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A total of 9.5 inches of snow fell as the storm total in Arlington Heights from Tuesday, March 5, 2013 at 6:50 a.m. until Wednesday, March 6, 2013 at 5:00 a.m. The day’s total on Tuesday March 5, 2013 was 9.0 inches. Snow cover at 6:30 a.m. Wednesday in Arlington Heights was 14.5 inches on [...]

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Photo at O’Hare International Airport Terminal 3 submitted at about 9:47 a.m. Tuesday. By 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, more than 1,000 flights had been canceled at O’Hare and Midway airports. ***************************** MIDNIGHT UPDATED SNOW MEASUREMENT: 9.0 inches measured in Arlington Heights, Illinois at 11:59 p.m. Tuesday, March 5, 2013. Very light snow was still falling. ***************************** [...]

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Radar image at 12:15 p.m. CST. (LIVE RADAR IMAGE …) UPDATES: RADAR SHOWS WINDING DOWN … WE’LL SEE HOW MUCH BACKLASH WE GET AS THE LOW PASSES TO THE EAST. THE WORST IS PROBABLY OVER, BUT SNOW WILL LINGER … RADAR AT 4:53 PM … Snow Bands As Heavy or Heavier Than Expected The image [...]

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Temperatures are expected to rise slowly overnight with almost 2 inches of snow forecast to accumulate between midnight Friday/Saturday and noon Saturday. High Saturday 19°F to 21°F. The snowfall got a little head start. Accumulation could be on the high side of the forecast with limited visibility, but nothing major. An additional 0.3 inch snowfall [...]

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Friday’s 1-inch snow is the biggest snow Arlington Heights has seen so far during the winter of 2012-2013. Snow should taper off by about 11:00 a.m. The long-term forecast for today called for an accumulation of about 2 inches for the northwest suburbs. However, the fast-moving shortwave trough is rapidly moving off to the east, [...]

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The longest streak of days without snow at Chicago’s official weather station at O’Hare International Airport ended at 6:30 p.m. Thursday. The streak of 290 consecutive days without snow ended Thursday, December 20, 2012 after breaking the record of 280 days that was set in 1994. The year 2012 also recorded the latest date for [...]

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A weather record could be broken in Chicagoland today — the most consecutive days without measurable snow. If no snow falls at O’Hare International Airport today, or if snowfall fails to measure .1 inch, Chicago’s official weather station will break the record for consecutive days without measurable snow at 281 days. The last measurable snow [...]

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Chicago Gets 5th Latest First Snow, Causing Accidents and Traffic Problems: MyFoxCHICAGO.com Snowfall very early this morning was the fifth-latest measurable first snowfall in Chicagoland — tied with a late snowfall on December 9, 1948. The current record latest first snowfall 0.1″ or greater is held December 16, 1965 when 0.3 inch of snow was [...]

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Chicago set a record for April 18 at .6″ at O’Hare International Airport. The old record was .4″ for April 18, 1910. The latest snowfall to fall in Chicago officially is .2 inch on May 11th, 1966, but some areas of the Chicago metro area reported 2 inches of snow from strong easterly winds off [...]

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President Barack Obama declared 60 Illinois counties federal disaster areas due to February’s Ground Hog Day blizzard. Local governments may be reimbursed for 75 percent of their eligible storm-related expenses. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced Thursday federal funds would cover costs incurred between January 31 and February 3. According to the governor’s office, [...]

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Yardstick showing 21 inches in for a snow depth/snow cover measurement. The ground where the yardstick was located already had a 4-inch snow cover before the blizzard and pre-blizzard snow disturbance. The 20.2 inches that fell with the Ground Hog Day Blizzard of 2011 brought the third largest snowfall in Chicago history. The blizzard was [...]

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Green grass with no snow cover at 8:00 a.m. Friday, December 31, 2010. The snow cover melted to zero cover between 9 p.m. and midnight Thursday, December 30, 2010, except for areas piled up from snow removal. The the air temperature ranged 48°F to 49°F between 9 p.m. and midnight Thursday. Temperatures ranged 50°F to [...]

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