WGN-TV Chief Meteorologist Tom Skilling and the WGN Weather Center staff provide daily coverage of weather in the Chicago area.

EXPLAINER: March 2008 Archives

Chilly new record nears: Longest stretch between 70s

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Monday’s warmth to be brief, then chill returns

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--By Steve Kahn, WGN Weather Center Meteorologist

Wintry March poised to exit on warm, stormy note

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Yet another chilly March record is of cold comfort

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--Tom Skilling, Chief Meteorologist, WGN-TV/Chicago Tribune

At 60.1 inches, snow season here climbs into top 7

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It’ll get warm. Honest. 70s by now not uncommon

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Tuesday's warmth no match for 79 from a year ago

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Wet winter has been good news for 2 Great Lakes

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Milder weather, rain to melt remaining snow fast

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--By Steve Kahn, WGN Weather Center Meteorologist

City bracing for coldest Easter in three decades

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Up to a foot of snow buries suburbs north of city

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--Tom Skilling, Chief Meteorologist, WGN-TV/Chicago Tribune

Look out above! Northern areas in line for big snow

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Winter of our discontent is over, but who'll notice?

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Downstate pummeled with worst flooding since 1986

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2 months of rain could fall on Midwest in just days

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Storm front brings rain and flood warnings

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--By Paul Dailey, WGN Weather Center Meteorologist

Heavy rains loom, so flooding in state a possibility

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Gusty, chilly winds bring steep temperature drop

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--Tom Skilling, Chief Meteorologist, WGN-TV/Chicago Tribune

First 60s since January bring warm smiles to town

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Winds drive area's 20-degree temperature spread

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Tuesday’s 50 teases, with real warmth just to west

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Temperatures in the Chicago area to leap into the 50s

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Brief period of milder air on the way for Chicago

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--By Paul Dailey, WGN Weather Center Meteorologist

Winter storm blasts Ohio Valley and Northeast

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It doesn’t get any easier: Lake snow and cold highs

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--Tom Skilling, Chief Meteorologist, WGN-TV/Chicago Tribune

Ohio Valley storm brings biting north winds here

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Back-to-back days in 20s are a novelty in March

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Snow hits St. Louis 2 days after a taste of summer

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Temperatures nose-dive by 30 degrees in 20 hours

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Warmest day in nearly 2 months--now chill returns

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--By Steve Kahn, WGN Weather Center Meteorologist

Mild Sunday just a tease—cold and snow to return

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Cloudy winter with most snow in 26 years ends

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--Tom Skilling, WGN-TV Chief Meteorologist