What’s behind Chicago’s fickle weather

Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons

Chicago reached a record 71 degrees on Monday, but expect thunderstorms and maybe even snow as the week progresses.

Heather Mezzacapo and her five-year-old son Giuseppe comb Loyola Beach for treasures on an unseasonably warm day, Monday, Feb. 26, 2024, in Chicago.

By Ellie Gilbert-Bair

This February is on track to become Chicago’s warmest in recorded history, but don’t pack up those winter coats just yet. A “cold shot” is coming to Chicago Wednesday that could drop temperatures by about 40 degrees.

Reset learns what’s behind Chicago’s weather fluctuations and what to expect in the coming weeks.

GUEST: Max Grover, open atmospheric data scientist, Argonne National Laboratory

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