Chicago Storm

What is the all time November snowfall record for Chicago? 

For reference, some historic data for Chicago:

The problem re: Chicago snowfall records…

The core of activity will likely be east of ORD. So, in the end, it may be tough to see any sort of record falls, unless best activity is surprisingly further west.

Orientation may even keep MDW out of the absolute best as well, but we’ll see. Better shot there than ORD. Of course, nothing there would be official, but it would be documented at least.

6 hours ago, OrdIowPitMsp said:

Miss south, suppression to start the season.

hopefully that's sarcasm.

If you're pulling for a scenario for the weekend, you want it to be the Euro (and company) solution... ULL, inverted trough and lake meso-low combo.

The lake parameters some guidance is showing is top tier.

track would be a banger month or two later

but, would it be?

Autumn Blaze Maple in the backyard is poppin’…

Reports of graupel across the metro area this afternoon.

i don’t know why they even issue outlooks. they just look at a classic ENSO map and plot it.

55 minutes ago, andyhb said:

Have a pretty optimistic view that this will be the catalyst for a reanalysis of tornadoes from recent years for revisions to their ratings.

I'm in an "I'll believe it when I see it" mindset in regards to that.

Hopefully it occurs at some point, though... As we all know there is a good handful of tors that have most definitely been EF-5 through the years.

20 minutes ago, Stevo6899 said:

Different strokes I suppose. I enjoy summer as much as snow in the winter. I am not a hunter. Not sure how anyone finds sitting on your ass watchin your life pass you by hoping you can shoot an animal appealing. I prob would enjoy being away from people and enjoying the nature aspect of hunting. But I'd imagine most would rather fast forward through the rest of october/november.

i think you underestimate how many normies enjoy fall weather.

you're looking at it from the perspective of jonesing for interesting weather, where-as regulars do not care about that.

Some locations were able to sneak in a couple of early October 90°'s this past weekend.

MDW was one of those locations, with a high of 90° on Friday.

...2025 90°+ Day Tally...
31 - MDW
29 - ARR
28 - DPA
28 - PWK
27 - ORD
22 - LOT
20 - RFD
19 - UGN

The EF-5-less streak is over…

Drought conditions showing up on satellite. 

don’t fall for that social media post going around.

that’s just the crops fading and being harvested. literally looks like that every year around this time.

September 2025 finished tied as the 7th driest September on record for Chicago.

Driest September's
1. 0.01" - 1979
2. 0.26" - 2004
3. 0.31" - 1940
4. 0.32" - 2017
4. 0.32" - 1891
6. 0.46" - 1956
7. 0.49" - 2025
7. 0.49" - 1939
9. 0.74" - 1871
10. 0.77" - 1962

September 2025 finished tied as the 7th driest September on record for Chicago.

Driest September's
1. 0.01" - 1979
2. 0.26" - 2004
3. 0.31" - 1940
4. 0.32" - 2017
4. 0.32" - 1891
6. 0.46" - 1956
7. 0.49" - 2025
7. 0.49" - 1939
9. 0.74" - 1871
10. 0.77" - 1962

Some locations were able to sneak in a rare late September 90°+ day on Monday.

MDW was one of those locations, with a high of 90° on Monday.

I said this a week ago, so we'll see if it sticks this time... We are likely done for the year with 90°+ days, so the below will likely be the final overall tally for the year.

...2025 90°+ Day Tally...
30 - MDW
28 - DPA
28 - PWK
27 - ORD
27 - ARR
22 - LOT
20 - RFD
17 - UGN

Probably the most significant pattern change we've seen in a while is on the horizon...

We're going to replace the constant re-loading +EPO with a re-loading -EPO and -PNA. This will likely will lead to a more active weather pattern than we've seen (That's not hard to do) and more of an up/down temperature regime, with some shots of real fall conditions.

MDW was able to sneak in a high of 90° on Friday.

We are likely done for the year with 90°+ days, so the below will likely be the final overall tally for the year.

...2025 90°+ Day Tally...
29 - MDW
28 - PWK
27 - ORD
27 - DPA
26 - ARR
22 - LOT
20 - RFD
17 - UGN

7 hours ago, A-L-E-K said:

not seeing any end to the mild weather anytime soon

ENS keep a re-loading a +EPO for the rest of the month.

If nothing else were to factor in, that would keep the mild/warm temps in place.

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Nelson can't be a chill person here if he wanted to rustle frostfern's jimmies.

so, you’re not a bot.

You are annoying.  Just scroll the fuck past if you don’t want to read asshole.  I don’t read half the shit posted here.  Why don’t you post something?

nelson is like one of the most chill people here.

so, to say he’s annoying is super lol. definitely a projection there.

We added a couple more 90°+ days this past weekend...

It hit 91° at ORD and 92° at MDW on Friday. It topped out at 95° at ORD and 96° at MDW on Saturday.

...2025 90°+ Day Tally...
28 - MDW
28 - PWK
27 - ORD
27 - DPA
26 - ARR
22 - LOT
20 - RFD
17 - UGN

The SPC is too hung up on that struggling MCS across S WI and N IL.

Main focus will be south near remnant outflow, which is partially washing out to the far west in IA. E IA into N IL will be more of the focal point for new development this afternoon.

3 minutes ago, hawkeye_wx said:

Holy cow, what a storm!   This reminds me of the derecho.  It briefly poured half-inch size hail, then 70 mph wind blasted through.  I couldn't even see the houses across the street.  Thankfully, our hail was only half-inch size.  A spotter only a mile away reported ping-pong ball size.

debt repayment has been completed.

final total paid...5 years.

ula vulcan rocket launch was apparently visible overhead for all a short time ago.