the start of year’s biggest warm-up

2006.05.22: 90° Possible for Memorial Day Weekend in Chicago

2006.05.22: 2006 Hurricane Season

2006.05.22: Normal vs. Average Weather

2006.05.21: May chill to be long gone by this weekend

2006.05.21:

2006.05.21: CHICAGO WEATHER HISTORY

2006.05.21: HEAVY RAIN IN 1986

2006.05.20: May 2006 poised to turn up the heat

2006.05.20: Precipitation Update

2006.05.20: Cooling-Degree Days

2006.05.20: Late Season Snowfall in Chicago

2006.05.20: Saturday’s high could be May 2006’s warmest

2006.05.20:

2006.05.20: MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND OUTLOOK

2006.05.20: WEATHER-RELATED DEATHS

2006.05.19: A BUSY WEATHER WEEK IN CHICAGO

2006.05.18: May, 2006 has yet to produce an 80° temperature

2006.05.18: Temperatures

2006.05.18: Long Awaited 80s Ahead Next Week?

2006.05.18: Chicago's Lakeshore Temperatures

2006.05.17: Sunny and mild Wednesday turns nasty

2006.05.17: Chicago Rainfall; Typhoon in China

2006.05.17: Severe Thunderstorms Unleash a Hail Barrage on City

2006.05.17: Chicago Storms in the 1950s

2006.05.16: Chicago showers while Boston floods

2006.05.16: Pattern Change

2006.05.16: The Most Recent Ice Age

2006.05.16: Extent of Chicago’s Lake Breeze

2006.05.15: The West simmers, the East washes away

2006.05.15: Precipitation and Temperatures

2006.05.15: Rain Drop Formation

2006.05.15: West & Westerly Winds

2006.05.14: Showery, cool here; hot, dry out West

2006.05.14: Pacific Typhoons

2006.05.14: Closed Upper Lows

2006.05.14: Global Warming, Floods & Drought

2006.05.13: Cloudy, cool Mother’s Day not that unusual

2006.05.13: Winds & Rain

2006.05.13: Mother's Day 2006 in Chicago

2006.05.13: Chicago’s Record Rainfall in May

2006.05.12: Midway shivers through chilliest May 12 on record

2006.05.12:

2006.05.12: STORM’S IMPACT ON MIDWEST

2006.05.12: CLOSED UPPER LOW

2006.05.11: Friday’s 40s challenge 124 year old record for today

2006.05.11: Temperatures

2006.05.11: Storm Hammers Midwest

2006.05.11: Florida Hurricanes

2006.05.10: Wind-driven rains approach 2”—biggest in 1.5 years

2006.05.10: Cool Spell Begins...

2006.05.10:

2006.05.10: Humidity & Dew Point

2006.05.10: Wednesday’s 74° and calm before the storm

2006.05.10: Cooler Temperatures

2006.05.10: Wind, Rain & Falling Temperatures

2006.05.09: Memorial Day Snowfall in Chicago

2006.05.08: Warmest May open here in 5 years; 70s next 2 days

2006.05.08: Temperatures

2006.05.08: Wet Period Hinted Ahead

2006.05.08: The Smell of Rain

2006.05.07: Week ahead to turn wet, then chilly

2006.05.07:

2006.05.07: CHICAGO WEATHER HISTORY

2006.05.07: OCTOBER 1954 RAINSTORM

2006.05.06: Sharp temperature downturn by end of week

2006.05.06: Drought Update

2006.05.06: May 90s in Chicago

2006.05.06: Monthly Temperature Increase

2006.05.06: Sun goes to work quickly on daybreak chill, patchy frost

2006.05.06:

2006.05.06: COOL PATTERN AHEAD

2006.05.06: DO TORNADOES SKIP?

2006.05.04: May’s warmth yields to coolest temps in 10 days

2006.05.04: Temperatures & Precipitation

2006.05.04: Temperatures to surge

2006.05.04: 1994 May Snowstorm

2006.05.03: Clouds off dissipating t-storms deny city 80°

2006.05.03: Wednesday's Warmth

2006.05.03: Warmth and Higher Humidity Next Week

2006.05.03: Mammatus Clouds & Tornadoes

2006.05.02: May 20° warmer than a year ago; third 80° ahead

2006.05.02: Spring 2006 Rainfall; Canadian High

2006.05.02: Warmth and T-Storm Threat

2006.05.02: Lake Michigan Seiche

2006.05.01: April 2006: Wettest of past 15 months!

2006.05.01: Precipitation

2006.05.01: Extended Warmth

2006.05.01: Using Lightning as an Energy Source

2006.04.30: Weekend soaker brings one-inch-plus rains

2006.04.30:

2006.04.30: TORNADOES IN MAY

2006.04.30: CHICAGO SNOW IN MAY

2006.04.29: Weekend rains expected to make up April deficit

2006.04.29: Precipitation and Tempereatures

2006.04.29: Growing Degree Days

2006.04.29: Clouds on Mainly Sunny Days

2006.04.28: Windy downpours, local 2” rain tallies ahead

2006.04.28:

2006.04.28: WINDY, WET STORM THIS WEEKEND

2006.04.28: LIGHTNING WITHOUT THUNDER

2006.04.27: Thursday’s short-lived 71° victim of back-door cold front

2006.04.27:

2006.04.27: MORE RAIN DUE THIS WEEKEND

2006.04.27: FATA MORGANA

2006.04.26: Huge 45° temperature surge in just two days

2006.04.26: Temperatures

2006.04.26: The Coming Storm

2006.04.26: Annual Number of Lightning Flashes

2006.04.25: Daybreak chill follows coldest April 25 in 30 years

2006.04.25: Chicago Temperatures

2006.04.25: A Lingering Storm System

2006.04.25: Storm Spotters

2006.04.24: Hit and run cold punch to blast Chicago

2006.04.24: Tuesday’s Temperature Plunge

2006.04.24: Spring 2006 Temperatures

2006.04.24: Hawaiian Tidal Waves in 1946

2006.04.23: Rain brushes area tonight, returns next weekend

2006.04.23:

2006.04.23: CHICAGO DROUGHT UPDATE

2006.04.23: WIND AND MILD SPRING DAYS

2006.04.22: Week to open on a temperature downhill

2006.04.22: Late Season Snow

2006.04.22: Winter 2005-06 Snowfall

2006.04.22: Chicago's Longest String of Record Temperatures

2006.04.21: Back-to-back Aprils on similar temperature track

2006.04.21:

2006.04.21: NEXT CHANCE FOR RAIN

2006.04.21: THE FUJITA TORNADO SCALE

2006.04.20: Mild spell continues, but cool down looms

2006.04.20: Drought Update & Cool Down

2006.04.20: Tornado Anniversary

2006.04.20: Severe Weather Watches & Warnings

2006.04.19: Spring blizzard buries Black Hills region

2006.04.19: Warm Temperatures

2006.04.19: 2006 GROWING SEASON

2006.04.19: Seasons in Greek Mythology

2006.04.18: Spring-like here; blizzard in northern Plains

2006.04.18: Illinois Update

2006.04.18: Weather Changes Ahead

2006.04.18: Starry Night Over Chicago

2006.04.17: After the rains clearing skies and flooding

2006.04.17: Rains and Heat

2006.04.17: Omega Blocking Pattern

2006.04.17: Tornadoes in Evanston Illinois

2006.04.16: 40-degree spread ignites Easter thunderstorms

2006.04.16:

2006.04.16: 2005 HURRICANE SEASON WRAP-UP

2006.04.16: NAMING CYCLONES

2006.04.15: Heavy rainfall threatens wettest Easter in 22 years

2006.04.15: EASTER AT CHICAGO

2006.04.15: Tornado Season

2006.04.15: Tides on the Great Lakes

2006.04.14: Summer-level warmth/humidity fuels big storms

2006.04.14:

2006.04.14: TRACKING THIS WEEKEND’S STORM

2006.04.14: SHAPE OF RAINBOWS

2006.04.13: Season’s first 80s arrive, spawn violent storms

2006.04.13: Temperatures & Precipitation

2006.04.13: Drought Update

2006.04.13: Alaska Earthquake & Hawaii Tsunami

2006.04.12: Season’s first 80° readings possible today

2006.04.12: Warm Weather in Chicago

2006.04.12: Severe Storms blast Illinois from tip to tip

2006.04.12: Snowfall in April

2006.04.11: Lake Michigan down 5” from last year

2006.04.11: Great Lakes Update

2006.04.11: Warmth in Chicago

2006.04.11: Chicago Storm on July 2, 1992

2006.04.10: Chicago’s 71° Monday tops Highs in Atlanta and Las Vegas

2006.04.10: Longer Days, Stronger Sunshine

2006.04.10: Chicago’s 70° Weather

2006.04.10: Longest Period Without Precipitation

2006.04.09: Mild weather, rain boost bud-blooming odds

2006.04.09:

2006.04.09: CHICAGO AREA TORNADOES

2006.04.09: FREQUENCY OF WEATHER SYSTEMS

2006.04.08: Much more springlike temperatures this week

2006.04.08:

2006.04.08: 2006 TORNADO UPDATE

2006.04.08: DERECHO

2006.04.08: 2006 FERMILAB/WGN Severe Weather Seminar

2006.04.08: Dozens of twisters Friday push 2006 tally past 435

2006.04.08:

2006.04.08: MORE 70s—AND MAYBE AN 80°—TO ARRIVE NEXT WEEK

2006.04.08: CAN WATER BE "SAVED"?

2006.04.06: Cold lake and Canadian snowpack behind chill

2006.04.06: Friday’s Temperatures

2006.04.06: Friday Tornado Risk

2006.04.06: Big Snowfall in April 1938

2006.04.05: Downpours Thursday night; temps dive Friday

2006.04.05: Temperature Update

2006.04.05: New Tornado Outbreak

2006.04.05: Rainbows & Snowbows

2006.04.04: California mountains smothered by 52 feet of snow

2006.04.04: 70s Possible Next Week

2006.04.04: Big Rains Target Drought Zone

2006.04.04: Windy Downtown Chicago

2006.04.03: Many springs which start wet, stay wet

2006.04.03: Precipitation Update

2006.04.03: More Tornadoes Ahead

2006.04.03: Warmest Cubs Home Opener Game on Record

2006.04.02: Severe storms blast Illinois from tip to tip

2006.04.02:

2006.04.02: END OF CHICAGO’S SNOW SEASON

2006.04.02: VIEWING A TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE

2006.04.01: Two bouts of severe weather possible this week

2006.04.01: Tornados in Chicago

2006.04.01: Chicago's Biggest Snow: April 2-3, 1975

2006.04.01: Green Flash

2006.03.31: Today’s chill comes on heels of warm March close

2006.03.31:

2006.03.31: SUNDAY: SEVERE T-STORM RISK, LATE SHOT AT 70° IN SPOTS

2006.03.31: SNOW ON APRIL 1 AT CHICAGO

2006.03.31: Post-storm winds Friday howl above 50 m.p.h. in Chicago area

2006.03.30: Warm weather provokes mammoth storm outbreak

2006.03.30: Friday Weather

2006.03.30: Turbulent Pattern

2006.03.30: 100% Weather Forecast Accuracy?

