Chicago Weather

Summer's End

Brian Dickie | Posted 10.14.2009 | Chicago


Brian Dickie

This chilly fall is premature, I think. While technically we are in the autumn, we should remember that on election day last Nov. 4 we were basking i...

Coldest July In 67 Years

CBS 2 | Posted 08.28.2009 | Chicago


The National Weather Service says 2009 has seen the coldest July since the official recording station was moved away from the lakefront in 1942. The a...

Chicago Weather: Frigid Temperatures Through Friday, Wind Chill Plunging, School Closings

The Huffington Post | Posted 02.15.2009 | Chicago


SCROLL DOWN FOR LATEST UPDATES AND TRAVEL INFORMATION FRIDAY 1/16 2:30 P.M. The temperature briefly reached above zero today, before plunging back ...

Streams rise in Midwest following stormy weather

AP | CARYN ROUSSEAU | Posted 01.28.2009 | Chicago


CHICAGO — Midwesterners got ready for the possibility of flooding Sunday as runoff from heavy rain and melting snowbanks bloated streams, and hi...

Amtrak Strands Holiday Travelers For Nearly 24 Hours

AP | MICHAEL TARM | Posted 04.17.2009 | Chicago


CHICAGO — On one of the biggest travel days of the year, hundreds of Amtrak passengers bound for holiday destinations hunkered down in waiting r...

Snow And Weather Cancels 250 Flights At O'Hare

Chicago Tribune | Posted 01.23.2009 | Chicago


Airlines have canceled more than 250 flights at O'Hare International Airport today because of the snowstorm moving through the Chicago area, city avia...

Delirious Bears Fan Rescued After Hours In Cold

STNG/CBS 2 | Posted 01.23.2009 | Chicago


A Chicago Police officer is being credited with saving the life of a man who was found early Tuesday gloveless and in a near delirious state possibly ...

Weather Watch: Snow Lessening, Salt Trucks Out

Chicago Tribune | Posted 01.01.2009 | Chicago


In the end, the season's first snow storm wasn't really all that bad. "Welcome to winter in Chicago--it's here," said Chicago Streets and Sanitation ...

Flood Waters Start To Recede: What Now?

Posted 10.16.2008 | Chicago


DES PLAINES (AP) - Gov. Rod Blagojevich has declared seven Illinois counties state disaster areas. The governor visited an American Red Cross shelter...

Storm of the Century

Debra Shore | Posted 10.16.2008 | Chicago


Debra Shore

Why was there so much flooding in streets and homes this weekend? Simply put, the water had nowhere else to go.

Chicago Drying Out, Cleaning Up

Chicago Tribune | Jeff Long, Emily S. Achenbaum and Ted Gregory | Posted 10.16.2008 | Chicago


Across a waterlogged Chicago region, the rain eased for the first time in more than two days on Sunday, and forecasters predicted several days of drie...