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winter storm soccer

People play football on a soccer field in Chicago’s Lincoln Park during a major winter storm in 2022. Winter has returned to Chicago, but the current temperatures don’t reflect the entire season.

Charles Rex Arbogast

winter storm soccer

People play football on a soccer field in Chicago’s Lincoln Park during a major winter storm in 2022. Winter has returned to Chicago, but the current temperatures don’t reflect the entire season.

Charles Rex Arbogast

Despite frigid temps this week, El Niño year could mean mild, dry Chicago winter

The snow and lows in the teens Chicago experienced after Thanksgiving could be an anomaly in what’s shaping up as a strong El Niño winter.

People play football on a soccer field in Chicago’s Lincoln Park during a major winter storm in 2022. Winter has returned to Chicago, but the current temperatures don’t reflect the entire season.

Charles Rex Arbogast

   

On average, Chicago has its first snowfall of more than 1” on December 7. This year, it came in November. However, climate experts and meteorologists say the early snow is likely not a harbinger of what’s to come.

Reset checks in with a climatologist about what weather Chicago-area residents can expect this winter.

GUEST: Trent Ford, Illinois state climatologist

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