2006.03.29: Surging readings, 30+ m.p.h. gusts set stage for storms

2006.03.29: Storms Line Up

2006.03.29: Severe Storms Thursday

2006.03.29: U.S. Tornado Occurrence

2006.03.28: A welcome break in this area’s 15-day cool spell

2006.03.28: Parade of Storms

2006.03.28: Chicago May Approach 70° Thursday

2006.03.28: Airport Weather Observations

2006.03.27: East winds take a bite out of March-May warmth

2006.03.27: Cooler Near The Lake

2006.03.27: Chicago Headed for 70° Thursday

2006.03.27: Severe Weather Watches & Warnings

2006.03.26: More like Spring: Severe storm risk late week

2006.03.26:

2006.03.26: ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE

2006.03.26: HEIGHT OF THE ATMOSPHERE

2006.03.25: Week ahead to warm but also turn stormy

2006.03.25: Chicago's Temperatures in March

2006.03.25: Chicago Weather March 1910

2006.03.25: Chicago's Official Temperature Observations Before 1906

2006.03.24: Snow flurries, then possible severe storms

2006.03.24:

2006.03.24: THE SUNSPOT CYCLE

2006.03.24: MARCH AND COLD TEMPERATURES

2006.03.23:

2006.03.23: 2006 GROWING SEASON PREVIEW

2006.03.23: LATEST SNOWFALL IN CHICAGO

2006.03.22: Back to a wintry feel the next few days

2006.03.22:

2006.03.22: VOLATILE MARCH WEATHER

2006.03.22: OUTDOOR LAUNDRY DRYING

2006.03.21: Coldest day in a month mars spring’s start

2006.03.21: Election Day Blizzard

2006.03.21: Storms Down Under

2006.03.21: North Star & Southern Cross

2006.03.20: Major spring storm blasts central Illinois

2006.03.20: Snow Totals

2006.03.20: Pattern Next Two Weeks

2006.03.20: Snowfall on Radar

2006.03.19: Downstate snowstorm to graze the south suburbs

2006.03.19:

2006.03.19: SUNRISE AND SUNSET AT CHICAGO

2006.03.19: VERNAL EQUINOX AND DAYLIGHT

2006.03.18: Spring arrives amidst late winter chill

2006.03.18: 2005-06 Snow Cover

2006.03.18: Days of Snow Cover

2006.03.18: Chicago Temperature Range

2006.03.17: At least a week of cool days to endure

2006.03.17:

2006.03.17: GREAT LAKES UPDATE

2006.03.17: HOW WIND AFFECTS THUNDER

2006.03.16: Chilly days right through next week

2006.03.16: Snow Chances; Chill Ahead

2006.03.16: U.S. Drought Update

2006.03.16: Warm St. Patrick's Day of 1966

2006.03.15: Winter returns with snow, extended chill

2006.03.15: Cold Air; Chicago Snowfall Beyond March 16

2006.03.15: Thursday Snowfall

2006.03.15: High Pressure & Temperature

2006.03.14: March chill lingers in Chicago, northern U.S.

2006.03.14: Thursday Snowfall, Friday Chill

2006.03.14: Seasonal Snowfall Around the Great Lakes

2006.03.14: What are Microbursts?

2006.03.13: Large tornado downstate, microburst here

2006.03.13: Weather Update

2006.03.13: Lunar Eclipse

2006.03.13: Moon's Position in the Sky

2006.03.13: Exploring Alaska

2006.03.12: Frigid air in the wake of a stormy night

2006.03.12:

2006.03.12: TWO STORMS THIS WEEK

2006.03.12: IMPACT OF LAKE MICHIGAN

2006.03.11: Springtime in Chicago: Mild, thunderstorms, snow

2006.03.11: Cold Air Returns

2006.03.11: March Weather

2006.03.11: President Ford Tornado

2006.03.10: Mild, wet weekend prelude to cold, damp week ahead

2006.03.10:

2006.03.10: THE IDES OF MARCH

2006.03.10: COLDS DURING THE WINTER

2006.03.09: Copious rains, more to come

2006.03.09: Thursday

2006.03.09: Active Weather Ahead

2006.03.09: Low Clouds & Fog

2006.03.08: Active weather bursts upon the spring scene

2006.03.08: Weather Outlook

2006.03.08: Spring Weather in Chicago

2006.03.08: Annual Tornadoes in the U.S. and in the World

2006.03.07: Thundery rains raise specter of river flooding

2006.03.07: River Flooding Possible

2006.03.07: Heavier Rainfall Heads for Chicago

2006.03.07: Accuracy of Thermometers

2006.03.06: Warmer, wetter, decidedly stormy ahead

2006.03.06: Severe Weather Threatens Area

2006.03.06: U.S. Severe Weather

2006.03.06: Last Seasonal Snowfall in Chicago

2006.03.05: Weather swings from snow to 60° this week

2006.03.05:

2006.03.05: LIGHTNING RODS

2006.03.05: SNOWCOVER AND THE WEATHER

2006.03.04: From winter temperatures to spring in a week

2006.03.04: Mild Winter Boosts Tornado Count

2006.03.04: March 1961: From Tornado to Snowstorm

2006.03.04: Mile Wide Tornado Occurrence

2006.03.03: First accumulating snow in nearly 3 weeks threatens Sunday

2006.03.03:

2006.03.03: 60s IN SIGHT FOR CHICAGO NEXT THURSDAY

2006.03.03: SNOWSTORMS AFTER MARCH 15

2006.03.02: Chill far from city’s earliest 80° on this date in 1974

2006.03.02: Temperatures

2006.03.02: Pattern next week to take Chicago from Sunday snow to Friday 60s/thunder

2006.03.02: Hoarfrost

2006.03.01: March: Often the city’s fastest warming month

2006.03.01: Wednesday's Temperatures, Weekend Snow

2006.03.01: Record Heat in the Plains Wednesday, New York Braces for Snow Thursday

2006.03.01: Drinking Rain and Snow Water

2006.02.28: Spring’s arrival no guarantee snow season’s over

2006.02.28:

2006.02.28: LAKE WINDS TO BLOCK WARMTH FROM PLAINS

2006.02.28: WINTER SNOWFALL IN MARCH

2006.02.27: Books close on 7th mild winter in 10 years

2006.02.27: Arctic Chill Monday

2006.02.27: Updating the Fujita Tornado Scale

2006.02.27: Thundery weather threatens here

2006.02.27: Updating the Fujita Tornado Scale

2006.02.26: Near-record low humidity here, downpours hit California

2006.02.26:

2006.02.26: THE NWS WARNING SYSTEM

2006.02.26: LIGHT PILLARS

2006.02.25: A ‘feel’ of spring in the air this week

2006.02.25: Rains Target West Coast and Southeast

2006.02.25: Storm Preparedness

2006.02.25: Chicago Snowfall March 1 and Beyond

2006.02.25: Snowstorm dumps 9” near Duluth as Plains basks in 60s

2006.02.25:

2006.02.25: COLD AIR SURGES FROM CANADA TO CONTINUE

2006.02.25: HOW TO ROUND TEMPERATURES

2006.02.23: Friday’s 50°+: Winter’s 60th above normal temperature

2006.02.23: Arctic Air on the Way

2006.02.23: Powerful Winds Head for Chicago, Heavy Snows in Upper Midwest

2006.02.23: The Science of Meteorology

2006.02.22: February’s mild readings still lag last year’s by 5°

2006.02.22: Cold/Warm-North/South Temp extreme

2006.02.22: March May Open Wet

2006.02.22: Years in Chicago With no Zero or Sub-0° Temperatures

2006.02.21: Only 5 of the past 26 seasons have had less snow

2006.02.21: U.S. Snow Cover. Incoming Chill

2006.02.21: New Pattern May Bring Snow

2006.02.21: Highest Winds on Mt. Washington, N.H.

2006.02.20: Readings surge after coldest February spell in 10 years

2006.02.20:

2006.02.20: NEW ARCTIC COLD OUTBREAK THIS WEEKEND

2006.02.20: DO CLOUDS REALLY FLOAT?

2006.02.19: Back in the deep freeze by next weekend

2006.02.19:

2006.02.19: THE PRICE OF FEBRUARY MILD SPELLS: PART TWO

2006.02.19: JANUARY PRECIP. & THE 2005 DROUGHT

2006.02.18: Seven below without any snow cover here

2006.02.18: Temperatures and Snow

2006.02.18: February Temperature Swings

2006.02.18: Full Moons & Blue Moons

2006.02.17: Coldest February arctic blast here in 3 years

2006.02.17:

2006.02.17: MAJOR COLD OUTBREAK ACROSS U.S.

2006.02.17: LOWEST READING WITHOUT SNOW COVER

2006.02.16: Arctic outbreak to bring 2006’s first sub-0° here

2006.02.16: Blizzard, Thunderstorms and Hail

2006.02.16: Expansive Cold Blast

2006.02.16: Above Normal Temperatures

2006.02.16: Temperature surge here as blizzard rakes Wisconsin

2006.02.15: Big Temperature Drop

2006.02.15: Thunderstorms Threaten Ahead of Cold Outbreak

2006.02.15: Nor’easter Storms

2006.02.14: Other meteorological shoe to drop: Cold on the way

2006.02.14: Temperature Drop

2006.02.14: Storm Watch

2006.02.14: Earliest Date in the Year for a Tornado to Strike

2006.02.13: Temperature gyrations culminate in wintry blast

2006.02.13: Bitterly Cold Air Mass

2006.02.13: Huge Late Week Temperature Spread

2006.02.13: Weather in the U.S.

2006.02.12: Midweek storm—then a sharp turn to cold

2006.02.12:

2006.02.12: CHICAGO'S SUNSHINE SO FAR THIS WINTER

2006.02.12: CHICAGO AND WINDY CITIES

2006.02.11: Winter storm hits eastern seaboard

2006.02.11: East Coast Update

2006.02.11: Temperatures in Aurora, Ill.

2006.02.11: Large Snowflakes

2006.02.11: Winter storm buries Memphis, heads for East Coast

2006.02.11:

2006.02.11: WATER CONTENT OF SNOW

2006.02.11: LATE-WEEK STORM ONE TO MONITOR

2006.02.09: Coldest air of 2006 ends mild streak

2006.02.09: Arctic Air to Launch Double Assault

2006.02.09: Heavy Snow Threatens East Coast

2006.02.09: Reach of Lake Effect Snowfall

2006.02.08: Bursts of lake snow slash visibilities to 0.2 mile

2006.02.08:

2006.02.08: PATTERN CHANGE MAY BRING MORE SNOW TO MIDWEST

2006.02.08: WARMEST WINTER MONTH—IN JANUARY?

2006.02.07: Winter, once 4th coldest, now among mildest 19%

2006.02.07: Warmest January on Record

2006.02.07: A Snowier Overall Pattern Ahead?

2006.02.07: Accuracy of 18th Century Thermometers

2006.02.06: Lack of snow inhibits chill’s full impact

2006.02.06: Lake Michigan Water Temperatures to Fuel Snow Formation

2006.02.06: Cold Temperatures

2006.02.06: Spring Temperatures in Chicago

2006.02.05: Temperatures to tumble by next weekend

2006.02.05:

2006.02.05: SUBZERO TEMPERATURES AT CHICAGO

2006.02.05: INCREDIBLE CHILL IN JANUARY 1994

2006.02.04: Winter’s back after a six week hiatus

2006.02.04: Chicago’s Upcoming Full Moons

2006.02.04: Precipitation

2006.02.04: Crickets Chirps & Air Temperature

2006.02.04: Forecasters monitor winter storm’s Chicago impact

2006.02.04:

2006.02.04: WEEKEND SNOWSTORM MAY IMPACT CHICAGO

2006.02.04: 100-YEAR, 50-YEAR AND 25-YEAR EVENTS

2006.02.02: Last mid-winter period this mild: Arctic blast followed

2006.02.02: Temperatures

2006.02.02: Arctic Blast May Looms Next Week

2006.02.02: Speed of Raindrops & Snowflakes

2006.02.01: String of 42 above normal days nearing an end

2006.02.01: Cold Temperatures to Return

2006.02.01: The Temperature Downturn

2006.02.01: Extreme Temperatures in the U.S.

