![]() ![]() Snow totals ranging from around 6" to as high as over 9" were reported by volunteer weather observers across portions of Ogle, Winnebago, Boone, McHenry, and Lake counties in Illinois. The official snow total for Rockford (measured at Rockford Airport) was 7.4" through Friday morning.A late season winter storm brought a mix of wet snow and rain to the region from the afternoon of Thursday, March 9th through the morning of Friday, March 10th.Already subscribe? Click here to support Block Club with a tax-deductible donation. Every dime we make funds reporting from Chicago’s neighborhoods. Subscribe to Block Club Chicago, an independent, 501(c)(3), journalist-run newsroom. “It makes snow less likely than more likely.” “We could see record snowfall next year, but what climate change does is that it rolls the dice,” Collis said. The science points towards a city that’s making a “long, steady march towards a more snow-free winter,” Collis said. So a warming climate means we’re more likely to get clouds, and clouds overnight are really good at trapping heat like a blanket on Chicago’s coldest days,” Collis said. “The leading theory why is that warmer air holds more moisture. Lake Michigan has also seen record-low ice levels this winter, Collis said.Īnd winters in Chicago are warming significantly faster than summers, Collis said. Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club ChicagoĬhicago’s “abnormally snow-free” winter has been replaced by very wet conditions, Collis said. That means the city is “sitting on a tipping point,” where a warming planet will turn would-be snowfall into mostly rain, Collis said.Ī person walks close to large waves lapping upon the seawall at Museum Campus during the first snowfall of the season on Nov. Scott Collis, an atmospheric scientist who builds climate-tracking supercomputers at Argonne National Laboratory, said the lack of snow “is climate change in action.”Ĭhicago has winter temperatures that often hover around the freezing point of 32 degrees, Collis said. You can never take your foot off the gas with snow.” We’re just two big storms away from catching up on inches. This has been a good winter,” Stallard said. Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club ChicagoĬole Stallard, commissioner of the Department of Streets and Sanitation, said the agency has only used 135,000 of the 400,000 tons of salt it has on standby. Rain falls in Uptown on a wintery night on Feb. Gora prepares her business’s budget in the summer to cover situations where there’s low snowfall, but it’s been tough for her and the workers who are missing out on “bonus money,” she said. It definitely was a tougher winter for them.” “The crews have been calling and anxious to get working again. “In more than 10 winters, this is the least amount of snow and work we’ve seen,” Gora said. Kemora Landscapes’ snow crews have gone out just three times this winter, Gora said. Lawrence Ave., said the snow removal part of her business has ground to a halt. Marisa Gora, owner of Kemora Landscapes, 4635 W. Uptown, Edgewater, Rogers Park Open dropdown menu.South Chicago, East Side Open dropdown menu. ![]() Pilsen, Little Village, Back of the Yards Open dropdown menu.Lincoln Square, North Center, Irving Park Open dropdown menu.Lakeview, Wrigleyville, Northalsted Open dropdown menu.Jefferson Park, Portage Park, Norwood Park Open dropdown menu.Englewood, Chatham, Auburn Gresham Open dropdown menu.River North, Gold Coast, Near North Side.Bridgeport, Chinatown, McKinley Park Open dropdown menu. ![]()
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