The city of Chicago is no stranger to strange weather events and unique phenomena, but this weekend’s snowstorm added to that lore.
The powerful storm dumped seven or more inches of snow across the entire Chicago area, snarling traffic, leading to hundreds of crashes and causing hundreds of flight cancellations at both Chicago airports.
It was at one of those airports that Chicago made a new entry in the record books, according to data from the National Weather Service.
From the time the snow began to fall on Saturday morning to the end of the day, Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport measured 8.4 inches of snowfall, with more than 500 flights canceled at the airport amid the wintry weather.
According to the National Weather Service, that snowfall not only set a new record for the date of November 29, but it also checks in as the snowiest November day recorded in the Chicago area since record-keeping began in the 1870s.
The snowfall brought Chicago to a total of 10.1 inches of snow so far in the month of November, and that marks just the sixth time since recordkeeping began that the city has seen 10 or more inches of snow in the month of November.
The record for the month was set back in 1940 when 14.8 inches of snow fell, and in recent years, Chicago has had some big months, including 11.2 inches of snow in November 2015 and 12.7 inches of snow in November 2018.
Chicago’s total snowfall for last year was just 17.6 inches, meaning that in a single day the city saw nearly half of that total.
There’s also more snow potentially on the way, especially on Monday, when 2-to-4 inches of snow could fall across the area to kick off the month of December, according to forecast models.
from NBC Chicago https://ift.tt/n4OfkNy
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