2006.01.31: February’s opening week: Chicago’s 2nd snowiest

2006.01.31: February Snowfall; Arctic Chill

2006.01.31: Jet Stream Behind Possible Snow Here in Chicago

2006.01.31: What is “Organized Rain”?

2006.01.30: January 2006: City’s warmest since 1928

2006.01.30: Warmth Not Over Yet

2006.01.30: Pattern Change to Bring Cold Weather

2006.01.30: Hurricane Weather Flags

2006.01.29: Big change looms next weekend for Chicago

2006.01.29: Rainfall Totals

2006.01.29: JANUARY TEMPERATURE EXTREMES

2006.01.29: FREEZING FOG

2006.01.28: Above-normal temperatures continue

2006.01.28: January Temperatures: Chicago vs. Moscow, Russia

2006.01.28: Winter & Summer Temperature Range

2006.01.28: Einstein Ring

2006.01.28: Weekend storm to deliver heaviest rain in 5 months

2006.01.28:

2006.01.28: PATTERN CHANGE IN NEXT TWO WEEKS

2006.01.28: RECORD DAYS OF PRECIPITATION

2006.01.27: Moscow’s January, 2006 temperatures

2006.01.26: Fewer than 25% of Januarys have had three 50s

2006.01.26: Warmth, Winds & Temperature Downturn

2006.01.26: Anniversary of Infamous Blizzard of 1967

2006.01.26: Chicago's High Temperatures Rising

2006.01.25: January 2006: Clean-sweep on above normal days

2006.01.25: Bitter Cold in Alaska; Storm System for Midwest

2006.01.25: Arctic Air Projected Here In Early February

2006.01.25: Extreme Weather in Chicago?

2006.01.24: Longest spell of above normal temperatures in 8 years

2006.01.24: February Temperature Outlook

2006.01.24: Winds & Temperatures

2006.01.24: Noth America’s Biggest Earthquake

2006.01.23: Mild here, but Europe and Russia in deadly chill

2006.01.23: Deadly Russian Cold wave (Coldest Since 1978-79) Spreads West Into Europe

2006.01.23: Powerful Winds Blast Chicago

2006.01.23: Heating Degree Days

2006.01.23: Season's biggest snow buries north and west suburbs under as much as a foot of snow Friday night (Jan. 20)

2006.01.23: Jet Stream Pattern

2006.01.22: Another week with above-normal readings

2006.01.22:

2006.01.22: WORLD JET STREAM PATTERN

2006.01.22: CHICAGO’S UNIQUE WEATHER

2006.01.21: Dry workweek with another warm-up ahead

2006.01.21: Snowfall & Temperatures

2006.01.21: Chicago Snowstorms a Year Apart

2006.01.21: Yellow and Red Dust

2006.01.21: Winter’s biggest snow buries northwest suburbs

2006.01.21:

2006.01.21: FRIDAY’S SNOWSTORM

2006.01.21: CHICAGO FORECAST LOCATION

2006.01.19: An inch of snow last covered the ground Dec. 24

2006.01.19: The Weekend Melt Begins in the Wake of Storm

2006.01.19: The Incoming Storm

2006.01.19: Gray Chicago Winters

2006.01.18: Longer days have boosted sun here 28 minutes

2006.01.18: Above Normal in Chicago; Lengthening Days

2006.01.18: A Colder Weather Pattern Ahead

2006.01.18: Sunlight & Temperature in Chicago

2006.01.17: Chicago’s wintry weather at historic mid-point

2006.01.17: Wintry Outbreak Developing

2006.01.17: Temperatures

2006.01.17: North and South Pole Temperatures

2006.01.17: Augustine Volcano reawakened Tuesday morning

2006.01.17: Alaska's Mount Foraker this past weekend bathed in Alaska's low-angle

2006.01.16: January 2006: Mildest since the Great Depression

2006.01.16: Current Mild Spell

2006.01.16: Mild Spell’s Demise

2006.01.16: Chicago’s Longest Stretch of Snow-free Days

2006.01.15: Mildness to continue, but snow threat looms

2006.01.15:

2006.01.15: CHICAGO WEATHER HISTORY: JANUARY OF 1918

2006.01.15: WINTER’S HIGHEST MINIMUM READING

2006.01.14: Twenty three days above normal and counting

2006.01.14: January’s Mild Temperatures

2006.01.14: Chicago Bears Weather

2006.01.14: Chicago Bears' Coldest Home Game

2006.01.14: Friday’s 0.91” at Midway: Heaviest there in a year

2006.01.14:

2006.01.14: VOLCANO ERUPTIONS IN ALASKA

2006.01.14: FREEZING WATER PIPES

2006.01.12: After Thursday’s 57°, mild spell now 21 days old

2006.01.12: January 2006 Temperatures

2006.01.12: Augustine Volcano

2006.01.12: Hurricane Depiction in Movie Apollo 13

2006.01.11: Big warm-up today—more like mid-April

2006.01.11: Temperature Reversal

2006.01.11: The Mild Weather Pattern

2006.01.11: Chicago Barometric Pressure Variations

2006.01.10: Longest above normal temperature run in 4+ years

2006.01.10: Storm System

2006.01.10: Precipitation Prospects

2006.01.10: Tossed Water Freezing in Mid Air

2006.01.09: January now 7th warmest since 1871

2006.01.09: Snow, Rain & Above Normal Temperatures

2006.01.09: Unusual Weather

2006.01.09: Winter 2000-01 Snowfall

2006.01.08: Cold start to meteorological winter totally erased

2006.01.08:

2006.01.08: CHICAGO’S SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL

2006.01.08: JET PILOTS AND CATARACTS

2006.01.07: The ‘dark days’ of November, December and January

2006.01.07: Temperatures & Precipitation

2006.01.07: Chicago Snowfall

2006.01.07: Snowfall & Temperatures

2006.01.06: Florida shivers as record warmth boosts Plains fire risk

2006.01.06:

2006.01.06: CHANCE OF 50s IN DAYS AHEAD

2006.01.06: SNOWFALL AND SOUND

2006.01.05: Only 7 hours of sunshine here in 13 days

2006.01.05: Arctic Chill Expected to Return

2006.01.05: U.S. Snow Cover Update; Chicago Sunshine

2006.01.05: Tossing Water in Below Freezing Temperatures

2006.01.04: Current mild spell: One for the record books

2006.01.04: Chicago Temperatures

2006.01.04: Illinois Cold

2006.01.04: Global Warming Debate

2006.01.03: Perihelion day: 91.3 million miles from the sun

2006.01.03: Sunshine & Temperatures

2006.01.03: Temperature Swing

2006.01.03: Frostbite & Temperatures

2006.01.02: 2005 hurricane season still active

2006.01.02: Illinois Earthquake; Chicago Temperatures

2006.01.02: California Storm Moves East

2006.01.02: Visible Breath in 60° Temperatures

2006.01.01: 2005 at Chicago: Mild and excessively dry

2006.01.01:

2006.01.01: CONTRAILS AT SUNSET

2006.01.01: SNOW FLURRIES AND SNOW SHOWERS

2005.12.31: Cloudy and dreary—but it could be worse

2005.12.31:

2005.12.31: NEW YEAR’S DAY AT CHICAGO

2005.12.31: U.S. PRECIPITATION

2005.12.30: Continued mild at Chicago into late next week

2005.12.30:

2005.12.30: U.S. FORECASTS

2005.12.30: WIND CHILL AND FREEZING WATER

2005.12.29: Rain at Chicago changes to snow late Friday

2005.12.29:

2005.12.29: U.S. WEATHER HOT SPOTS

2005.12.29: SUN’S PATH IN ALASKA

2005.12.28: Mild at Chicago; snow spreads to Europe

2005.12.28:

2005.12.28: HOLIDAY WEEK SNOW COVER AT CHICAGO

2005.12.28: MOON RISE AND SET

2005.12.27: Mild regime generates warmest day of month

2005.12.27:

2005.12.27: HEAVY RAIN ON PACIFIC COAST

2005.12.27: MEASURABLE SNOWFALL AT CHICAGO

2005.12.26: Warmest day of December 2005

2005.12.26: Snow Cover Update

2005.12.26: The Ongoing Warm Spell

2005.12.26: Uniqueness of Snowflakes

2005.12.25: Mild, cloudy weather to close out the year

2005.12.25:

2005.12.25: SUNRISE/SUNSET AT CHICAGO

2005.12.25: DAYLIGHT ON WINTER SOLSTICE

2005.12.24: Milder temperatures expected between holidays

2005.12.24: Below Normal Precipitation

2005.12.24: Christmas Weather in Chicago

2005.12.24: RETIRING 2005 HURRICANES

2005.12.23: White Christmas? Maybe not this year

2005.12.23:

2005.12.23: HOLIDAY TRAVEL WEATHER

2005.12.23: METRIC SYSTEM IN THE U.S.

2005.12.22: December chill finally eases up

2005.12.22: Milder Weather

2005.12.22: Classic Winter Storm Track

2005.12.22: What is “Hoarfrost”?

2005.12.21: Cold finally giving way to warming

2005.12.21: December 2005's Mildest Readings Ahead

2005.12.21: Chistmas Weather Outlook

2005.12.21: Chicago's Dec. 19, 1919 Temperature

2005.12.21: Relative Humidity

2005.12.21: December’s chill relentless, 90% of days below normal

2005.12.20: Winter & Summer Solstice Daylight

2005.12.20: Temperatures Could Surge into the Mid-40s

2005.12.20: Another frigid morning in the Chicago area: Official O'Hare low: +5°, sub-zero readings in most surrounding suburban areas

2005.12.19: Monday’s 11°: Coldest December high in 5 years

2005.12.19: Chicago Sun Dogs; Winter Begins Wednesday.

2005.12.19: Temporary Thaw in Coldest December since 1942

2005.12.19: Humidity Levels

2005.12.19: Sun Dogs in the Chicago Area Monday

2005.12.19: Beautiful winter sunrise in Anchorage, Alaska

2005.12.18: Snowpack to shrink in face of late-week warm-up

2005.12.18:

2005.12.18: SNOWSTORMS DURING THE HOLIDAYS

2005.12.18: CLOUDINESS ACROSS ILLINOIS

2005.12.18: FREEZING RAIN IN NORTH CAROLINA

2005.12.17: Pre-Christmas “warm-up” on tap for Chicago

2005.12.17: Christmas & New Year's Weather

2005.12.17: One of Chicago's Coldest December Starts

2005.12.17: Odds of a 0° Temperature Reading in Chicago between Dec. 18-31

2005.12.17: December: Warmer in southern Alaska than here

2005.12.17:

2005.12.17: BREAK IN CHILL MAY ONLY BE TEMPORARY

2005.12.17: WHY SNOW IS SLIPPERY

2005.12.15: Bursts of snow turn thundery at Kankakee

2005.12.15: Snowfall & Temperatures

2005.12.15: Snowfall This Weekend

2005.12.15: Tracking Hurricanes Before Satellite Imagery

2005.12.14: Temperature surge slashes area snowpack

2005.12.14: Arctic Chill to Drop Highs in Chicago

2005.12.14: Wednesday’s Big Snows Miss Chicago

2005.12.14:

2005.12.13: 2-7” to pile onto area’s 2nd heaviest Dec. 14 snowpack

2005.12.13: Snowfall & Temperatures

2005.12.13: Snowstorm Hits With Howling Winds

2005.12.13: Too Cold to Snow?

