Just an FYI, the south side of Chicago did not get HALF of that. =P~ However, some of the snow fans in extreme NE Lake County (IN) and Porter County (IN) did get a nice Lake Effect Plume that dumped up to 7" in one hour. That enough made this winter memorable for me.
Look like Chicago made the comeback in the end here in March. We could see another late season storm or two so we may add to the 30" Chicago now has this season.
The 4.8 inches of snow for the day at O'Hare broke the previous record snowfall for Feb. 26 in Chicago, a record set in 1935. The National Weather Ser ...
So we look ahead to a neutral pattern in Chicago this summer...NO EL NINO and NO LA NINA. Neither pattern will dominate we still see a HOT summer ahe ...