Chicago Storm

ORD had a low temp of 62° on April 13th, which tied the record high min temp for the date of 62° (1941).

ORD received 2.43" of precip on April 14th, which broke the record precip total for the date of 1.21" (1949).

Chicago/O'Hare had a low temperature of 62° on April 13th, which tied the record high minimum temperature for the date of 62° (1941).

Chicago/O'Hare received 2.43" of precipitation on April 14th, which broke the record precipitation total for the date of 1.21" (1949).

first cap bust of the season around here.

hate to see it.

Just now, hawkeye_wx said:

88 mph gust at the Dubuque airport.

Looks like the airport was RFD'd, with the couplet having moved just a hair north.

The Madison area was murdered by hail.

initiation in IA.

spc gonna wait till they are tor-ing to issue a watch?

14 minutes ago, A-L-E-K said:

We get bowing segment remnants from nw il and s wi sups

it's a sup day, even around here.

46 minutes ago, nvck said:

Also, thinking they may go MDT with the 1630z update

They should.

The ENH also needs to be greatly expanded as well, as that secondary zone of interest further south ( C IL) is gaining steam.

the spc has 50 million types of hatching now, but somehow still couldn’t figure out how to put one across the area for hail today.

for the winter folks...

21 hours ago, Chicago916 said:

Maybe a dumb question but why does the SPC Mesoanalysis show CAPE in Illinois? I doubt we've accumulated 1000 J/kg under clouds all day. 

It was mostly advection driven destabilization.

5 hours ago, King James said:

Lol you work inside

i'll say, for someone who used to work outdoors, this would have been chalked up a good spring in my books.

30 minutes ago, cyclone77 said:

Nice sup heading right at us.  If it can get it's act together this could get interesting.

it's giving it a go as it approaches you.

we'll see if our luck continues with some clearing later

Justtt missed the 10th warmest and 10th wettest March on record in Chicago.

ORD had a high temp of 81° yesterday, which broke the record high max temp for the date of 79° (1998/1986).

Chicago/O'Hare had a high temperature of 81° on March 30th, which broke the record high maximum temperature for the date of 79° (1998/1986).

solid early summer-like evening.

solid early summer-like evening.

for the illinois end of the risk tomorrow, it looks like a (big) hailer day.

that 5% hatched tor is way overdone.

On 2/26/2026 at 4:08 PM, Chicago Storm said:

statistical information on winter in chicago, since the historic winter of 2013/14...

like i've said, this is the snowiest and coldest season we've seen in years.

bump with an update through yesterday...

Clipper/WAA snows dusted the area last night/this morning, with 0.4" at ORD and 1.1" at RFD.

…2025/26 Season Snowfall...
34.1" - ORD
30.8" - RFD

makes up for you slant sticking all those dabs

Peak wind gusts with this storm system...

44MPH - ORD
47MPH - MDW
40MPH - RFD