2005.12.13: WINTER STORM UPDATE--Issued 2 pm Tuesday, December 13, 2005

2005.12.12: Snow this month already 9 times last December’s

2005.12.12: Snow Arrives Wednesday

2005.12.12: Chicago Snowfall & Temperatures

2005.12.12: Lightning During Snowstorms

2005.12.11: More cold and snow on the way for Chicago

2005.12.11:

2005.12.11: COLD DECEMBERS

2005.12.11: FORECAST TEMPERATURES IN THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE

2005.12.10: No break seen in Chicago’s cold, snowy pattern

2005.12.10: Chicago's December 2005 Precipitation

2005.12.10: Coldest & Warmest December Temperatures in Chicago

2005.12.10: Time Zones & Zulu Time

2005.12.09: String of sub-32° days about to set early season record

2005.12.09:

2005.12.09: MORE SNOW AHEAD FOLLOWED BY BITTER COLD

2005.12.09: SNOW AND HIGH BAROMETRIC READINGS

2005.12.08: Snowiest start to a cold season in 27 years

2005.12.08: The Start of a Snowy Winter?

2005.12.08: Soaring Snow Totals

2005.12.08: Cold December

2005.12.08: Snow Update 6:55 p.m. 12/08/05

2005.12.08: Winter Storm Update 6:10 P.M. 12/08/05

2005.12.08: Weather Update 4:55 P.M. 12/08/05

2005.12.07: December’s first week hasn’t been colder since WW II

2005.12.07: Temperature Update

2005.12.07: Snow on the Way for Chicago

2005.12.07: The Cloudiest States

2005.12.06: December’s open among the coldest in over a century

2005.12.06: Double the Snowy Area Than a Year Ago

2005.12.06: Huge Snowfall Downwind of Great Lakes

2005.12.06: Chicago Snowfall on Christmas Day

2005.12.06: The coldest weather in 11 months grips the Chicago area

2005.12.05: Sub-zero chill much of the area Tuesday night

2005.12.05: Winter Outlook

2005.12.05: Temperature Update

2005.12.05: Chicago's Largest Lake Effect Snowfall

2005.12.04: Meteorological winter off to a cold start

2005.12.04:

2005.12.04: CHICAGO HEATING DEGREE DAYS

2005.12.04: COLD-WEATHER BIRTHDAYS

2005.12.03: A very cold week ahead

2005.12.03: Temperatures & Precipitation

2005.12.03: Weather and Coal Mines

2005.12.03: Tornado Formation and Temperatures

2005.12.02: Chill strengthens in days ahead as snow covers ground

2005.12.02:

2005.12.02: THREE CHANCES FOR SNOW IN WEEK AHEAD

2005.12.02: "CALENDAR DAYS" AT CHICAGO

2005.12.01: Recent Hoar Frost in Alaska

2005.12.01: Sub-freezing temperatures in place here next 7 days

2005.12.01: Snowfall & Temperature Update

2005.12.01: The Coming Snow Systems

2005.12.01: Global Weather Balance

2005.11.30: December’s first week to average 12° below normal

2005.11.30: Temperature Update

2005.11.30: Three Snow Systems

2005.11.30: Naming Tropical Storms Outside of Season

2005.11.29: December’s snowiest open in 26 years possible

2005.11.29: Snow-Generating Systems

2005.11.29: Arctic Air Across North America

2005.11.29: Measuring the Distance from The Earth to the Sun

2005.11.28: Plains blizzard: Drifts 4-6 ft. high, gusts to 80 m.p.h.

2005.11.28: Wintry Weather

2005.11.28: Snowfall in the Coming Week

2005.11.28: High/Low Temperatures in Chicago

2005.11.28: Blizzard in Plains Monday

2005.11.27: Readings to plunge more than 40 degrees this week

2005.11.27:

2005.11.27: CHICAGO’S COLDEST WINTER TEMPERATURES

2005.11.27: SNOW AND WINDCHILL

2005.11.26: High winds to blow warmth in and out of town

2005.11.26:

2005.11.26: TOTALLY CLOUDY DAYS AT CHICAGO

2005.11.26: WHY DEW FORMS

2005.11.25: South winds ejecting chill, set stage for 50-degree surge

2005.11.25:

2005.11.25: THUNDERY RAINS AHEAD

2005.11.25: WHY COLD AIR IS SO DRY

2005.11.24: Coldest Thanksgiving since 1945—but big warm-up ahead

2005.11.24:

2005.11.24: STORMIER PATTERN AHEAD FOR CHICAGO

2005.11.24: WAS THE WINTER OF 1987-88 MILD?

2005.11.23: Jarring 20-degree downturn rides 40+ m.p.h. gusts

2005.11.23:

2005.11.23: HEAVY SNOW ACROSS GREAT LAKES SNOWBELT

2005.11.23: THE WARM FALL OF 1968

2005.11.23: SNOW PHOTOS FROM NORTH CAROLINA - UPDATED!

2005.11.22: Thanksgiving may be among coldest in nearly 50 years

2005.11.22:

2005.11.22: FORECAST FOR DECEMBER'S FIRST WEEK

2005.11.22: BIGGEST NOVEMBER SNOWSTORM

2005.11.21: Fall 2005’s second snow to dust the area tonight

2005.11.21: Temperature & Snowfall

2005.11.21: December’s Opening Week

2005.11.21: Thanksgiving Day Snow in Chicago

2005.11.20: After today, temperatures on downhill slide

2005.11.20:

2005.11.20: TRANSITION INTO WINTER

2005.11.20: WHY HURRICANES ARE NAMED

2005.11.19: Temperature Update

2005.11.19: Thanksgiving Day Snowfall

2005.11.19: Mobile Home Parks & Tornadoes

2005.11.18: City breaks out of the icebox after 52 subfreezing hours

2005.11.18:

2005.11.18: TWO CHANCES FOR SNOW THANKSGIVING WEEK

2005.11.18: RAPID TEMPERATURE INCREASES

2005.11.18: Central Illinois storm clouds Tuesday, Nov. 15

2005.11.17: Biggest snows of Fall 2005 hit Great Lakes snow belt

2005.11.17: Winter 2005 Outlook

2005.11.17: Arctic Blasts For Chicago Over the Next Two Weeks

2005.11.17: Chicago’s -80° Wind Chill

2005.11.16: Shift to wintry chill; coldest Nov. 17 in 46 years!

2005.11.16: Temperature and Wind Update

2005.11.16: Suddenly Winter Weather

2005.11.16: 2005 Season’s First Snow

2005.11.15: Dozens of twisters scour 5 central states

2005.11.15: Colder Pattern Likely to Dominate Rest of November

2005.11.15: Wednesday’s Winds & Temperatures

2005.11.15: Classifying Lighting Bolts

2005.11.15: Severe Weather Update

2005.11.15: From 70s to sticking snow in Omaha, NE

2005.11.15: Intensifying storm marks descent into colder pattern

2005.11.15: The Intensifying Storm

2005.11.15: Weather Outlook

2005.11.14: Taurid Meteor Shower

2005.11.13: Another storm takes aim at the Midwest

2005.11.13:

2005.11.13: CHICAGO’S DROUGHT HISTORY

2005.11.13: NEXT HALLOWEEN FULL MOON

2005.11.12: Twisters swarm central Iowa Saturday

2005.11.12: Fall 2005

2005.11.12: November Tornadoes

2005.11.12: Chicago Area's Latest Occurring Tornado

2005.11.12: Fall’s windiest day yet hits with 40-50+ m.p.h. gusts

2005.11.12:

2005.11.12: COLD SURGE IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS

2005.11.12: HURRICANE HAZEL

2005.11.10: Thursday’s 31° ends 226 days above freezing

2005.11.10:

2005.11.10: COLDER TEMPERATURES TUESDAY—SNOWFLAKES POSSIBLE

2005.11.10: ACHING JOINTS AND RAIN FORECASTING

2005.11.09: Gales rake Superior 30 years after Edmund Fitzgerald

2005.11.09: Lake Superior Tragedy

2005.11.09: A Frigid Thanksgiving Hinted

2005.11.09: Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ)

2005.11.09: THIRTY YEARS AGO On

2005.11.09: Gales whip Lake Superior Wednesday on the eve of the 1975 Edmund Fitzgerald disaster

2005.11.08: Potential for another wave of strong/severe t-storms Wednesday

2005.11.08: Record warmth in 17 states fuel Tuesday’s storm

2005.11.08: Temperature Update

2005.11.08: Severe Weather

2005.11.08: Coldest Chicagoland Temperature

2005.11.08: Tornado-bearing Supercell Thunderstorms threaten sections of the Midwest and the Chicago metro area Tuesday night

2005.11.07: Warmest November start here in 27 years

2005.11.07: Temperature Update

2005.11.07: Severe Weather Threatens Again

2005.11.07: Daylight & Standard Time

2005.11.06: Cool-down midweek, but mild temps bounce back

2005.11.06:

2005.11.06: THE COLD AND SNOWY SIDE OF NOVEMBER

2005.11.06: TORNADOES IN NOVEMBER

2005.11.05: Unusually mild week ahead for Chicago

2005.11.05: November Temperatures

2005.11.05: November Warmth

2005.11.05: Sunlight & Color

2005.11.05: Storm brings 80%-plus rain coverage by nightfall

2005.11.05:

2005.11.05: THUNDERSTORM THREAT SATURDAY

2005.11.05: WHICH IS HOTTER: JULY OR AUGUST?

2005.11.03: Mixed sun and clouds, more seasonable temperature levels.

2005.11.03: Above Normal Great Lakes Water Temperatures

2005.11.03: Seasonal Lady Bug Invasion

2005.11.03: Mild Air Next Two Weeks

2005.11.02: 2005 has produced the most 70s here in 28 years

2005.11.02: Mountain Snows

2005.11.02: Warm Novembers in Chicago

2005.11.02: Longest Lasting Hurricane on Record

2005.11.01: Warmest November readings here in 5 years

2005.11.01: Huge North/South Temperature Spread Over North America

2005.11.01: Warmer Temperatures for the Midwest Ahead

2005.11.01: Hurricanes Beyond Nov. 30

2005.10.31: Past 5 months Illinois’ 7th warmest since 1895

2005.10.31: Area Temperatures

2005.10.31: Increased Rainfall and Cooler Air in the Forecast

2005.10.31: Great Lakes & Storm Development

2005.10.30: November to masquerade as October

2005.10.30:

2005.10.30: DIMINISHING SUNLIGHT AT CHICAGO

2005.10.30: SNOWFALL AFTER WET SUMMERS

2005.10.29: Beta’s wrath aimed at Central America

2005.10.29: Chicago Snowfall

2005.10.29: A Record-Breaking Hurricane Season

2005.10.29: Are Hurricanes Generally Growing Stronger?

2005.10.29: Friday’s frost brings long growing season to an end

2005.10.29:

2005.10.29: MILD DAYS AHEAD FOR CHICAGO

2005.10.29: FASTEST HURRICANE MOVEMENT

2005.10.27: Despite recent chill, Fall 2005 mildest in 32 years

2005.10.27: Chicago Temperatures. Hurricane Remnants Blast Scotland

2005.10.27: Beta Similar to Hurricane Mitch. Central America Threatened

2005.10.27: From Salt Water to Fresh Water: Hurricane Formation

2005.10.27: Lake Michigan Waterspout Thursday Morning

2005.10.26: Past week’s highs 17° cooler than a year ago

2005.10.26: Midwest, U.S. & Caribbean Weather Update

2005.10.26: Plunging Temperatures

2005.10.26: Chicago Snowfall

2005.10.25: Hurricane ravaged Florida shivers in record chill

2005.10.25: Winter 2005-06 Outlook

2005.10.25: Weather Update

2005.10.25: 1938 & 1945 World Series Weather

2005.10.24: Waterspout on Lake Michigan

2005.10.24: Wilma’s remnants energizing East Coast nor’easter

2005.10.24: Fish Falling in Rainfall

2005.10.24: Lake Michigan Waterspout Spotted Monday

2005.10.24: Hurricane Update

2005.10.23: Wilma hits Florida while showers continue here

2005.10.23:

2005.10.23: TREES AND THE 2005 DROUGHT

2005.10.23: HURRICANES AND GLOBAL WARMING

2005.10.22: Chicago’s World Series Weather

2005.10.22: Fall catches up with Chicago

2005.10.22: Lake Michigan Wave Height

2005.10.22: Wilma begins NE treck, while ‘Alpha’ forms-moves north

2005.10.22: Wilma threatens Florida as Category 2 Monday

2005.10.22: Hurricane Update

2005.10.22: New England Hurricanes

2005.10.22: Chilly Air Ushers Into Chicago

2005.10.20: Area drought continues, warmth does not

2005.10.20: Chill Only Temporary

2005.10.20: Hurricane Wilma: From Yucatan to Florida

2005.10.20: Full Moon in February

2005.10.19: Chilliest air in 5 months for weekend Sox games

2005.10.19: Wilma the Most Powerful Hurricane Ever

2005.10.19: First Major Chill to Last Through Weekend

2005.10.19: Hurricane Pressure

2005.10.18: Heartland enjoys the warm before the storm

2005.10.18: Storm Threatens Impressive Rains. Autumn Chill Follows

2005.10.18: Hurricane Wilma's Projected Storm Track

2005.10.18: Hurricane With Highest Pressure

2005.10.17: Heavy Chicago Rains Next Week

2005.10.17: Fall Temperatures in Chicago; Tracking Willma

2005.10.17: U.S. hurricane threat is far from over

2005.10.17: Retiring Greek Alphabet Names for Hurricanes

2005.10.16: 2005 to see latest arrival of fall 30s since 1963

2005.10.16:

2005.10.16: COMPARING HURRICANES ANDREW AND KATRINA

2005.10.16: LONGEST HURRICANE TRAVEL DISTANCE

2005.10.15: New England rains finally subside

2005.10.15: Dry Weather

2005.10.15: Rainfall and Humidity Levels

2005.10.15: Hurricanes 101

2005.10.14: September temperatures in October

2005.10.14:

2005.10.14: 2005 DROUGHT UPDATE

2005.10.14: T-STORM WARNING—BUT NO WATCH

2005.10.13: Chicago experiences unheralded warmth

2005.10.13:

2005.10.13: DESPITE RECORD WARM FALL TO DATE, MILD DAYS DUE TO SLIP AWAY

2005.10.13: LAKE BREEZES

2005.10.12: Heavy Rainfall

2005.10.12: Dampness lingers today, then warmer

2005.10.12: Winter 2005-06

2005.10.12: Moon Color

2005.10.11: Damp and Hazy in Chicago

2005.10.11: Dreary but uneventful weather settles in

2005.10.11: Spain Hit by It’s First Tropical Cyclone on Record

2005.10.11: Lightning’s Effect on Fish

2005.10.10: Chicago’s weather takes a cloudy turn

2005.10.10: Heavy Snows in Colorado

2005.10.10: Heavy precipitation Totals

2005.10.10: Low Hurricane Pressures

2005.10.09: A potpourri of autumn weather today

2005.10.09:

2005.10.09: THE GREAT CHICAGO FIRE

2005.10.09: DEER POPULATION AND CLIMATE

2005.10.08: Marathon run of good weather continues

2005.10.08: The 1871 Summer Drought Before The Great Chicago Fire

2005.10.08: 2005 Hurricane Season

2005.10.08: Gulf Coast Hurricanes in the 1940s

2005.10.07: White Sox sweep averts weekend washout

2005.10.07:

2005.10.07: CHICAGO WEATHER HISTORY: OCTOBER 1954

2005.10.07: CHICAGO’S AIR QUALITY

2005.10.06: Chicago headed for coolest weekend in 21 weeks

2005.10.06: Temperatures & Rainfall

2005.10.06: Chicago Lake-Effect Clouds & Rain

2005.10.06: Snow on Halloween: Chicago vs. Boston

2005.10.05: Plunge of 30° to set off lake-effect rains

2005.10.05: Autumn Storm System

2005.10.05: Tropical Update; Cooler Temps in Chicago

2005.10.05: Hurricanes Beyond October 5

2005.10.05: Only Two More Names Beyond “Tammy”

2005.10.05: Sounds of Thunder

2005.10.04: 90° high Wednesday would be October’s first since 1971

2005.10.04: Florida Under the Gun; Chicago Stays Warm Wednesday

2005.10.04: Northern Wisconsin/Central Minnesota Swamped by Rains

2005.10.04: Annual Precipitation Totals

2005.10.03: Records perish in July-level Midwest warmth

2005.10.03: Temperature Plunge

2005.10.03: Tropical Wave Being Monitored

2005.10.03: Daylight Saving Time Dates

2005.10.03: Sunday's storms prove prolific cloud to ground lightning producers

2005.10.02: Unusual warmth, humidity linger a few more days

2005.10.02:

2005.10.02: WEATHER HISTORY: 1953

2005.10.02: HUMIDITY: GULF COAST VS. CHICAGO

2005.10.01: Early October warmth brings a string of 80° days

2005.10.01:

2005.10.01: GREAT LAKES TEMPERATURES/LEVELS

2005.10.01: HURRICANES AFTER CHICAGO’S FIRST FALL FREEZE

2005.10.01: Banner September for area warm weather fans

2005.10.01:

2005.10.01: DAYS OF 80s AHEAD FOR CHICAGO

2005.10.01: THE FIRST ‘MALE’ HURRICANE

2005.09.29: Indiana flirts with frost, Minnesota shivers at 18°

2005.09.29: String of October 80°days in Chicago Possible Starting This Weekend

2005.09.29: Central Barometric Pressure

2005.09.29: Chicago Area Frost; Tropical Disturbance in the Gulf

2005.09.28: Blustery 4 hour rain deposits 0.58” Wednesday

2005.09.28: Weather Changes

2005.09.28: Daylight Hours on Earth

2005.09.28: Overnight Low Temperatures

2005.09.27: Incoming rain an interruption in 7 month dry spell

2005.09.27: Stage Set for New Hurricane

2005.09.27: Warm Waters & Hurricane Intensification

2005.09.27: Hurricane Evacuation Precedures in 1900

2005.09.26: Rita’s center passes all but unnoticed 80 miles south

2005.09.26: Hurricane Remnants

2005.09.26: Brief Warming Ahead for Chicago

2005.09.26: Latest U.S. Hurricane Landfall

2005.09.25: Tropical Atlantic finally quiets down

2005.09.25:

2005.09.25: CHICAGO WEATHER THIS WEEK

2005.09.25: SALT WATER AND HURRICANES

2005.09.24: Autumn chill invades by late week

2005.09.24: Tracking Rita

2005.09.24: 2005 Fall Colors

2005.09.24: When Hurricane Names Run Out

2005.09.24: Rita’s fury like spending hours in F2 twister—only worse

2005.09.24:

2005.09.24: HURRICANE RITA: HEAVY RAINS THREATEN FLOODING

2005.09.24: DAYTIME HEATING AND HURRICANES

2005.09.22: Winds down trees, pepper suburbs with hail

2005.09.22: Size of Hurricane Rita in Perspective

2005.09.22: Rita Could Bring Catastrophic Flooding

2005.09.22: Hurricane Direction

2005.09.21: Violent storms sweep Minnesota’s Twin Cities

2005.09.21: Monster Hurricanes

2005.09.21: Mighty Hurricane Rita

2005.09.21: Chicago's September Warmth

2005.09.20: Unusual warmth to challenge 35 year old record

2005.09.20: Sunrise Over Lake Michigan

2005.09.20: Record Heat in Gulf Coast Tuesday; Wetter Days Ahead for Chicago

2005.09.20: Hurricane Rita Targets Texas

2005.09.20: The Devastating Galveston Hurricane of 1900

2005.09.19: Chicago's skyline glistens at sunset

2005.09.19: Microburst a suspect in McHenry county damage

2005.09.19: Chicago Area Thunderstorms

2005.09.19: Frequency of Major Hurricanes on the U.S. Gulf Coast Peak in September

2005.09.19: What Happens to Birds during Hurricanes?

2005.09.19: Tropical Update

2005.09.18: Frequency of rain picks up this week

2005.09.18: Storm Longevity

2005.09.18: Cold Temperatures in Chicago

2005.09.17: End of astronomical summer occurs this week

2005.09.17: Gulf Coast Heat

2005.09.17: 2005 Autumnal Equinox

2005.09.17: Winter Outlook

2005.09.16: First Midwest fall colors put in an appearance

2005.09.16:

2005.09.16: OFFICIAL FALL START JUST DAYS AWAY

2005.09.16: 2005 HARVEST MOON

2005.09.15: Thursday’s 70°—coolest in 2 months—follows suburban 40s

2005.09.15: Tropical Update

2005.09.15: Warmer Pattern Ahead

2005.09.15: Disrupting Hurricanes With Bombs

2005.09.14: Mercury holds below 80° first time in 20 days

2005.09.14: Ophelia Punishes Coast

2005.09.14: A Hint of Autumn in the Air

2005.09.14: Fall Colors Affected by Drought

2005.09.13: Midway’s 95°: Hottest so late in 52 years

2005.09.13: Chicago Temperatures

2005.09.13: New Pattern Shifts Atmosphere to Autumnal Mode

2005.09.13: Hurricane During the U.S. Civil War

2005.09.12: More City 90s to date than any year since 1995

2005.09.12: Nigttime Thunderstorms Tuesday

2005.09.12: A New Weather Pattern Emerging

2005.09.12: Wind Speed in Knots vs. M.P.H.

2005.09.11: Hot, humid start—but midweek cool down on tap

2005.09.11:

2005.09.11: 2005 DROUGHT UPDATE

2005.09.11: TYPHOONS, HURRICANES & CYCLONES

2005.09.10: Hot start, only one good chance of rain this week

2005.09.10:

2005.09.10: FALL TORNADOES

2005.09.10: CARS AND LIGHTNING

2005.09.09: Only 3rd weekend of 2005 to log back-to-back 90s

2005.09.09:

2005.09.09: HURRICANE OPHELIA UPDATE

2005.09.09: WAVE HEIGHTS ON LAKE MICHIGAN

2005.09.08: Tornado touchdown on Iowa State campus

2005.09.08: Chicago in "extreme drought" again

2005.09.08: Ophelia Now Hurricane Strength

2005.09.08: Global Warming and Hurricanes

2005.09.07: Storms swipe Chicago; douse Wisconsin with 4”+

2005.09.07: Area Temperatures

2005.09.07: Late Season 90s Ahead

2005.09.07: Galveston, Texas Hurricane Destruction of 1900 vs. New Orleans and Katrina

2005.09.06: Jet stream could help set stage for active storms

2005.09.06: Forecast 90s by Sunday in Chicago

2005.09.06: Torrential Downpours in the Southeast

2005.09.06: Other Storms Named "Katrina"

2005.09.05: Area’s longest spell without rain in over a year

2005.09.05:

2005.09.05: NEW TROPICAL DISTURBANCE EAST OF FLORIDA

2005.09.05: Can Hurricanes Be Stopped?

2005.09.04: 15 days and counting since last significant rain

2005.09.04:

2005.09.04: CHICAGO SNOWFALL AFTER DRY SUMMERS

2005.09.04: LESS CHANCE OF A BIG HURRICANE?

2005.09.03: Warm, dry week to worsen area drought

2005.09.03: Summer 2005 Air Conditioning Usage in Chicago

2005.09.03: New Orleans Hurricane Betsy September 1965

2005.09.03: A Hurricane's "cone of uncertainty"

2005.09.03: Gorgeous weather here far cry from 100s in 1953

2005.09.03:

2005.09.03: SLIGHT HUMIDITY RELIEF FOR HURRICANE-RAVAGED AREAS

2005.09.03: MORE FLORIDA/GULF COAST HURRICANES?

2005.09.01: Humidity flirts with September’s all-time low

2005.09.01: Cooler Temperatures

2005.09.01: Another Atlantic Basin Hurricane in the Making?

2005.09.01: Hurricane Track along I-55 (September 1988)

2005.08.31: Drier spring-summer here than the Dust Bowl

2005.08.31: Wednesday's winds & Thursday's forecast; Labor Day Outlook

2005.08.31: 57% of Gulf Coast Tropical Storms Occur Beyond September 1

2005.08.31: History of Atlantic Hurricanes Moving into the Pacific Basin

2005.08.30: Warm, dry summers often followed by reduced winter snow

2005.08.30: June, July, August 2005

2005.08.30: Hot Weather Invades Hurricane Disaster Areas

2005.08.30: Earliest Autumn Snowfall in Chicago

2005.08.29: Katrina’s impact here: NE winds, incoming clouds

2005.08.29: Tracking Katrina

2005.08.29: Powerful Hurricane Katrina

2005.08.29: Assigning Hurricane Categories

2005.08.28: Hurricane Katrina slams mainland U.S.

2005.08.28:

2005.08.28: THE STORM SURGE OF HURRICANE KATRINA

2005.08.28: IDEAL HURRICANE CONDITIONS

2005.08.27: Katrina to strongly influence Chicago weather

2005.08.27: Hurricane Update

2005.08.27: August 28, 1990 Tornado

2005.08.27: U.S. State with Least Severe Weather

2005.08.26: Key West hit by 74 m.p.h. winds, near 10” rains

2005.08.26:

2005.08.26: HURRICANE KATRINA UPDATE

2005.08.26: NO HURRICANES NEAR EQUATOR

2005.08.25: 76% of this summer’s days warmer than normal

2005.08.25: Rainfall in the Forecast

2005.08.25: Hurricane Update

2005.08.25: O’Hare Weather Records

2005.08.25: WGN-TV Weather Team at Wrigley

2005.08.25: WGN WEATHER TEAM STORMS

2005.08.24: Return to warmth and higher humidity ahead

2005.08.24: Hurricane Watch

2005.08.24: Chicago's Last Week of August

2005.08.24: Chicago Temperatures Aug. 25, 1949

2005.08.23: Coolest spell in two months lingers another day

2005.08.23: Chicago Weather

2005.08.23: New Hurricane Brewing

2005.08.23: List of Hurricane Names

2005.08.22: Monday’s 73° among Summer, 2005’s five coolest

2005.08.22: Monday & Tuesday Temperatures

2005.08.22: Warmth Returns Later This Week

2005.08.22: Tornadic Activity at Night

2005.08.21: It’ll be autumn in August the next two days

2005.08.21:

2005.08.21: CHICAGO WEATHER HISTORY: 1915

2005.08.21: LAST TORNADO IN LAKE COUNTY, ILL.

2005.08.20: Heaviest rain in a year hits O’Hare area

2005.08.20: 2005 Temperatures

2005.08.20: Chicago Cubs and Winds at Wrigley Field

2005.08.20: Final 80° temp in Chicago

2005.08.20: Western Illinois downpours reach 2.50” in 30 minutes

2005.08.20:

2005.08.20: UPDATE ON WISCONSIN TORNADOES

2005.08.20: LONGEST STRETCH BETWEEN 100s

2005.08.18: Twisters turn deadly across southern Wisconsin

2005.08.18: Severe Weather and Rain Thursday

2005.08.18: Severe Weather Friday

2005.08.18: Cold Temperatures in Stanley Idaho

2005.08.17: Chicago Rainfall, August 90s

2005.08.17: 2005 Severe Weather Season

2005.08.17: Mars nears Earth

2005.08.16: Over an hour of daily sunlight gone, 4.7 hours to go

2005.08.16: Chicago Rainfal Update , Humid Air Forecast

2005.08.16: Hot Weather in Chicago

2005.08.16: Temperature & Rainfall

2005.08.15: 90s back Friday; August 10° warmer than year ago

2005.08.15: North American Temperatures

2005.08.15: Hurricane Names

2005.08.15: Area Rainfall

2005.08.14: Coolest weekend here since Father’s Day

2005.08.14:

2005.08.14: AUGUST PRECIPITATION EXTREMES

2005.08.14: TYPHOONS: SAME AS HURRICANES?

2005.08.13: More frequent rains put damper on drought

2005.08.13: Dry Weather

2005.08.13: Hurricane Camille

2005.08.13: Hot Summers of 1988 & 2005

2005.08.12: St. Louis sizzles Friday with the 4th 100° of 2005

2005.08.12:

2005.08.12: CHICAGO TWO-WEEK RAINFALL ESTIMATES: 2.00" TO 3.50"

2005.08.12: TORNADO MOVEMENT SPEED

2005.08.12: LIGHTNING WEATHER PHOTOS

2005.08.11: First storms’ heaviest downpours hit south suburbs

2005.08.11:

2005.08.11: CLUSTERS OF THUNDERY RAINS OVER NEXT TWO WEEKS

2005.08.11: WHAT IT MAY TAKE TO END DROUGHT

2005.08.10: First wave of thundery rain due later Thursday

2005.08.10:

2005.08.10: ABOVE-NORMAL RAINFALL EXPECTED IN WEEKS AHEAD

2005.08.10: TYPHOON BESS IN AUGUST 1968

2005.08.09: Rockford and Kenosha sizzle at 97° Tuesday

2005.08.09:

2005.08.09: HINTS OF HEAVY RAINS IN THE WEEKS AHEAD

2005.08.09: ODD LIGHT COLOR ON JULY 20

2005.08.08: First Aug. 1-8 without measurable rain in 22 years

2005.08.08:

2005.08.08: BIG PATTERN CHANGE BY WEEKEND

2005.08.08: LAKE MICHIGAN TEMPERATURES

2005.08.07: Warm, humid week ahead with storms likely

2005.08.07:

2005.08.07: MIDWEST DROUGHT UPDATE

2005.08.07: CAN BOATS FEEL A TSUNAMI?

2005.08.06: Week to feature heat, humidity and thunderstorms

2005.08.06:

2005.08.06: CHICAGO’S SUMMER RAINFALL SCENARIOS

2005.08.06: COLD COUNTERPART TO 100°

2005.08.05: It’s been a summer of great weekend weather

2005.08.05:

2005.08.05: NEXT SPELL OF 90s DUE NEXT WEEK

2005.08.05: TAKING TORNADO PICTURES

2005.08.04: Another forecaster boosts 2005 hurricane count

2005.08.04: 2005 Hurricane Season

2005.08.04: Next Week May Be Hot and Wet

2005.08.04: After the Hot Summers

2005.08.03: Potential for Rain

2005.08.03: Lakeside Temperatures

2005.08.03: A Break from the Heat

2005.08.02: Third August since 1970 to open with three 90s

2005.08.02: NOAA TROPICAL UPDATE ISSUED

2005.08.02: Temporary Break in the Heat

2005.08.02: World Record Rainfall

2005.08.01: City’s 25 summer 90s the greatest in 17 years

2005.08.01: July's Final Stats are In...

2005.08.01: Heat Continues

2005.08.01: Chicago’s Growing Heat Island Effect

2005.07.31: August’s start to follow July’s warm, dry mode

2005.07.31:

2005.07.31: RECORD RAINFALL IN INDIA

2005.07.31: WHEN TEMPERATURE USUALLY PEAKS

2005.07.30: Hot, dry weather to regain control in Chicago

2005.07.30: Hurricane Tally

2005.07.30: Chicago's July 30, 1999 Heat

2005.07.30: Hurricane Andrew Category Change

2005.07.29: Summer weekends averaging 5 degrees above normal

2005.07.29:

2005.07.29: STRING OF 5 MORE 90s NEXT WEEK

2005.07.29: A STORM NAMED MARIAH?

2005.07.28: Only 2 summers since 1871 with as few highs under 80°

2005.07.28:

2005.07.28: MORE HEAT ON THE WAY

2005.07.28: WHAT CAUSES LIGHTNING?

2005.07.27: From 100° to coolest daytime reading in 6 weeks

2005.07.27:

2005.07.27: STUNNING RAIN DEFICITS STILL IN PLACE

2005.07.27: CHICAGO VS. BAGHDAD

2005.07.26: Tuesday rains no help to northern Illinois’ corn crop

2005.07.26:

2005.07.26: HEAT WAVE BREAKS AMID WELCOME RAINS

2005.07.26: COOL "NEIGHBORS" TO 100° HIGHS

2005.07.26: SEVERE THUNDERSTORM STRIKES ARLINGTON

2005.07.25: Summer 2005: City’s warmest since at least 1928

2005.07.25:

2005.07.25: CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY

2005.07.25: WHY IT’S HOTTER IN A BRICK HOME

2005.07.24: Sun and 100°-plus highs bake area Sunday

2005.07.24:

2005.07.24: RAINFALL NEEDED TO BREAK THE DROUGHT

2005.07.24: SUMMER IN MESA, ARIZONA

2005.07.24: Officially --Today is the City's Hottest Day in 10 years

2005.07.24: IT'S OFFICIAL-- FIRST CHICAGO

2005.07.23: Scorching heat, muggy air to bake Chicago

2005.07.23:

2005.07.23: DROUGHT UPDATE

2005.07.23: DEBRIS CLOUDS

2005.07.23: Area’s most intense heat since 1999 due Sunday

2005.07.23:

2005.07.23: RARE HOT WEATHER ON WAY TO CHICAGO

2005.07.23: LIGHTNING AND HURRICANES

2005.07.21: Hot downstate; heat indexes soar past 100°

2005.07.21: 2005 Hurricane Season

2005.07.21: Extreme Heat for Chicago Possible Sunday

2005.07.21: Greener Grass

2005.07.21: WHAT IS A "GUSTNADO"?

2005.07.20: Stormy Weather

2005.07.20: Gusty storms bring much needed rain

2005.07.20: earliest and lates 100° temp in Chicago

2005.07.20: Heat in Chicago

2005.07.19: Exceptional western heat approaches Chicago

2005.07.19: Southwest Sizzles

2005.07.19: Waiting for the Rains

2005.07.19: Hurricanes Targeting the U.S.

2005.07.18: Another summer day without rain

2005.07.18:

2005.07.18: Ranking Chicago’s June 1-July 18 Period

2005.07.18: The "Feel Like" Temperature

2005.07.17: Chicago’s hottest day in six years on Sunday

2005.07.17:

2005.07.17: LOW-LEVEL PATTERN IN THE WEEKS AHEAD

2005.07.17: EXTENT OF CURRENT DROUGHT

2005.07.17: MCDONALD CREEK- BONE DRY

2005.07.16: Sizzling Sunday brings chance of rain Monday

2005.07.16: Rainfalls Miss Chicago

2005.07.16: Different Drought Conditions

2005.07.16: Chicago Rainfall from Tropical System Remnants

2005.07.16: A potpourri of July weather extremes

2005.07.16: Storm Track

2005.07.16: Heat and Drought Around the Great Lakes

2005.07.16: Leaves and Forecasting Rainfall

2005.07.14: “Don’t focus on the skinny line.”

2005.07.14: 1) Chicago’s Area Temperatures 2) Hurricane Emily Update

2005.07.14: Heat Expands

2005.07.14: Naming More Storms Than Usual

2005.07.13: The Dog Days of Summer

2005.07.13: Heat Continues at Chicago While Emily Churns in the Tropics

2005.07.13: Current Dry Weather

2005.07.13: Highest Temperatures at Death Valley, Calif.

2005.07.12: Heat, humidity and air conditioning

2005.07.12: 1) Chicago's Lake Winds 2) Tropical Storm Emily

2005.07.12: Frequency of Hurricanes

2005.07.12: Summer Heat

2005.07.11: July 11: Glacier Bay National Park

2005.07.11: Chicago’s sixteenth 90° high and counting

2005.07.11: Temperatures

2005.07.11: Dennis and the Drought

2005.07.11: U.S. City with Most Tornadoes on Record

2005.07.10: Remnants of Dennis target southern Illinois

2005.07.10:

2005.07.10: 1995 HEAT WAVE

2005.07.10: HOT AND HUMID, BUT NO RAIN?

2005.07.10: DES PLAINES DUST DEVIL

2005.07.10: THE SPOILS OF DROUGHT

2005.07.10: Tom Skilling's Alaska: Sitka

2005.07.09: Chicago’s hope for rain this week pinned on Dennis

2005.07.09: Tropical Update

2005.07.09: Extreme Heat at Chicago

2005.07.09: Chicago's Highest Official Temperature

2005.07.08: Heavy rains target Florida as drought here persists

2005.07.08:

2005.07.08: HEAT INDEX

2005.07.08: SUNBURN LESS LIKELY AFTER 4 P.M.

2005.07.07: Drought worsens to “extreme” stage

2005.07.07: The Dry Weather Here

2005.07.07: Dennis: No Guarantee of Rain for Chicago

2005.07.07: Month With Most Thunderstorms in Chicago

2005.07.06: Lake breeze thunderstorms hardly drought busters

2005.07.06: Little Drought Relief in Sight

2005.07.06: Hurricane Dennis

2005.07.06: Rain Missing Chicago

2005.07.06: DROUGHT OF 2005

2005.07.05: Past 47 days: Rainfall under 1"; 17% normal

2005.07.05: 1) Dry Weather Here. 2) Developing Hurricane in Tropics

2005.07.05: 90s To ReturnThis Coming Weekend

2005.07.05: The Danger of Seeking Refuge Under Highway Underpasses

2005.07.05: MORE JULY 4 STORM DAMAGE FROM ARLINGTON HEIGHTS

2005.07.05: WELCOME RAIN COMES AT

2005.07.04: North suburbs see first measurable rain in 28 days

2005.07.04:

2005.07.04: TROPICAL STORM CINDY

2005.07.04: WHERE THUNDER COMES FROM

2005.07.03: Drought relief unlikely despite holiday rain threat

2005.07.03:

2005.07.03: DERECHOS ON JULY 4

2005.07.03: COOL JUNE OF 1924

2005.07.02: Heat to come and go—but dryness to persist

2005.07.02: Warmest at Midway Airport

2005.07.02: The Drought of 2005

2005.07.02: June 1952 Heat

2005.07.02: June rain tops 21” on Florida’s southwest coast

2005.07.02:

2005.07.02: HEAT RELIEF ONLY TEMPORARY

2005.07.02: WHERE'S THE RAIN?

2005.06.30: Book closes on one of the hottest, driest Junes here

2005.06.30: June 2005

2005.06.30: Humid Air Returns Soon

2005.06.30: Lightning Without Thunderstorms

2005.06.29: Crop & Soil Moisture

2005.06.29: Freak lightning strike injures Iowa meteorologist

2005.06.29: Temporary Relief

2005.06.29: Tornado Appearance

2005.06.29: Wednesday afternoon update on Midwest Severe Weather potential: Still high to Chicago's west

2005.06.28: Urban heat island behind soaring 90° tally at Midway

2005.06.28: Indiana Storms South of Chicago

2005.06.28: Severe Weather Potential

2005.06.28: Hot & Dry Summers

2005.06.27: This month’s 90s equal to last three Junes combined

2005.06.27: June 2005

2005.06.27: Current Heat Wave

2005.06.27: Temperature & Heat Index

2005.06.26: Lake breeze-induced thunder, but drought continues

2005.06.26:

2005.06.26: EXAMINING THE CURRENT DROUGHT

2005.06.26: HEAT LIGHTNING

2005.06.25: Heat and dearth of rain to continue

2005.06.25: Climatology, Astronomy

2005.06.25: Statewide Precipitation

2005.06.25: Capped Atmosphere

2005.06.24: Only 176 days since 1928 hotter than Friday’s 98°

2005.06.24:

2005.06.24: BEST CHANCE FOR RAIN IN 12 DAYS

2005.06.24: STRING OF 90s AT O’HARE

2005.06.23: Seven 90°-plus hours Thursday only the beginning

2005.06.23:

2005.06.23: THUNDERSTORMS TO NORTH MAY SWIPE CHICAGO AREA

2005.06.23: THUNDERSTORM VS. THUNDERSHOWER

2005.06.22: Most intense heat in two years headed this way

2005.06.22:

2005.06.22: BREAKS IN DROUGHTS INFREQUENT THIS TIME OF YEAR

2005.06.22: CAN F-6 TORNADO EXIST?

2005.06.21: City bakes in 2005’s sixth 90°; most in six years

2005.06.21: Rainfall Shortage

2005.06.21: Chance of Rain Percentages

2005.06.21: Hot Spell Looms

2005.06.20: Summer’s open brings 15+ hours of daylight

2005.06.20: New Season Begins

2005.06.20: Heat on the Way

2005.06.20: Drought & Rain

2005.06.19: Blast of heat expected in Chicago by Friday

2005.06.19:

2005.06.19: JUNE TEMPERATURES AT CHICAGO

2005.06.19: SUMMER SOLSTICE AT CHICAGO

2005.06.18: Summer heat to build as dryness persists

2005.06.18: Tropical Storms

2005.06.18: Father's Day in Chicago

2005.06.18: Typhoon Louise (OCT. 1945)

2005.06.17: Sun’s rays the most intense of 2005

2005.06.17:

2005.06.17: HOTTEST TEMPS OF 2005 ARRIVE NEXT WEEK

2005.06.17: THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES ON RADAR

2005.06.17: WEATHER PHOTO: A DRAMATIC RAIN SHAFT

2005.06.16: Spectacular weekend weather ahead for city

2005.06.16: June

2005.06.16: Was the Storm a Tornado?

2005.06.16: Dry Weather & Heat

2005.06.15: 2005's Hottest Temperatures to date?

2005.06.15: Hudson Bay region behind Chicago’s beautiful weather

2005.06.15: Tornado Trajectory

2005.06.15: All the Way From Hudson Bay

2005.06.14: Warm spell yields to coolest temps in two weeks

2005.06.14: New pattern

2005.06.14: Temporary Return to Cool Air

2005.06.14: Largest Hailstone

2005.06.14: Mississippi River Sunset photographed Saturday, June 11, 2005

2005.06.13: Heat-terminating storms jump much of metro area

2005.06.13: Tropical Storm System

2005.06.13: Chicago Temps & Rainfall

2005.06.13: Hurricanes vs. Tornadoes

2005.06.12: Arlene’s rain remnants still could influence Chicago

2005.06.12:

2005.06.12: UPPER FLOW PATTERNS THIS WEEK

2005.06.12: DEADLIEST WEATHER OCCURRENCES

2005.06.11: Tale of two differing weather regimes this week

2005.06.11: T.S. Arlene

2005.06.11: Summer Temps in Chicago

2005.06.11: Lightning Over Water

2005.06.11: Low-coverage Friday storms top 40,000 feet, down trees

2005.06.11:

2005.06.11: ARLENE SETS UP WARM WEEKEND FOR CHICAGO

2005.06.11: WHY LAKE WATER TEMPS VARY

2005.06.09: June air conditioning running twice the normal pace

2005.06.09: Severe Weather

2005.06.09: More 90s than usual?

2005.06.09: Isolated vs. Scattered T-Storms

2005.06.08: Midway equals all of last year’s 90s

2005.06.08: Great Lakes Water Temps

2005.06.08: Tropical Update & Lake Superior Area Temps

2005.06.08: Thunderstorms Near Lake Michigan

2005.06.07: Summer off to a sizzling start

2005.06.07: Tuesday's Heat

2005.06.07: Gardening Weather

2005.06.07: Lake Breeze & Temps

2005.06.06: Summerlike heat, humidity through the weekend

2005.06.06: June 1-5 Temps: 2005 vs 2004

2005.06.06: Warm Temps in Chicago

2005.06.06: Uncomfortable Dew Points

2005.06.05: A few days of relief from heat and humidity

2005.06.05:

2005.06.05: THUNDERSTORMS IN THE U.S. AND CHICAGO

2005.06.05: IN SEARCH OF THE ‘CLASSIC’ T-STORM

2005.06.04: Chicago Precip

2005.06.04: 2005 Hurricane Season

2005.06.04: Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn

2005.06.03: Warmest weekend since last summer arrives

2005.06.03:

2005.06.03: FORECASTING SEVERE WEATHER

2005.06.03: SUN ANGLE ON JUNE 21 AT CHICAGO

2005.06.02: Rain possible during upcoming warm weekend

2005.06.02: High/Low Temp Range in Alaska

2005.06.02: Drought Monitor

2005.06.01: 2005’s warmest temps to date headed this way

2005.06.01: Warm Weather

2005.06.01: Humid Air

2005.06.01: Lightning Strokes

2005.05.31: Chicago closes the books on a very dry spring

2005.05.31:

2005.05.31: CHICAGO SUMMER PREVIEW/SPRING WRAP-UP

2005.05.31: CELSIUS VS. CENTIGRADE

2005.05.30: Meteorological spring ends quietly and pleasantly

2005.05.30:

2005.05.30: WARM FRONT APPROACHES CHICAGO

2005.05.30: RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND RAIN

2005.05.29: Chicago’s warming trend begins Tuesday

2005.05.29:

2005.05.29: EXPLAINING CHICAGO’S SUNBURN TIMES

2005.05.29: 60 STRAIGHT DAYS OF RAIN?

2005.05.28: Warmer temperatures ahead, but only modestly

2005.05.28:

2005.05.28: UNUSUAL RAINBOWS

2005.05.28: SELECTING HURRICANE NAMES

2005.05.28: West Coast heat about a week away from here

2005.05.28:

2005.05.28: CHICAGO’S SUMMER WEATHER

2005.05.28: BOMB AWAY A HURRICANE?

2005.05.26: Extremes on coasts, Chicago average of the two

2005.05.26: Spring Precip

2005.05.26: Rains Surround Chicago

2005.05.26: Methane on Saturn's Moon

2005.05.25: Lake wind’s demise sets up Thursday temp surge

2005.05.25: Winds

2005.05.25: Summer Outlook & Recent Temps

2005.05.25: U.S. Tidal Basins

2005.05.24: Huge swath of U.S. in midst of unusually cool May

2005.05.24: TWO STORY WAVES, GALE WINDS

2005.05.24: May Temps & The Holiday Weekend

2005.05.24: Full Moon in the Late Afternoon

2005.05.23: Chill here’s nothing, Boston braces for Nor’easter and 40s

2005.05.23: May temps & Holiday Weekend Outlook

2005.05.23: Blazing Heat in Southwestern U.S.

2005.05.23: June Rainfall

2005.05.22: Temperatures on a downhill run this week

2005.05.22:

2005.05.22: JANUARY-MAY 1977: CHICAGO’S UNUSUAL WEATHER

2005.05.22: CHRISTMAS OF 1945

2005.05.21: T-storms mark start of a cool late May week

2005.05.21: Tornadoes in May

2005.05.21: Anniversary of Norwood Park Tornado

2005.05.21: Hottest Place on Earth

2005.05.20: Dakota twisters; precursors to Sunday storms here

2005.05.20: Friday-Sunday

2005.05.20: Summer Outlook

2005.05.20: U.S. Temps in Mid June

2005.05.19: T-storms unleash hail barrage and big rains

2005.05.19: No 90s in Chicago

2005.05.19: Temperatures

2005.05.19: Thursday's Storms

2005.05.18: Wednesday tornado touchdowns: Iowa, Minnesota

2005.05.18: Wednesday's Temps & Thursday's Storms

2005.05.18: The Coming Weather PAttern

2005.05.18: 1967 Addison, IL Tornado

2005.05.17: Chicago Area Temps & Weather

2005.05.17: Winds parallel shoreline, cutting chill’s inland reach

2005.05.17: Chicago Spring

2005.05.17: Spring Cooler Than Autumn

2005.05.16: Chill, with origins 2,500 miles north, easing slowly

2005.05.16: Surging Temps

2005.05.16: Hurricane Season

2005.05.16: Sunrise & Sunset Time

2005.05.15: Springlike fluctuations this week

2005.05.15: Heavy rains this week; a cold week follows

2005.05.15: May 8-10, 1983

2005.05.15: Rainfall Totals

2005.05.15: NORTHERN LIGHTS ILLUMINATE CHICAGO'S

2005.05.15: AURORA BOREALIS OVER WOODSTOCK

2005.05.15: Photo by Al Degutis

2005.05.14: Chicago Forecast

2005.05.14: A cool start, then a good chance of rain midweek

2005.05.14: Wind Rose

2005.05.14: Best weather

2005.05.13: Summerlike mid 80s reach south suburbs

2005.05.13: Lightning stikes the Sears Tower

2005.05.13: Area Report

2005.05.13: Cool Weekend

2005.05.13: Calculating Normal Temperatures

2005.05.12: Huge spring storm unleashes big snows and twisters

2005.05.12: Severe Weather

2005.05.12: Warmer Temps

2005.05.12: Spring Temps in Chicago

2005.05.11: Violent storms rake 8 states: 5” rains and +4” hail

2005.05.11: Temperature Change

2005.05.11: Warmth Returns Friday

2005.05.11: 2005 Hurricane Season

2005.05.10: Temps tank next 2 days in blustery NE flow

2005.05.10: T-Storm Eruption

2005.05.10: Chicago Area Temps

2005.05.10: Chicago's First Tornado Watch

2005.05.09: Only 3 springs with more 80s since 1990

2005.05.09: Storm Systems Target Midwest

2005.05.09: Temperature Drop

2005.05.09: "Doppler Effect" Term

2005.05.08: Warmth returns to Chicago—will rains?

2005.05.08:

2005.05.08: EXTREME MAY WEATHER AT CHICAGO

2005.05.08: HEAT OF JUNE 16, 1946

2005.05.07: Temps to surge for Mother’s Day 2005

2005.05.07: Mother's Day in Chicago

2005.05.07: Atlantic Hurricanes

2005.05.07: View of the Moon from Southern Hemisphere

2005.05.07: Wisconsin wildfire underscores lackluster rains

2005.05.07:

2005.05.07: SUNDAY MAY POST 2005'S WARMEST TEMP TO DATE

2005.05.07: EARTHQUAKES IN ILLINOIS

2005.05.05: Driest spring here in 47 years, 8th driest since 1871

2005.05.05: Rebounding Temps

2005.05.05: East Coast Tropical Storm. Chicago’s 80° temps

2005.05.05: Chicago's Warmest Temp

2005.05.04: String of chilly, sub-35° lows a first for early May

2005.05.04: Temp Outlook

2005.05.04: Weekend 80s in Chicago

2005.05.04: May 1925 Snowfall

2005.05.03: May’s never produced a colder temp in Illinois

2005.05.03: May 2005 off to a Remarkably Chilly Start

2005.05.03: Warm Weekend Ahead

2005.05.03: May 8, 1945 in Chicago

2005.05.02: It’s Chicago’s chilliest May open since 1940

2005.05.02: Chilly Temps

2005.05.02: Weekend 80s in Chicago a Good Bet

2005.05.02: Icebergs & Sea Level

2005.05.01: Frost tonight—then warming begins

2005.05.01:

2005.05.01: MAY WARM-UP AT CHICAGO

2005.05.01: A VOLCANO'S EFFECT ON WEATHER

2005.04.30: Current cool spell to finally break

2005.04.30: Illinois Weather Radio Broadcasts

2005.04.30: Rogue Waves

2005.04.30: Talking to Children about T-Storms

2005.04.30: Coolest April close here in 10 years

2005.04.30:

2005.04.30: SIGNIFICANT WARM UP DUE NEXT WEEK

2005.04.30: ILLINOIS' MOST DESTRUCTIVE TORNADO

2005.04.28: Rains to swipe Chicago—but drench areas south

2005.04.28: Big Rains South of Chicago; Record Warmth in Alaska

2005.04.28: Break in Chill Later Next Week

2005.04.28: Lake Michigan Tides

2005.04.27: Alaskan temps warmer than Chicago’s 55°

2005.04.27: Warmth in Alaska

2005.04.27: Chicago Precip

2005.04.27: Chicago's Spring Warmth & Snowfall

2005.04.26: Late April Snow in North Carolina

2005.04.26: Cold air funnels dazzle to Chicago’s west

2005.04.26: Cold Air Funnels

2005.04.26: Blustery Late Week Spring Storm

2005.04.26: Record Tsunami

2005.04.26: COLD AIR FUNNELS Cold

2005.04.25: Only one other April with more 60s here by now

2005.04.25: Late April Chill

2005.04.25: New Pattern

2005.04.25: Animals & Weather

2005.04.24: Blizzard turns Michigan’s ‘thumb’ white

2005.04.24:

2005.04.24: TWO SUNNY AND WARM APRILS — TWO DIFFERENT SUMMERS

2005.04.24: COMPARING APRIL 2005 TO APRIL 1988

2005.04.23: Chicago escapes major snow—but not chill

2005.04.23: Winter Storm

2005.04.23: April 1910 in Chicago

2005.04.23: Full Moon Every Day of the Year

2005.04.23: Any snowflakes here would be the latest in 11 years

2005.04.23:

2005.04.23: LATE-SEASON SNOW TARGETS MICHIGAN AND OHIO

2005.04.23: APRIL 2002: SPRING AND SUMMER

2005.04.22: LATE SEASON SNOW IN NORTHERN MICHIGAN

2005.04.21: Weekend chill like March; Some flurries?

2005.04.21: Chilly Temps

2005.04.21: Severe Storms Downstate

2005.04.21: Warm Chicago Winters and Springs

2005.04.20: Signs of Spring

2005.04.20: Storms jump Chicago—but produce 2.90” south

2005.04.20: Temps & Precip

2005.04.20: Saturday Could See Snowflakes

2005.04.20: Chicago’s Hottest Summer

2005.04.19: Warmth’s demise to be thundery, blustery

2005.04.19: Temperature Plunge

2005.04.19: Threatening Storms

2005.04.19: Condensation Trails

2005.04.18: Monday's 83°: Warmer than Miami and Las Vegas

2005.04.18: Temps Drop Wednesday

2005.04.18: 1992's Hurricane Andrew

2005.04.18: Mammoth Wave Spoils Pleasure Voyage

2005.04.17: Summer-level warmth today and Tuesday

2005.04.17:

2005.04.17: ONE YEAR AGO: THE UTICA TORNADO

2005.04.17: HAZE AND JET CONTRAILS

2005.04.16: No end in sight for warm start to April

2005.04.16: Illinois Climate

2005.04.16: U.S. Climate Observation

2005.04.16: Chicago Snowfall in the Month of May

2005.04.15: Warming assures a 20th day without a temperature deficit

2005.04.15:

2005.04.15: WARMEST WEEKEND OF 2005 TO DATE

2005.04.15: WEATHER ON APRIL 3, 1979

2005.04.14: Thursday’s 14% relative humidity: 1% off the record

2005.04.14: April Sunshine

2005.04.14: Warm Temps Ahead

2005.04.14: April 1961 Rain to Snow Event

2005.04.13: Clear, haze-free days increase early season sunburns

2005.04.13: A Significant Warm Spell

2005.04.13: April 2005: Running Warmer Than a Year Ago

2005.04.13: Sunrise & Sunset Times in Chicago

2005.04.12: Wind-driven rain the heaviest here in 3 months

2005.04.12: Chicago Area Temperatures

2005.04.12: Temps in the 80s Next Week?

2005.04.12: Chicago's Average Temperatures

2005.04.11: April 70s running at three times the normal pace

2005.04.11: Chicago Temperatures

2005.04.11: Temps in the 70s in Sight

2005.04.11: Snow Storms in April

2005.04.11: FERMILAB 2005: THOSE PRESENT CAME IN FROM ALL OVER THE MIDWEST

2005.04.10: SNOW-MOBILE?

2005.04.10: Spring snowstorm socks the Denver area

2005.04.10:

2005.04.10: APRIL WEATHER AT CHICAGO

2005.04.10: HOT SUMMER OF 1953

2005.04.09: Midweek rain, cool down to mar a mild week

2005.04.09: Palm Sunday Tornadoes of April 1965

2005.04.09: Severe Weather

2005.04.09: Chicago Sky Conditions

2005.04.09: