Snowfall was intense early Friday, January 12, 2024 after beginning about 3:30 a.m.
About 1.0 inch of heavy, wet snow accumulation was observed at 5:30 a.m., and then 4.5 inches of heavy, wet snow accumulation was observed by 9:30 a.m. Friday. Light rain entered the mix of precipitation about 10:00 a.m. Friday, and precipitation became all rain by noon until snow began to fall again at about 3:00 p.m. and continued overnight Friday to Saturday.
New snow accumulation from 3:00 p.m. Friday to 6:00 a.m. Saturday was 1.5 inch.
The new snow accumulation for Friday afternoon through early Saturday morning is not included in the table below.
The official high temperature Friday, January 12, 2024 was about 36°F at 2:43 p.m. with readings from 33°F to 35°F for the rest of the daylight hours Friday. The air temperature was 35°F at 11:51 a.m. at about the time the snow/rain mix turned to all rain.
The official low temperature was 30°F at 12:57 a.m. Friday.
NWS Chicago O’Hare reported 4.3 inches of snowfall accumulation for Friday, January 12, 2024.
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Public Information Statement National Weather Service Chicago IL 128 PM CST Fri Jan 12 2024 ...SNOWFALL REPORTS THROUGH 10 AM...
Official observations from O'Hare, etc. weren't listed today HIGHLIGHTER ... Red: Top number, Yellow: of interest, Green: same as CARDINAL NEWS observ Locations Amount Time/Date Provider Hoffman Estates 5 W 8.5 in 0900 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Elburn 8.0 in 0745 AM 01/12 PUBLIC Lockport 7.5 in 0837 AM 01/12 PUBLIC La Salle 7.4 in 0700 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Trout Valley 7.0 in 0700 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Paw Paw 2 S 7.0 in 0700 AM 01/12 COOP 1 ENE DeKalb 6.8 in 1104 AM 01/12 2 SSW Union 6.8 in 0900 AM 01/12 3 SSE Naperville 6.5 in 1050 AM 01/12 TRAINED SPOTTER Volo 1.6 N 6.5 in 0900 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Barrington 6.5 in 0800 AM 01/12 COOP St. Charles 1 ENE 6.5 in 0800 AM 01/12 COCORAHS West Chicago 4 NNE 6.5 in 0700 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Campton Hills 3 NNE 6.4 in 0700 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Elgin 3 W 6.3 in 0700 AM 01/12 COCORAHS DeKalb 6.3 in 0700 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Geneva 2 WNW 6.3 in 0700 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Manhattan 6.2 in 0900 AM 01/12 TRAINED SPOTTER Peotone 6.1 in 0800 AM 01/12 COOP 3 NNW Carol Stream 6.0 in 1105 AM 01/12 Woodstock 5 NW 6.0 in 1000 AM 01/12 COOP Lake Villa 6.0 in 1000 AM 01/12 MEDIA Elgin 6.0 in 0832 AM 01/12 FIRE DEPT/RESCUE Marengo 6.0 in 0830 AM 01/12 FIRE DEPT/RESCUE DeKalb 6.0 in 0810 AM 01/12 EMA Minooka 6.0 in 0800 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Bull Valley 2 WNW 6.0 in 0800 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Ottawa - Buffalo Rock SP 6.0 in 0745 AM 01/12 COOP Aurora 6.0 in 0700 AM 01/12 COOP 3 N Sugar Grove 6.0 in 0645 AM 01/12 TRAINED SPOTTER Manhattan 5 ENE 5.9 in 0800 AM 01/12 COOP Ottawa 1 N 5.9 in 0700 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Geneva 1 SSW 5.8 in 0800 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Aurora 2 W 5.8 in 0700 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Hampshire 0.5 SE 5.6 in 0700 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Elmhurst 1 SE 5.5 in 0830 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Geneva 5.5 in 0800 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Monee 5 SE 5.5 in 0800 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Geneva 1 SSW 5.5 in 0730 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Naperville 5.5 in 0700 AM 01/12 PUBLIC Batavia 1 NW 5.5 in 0700 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Plainfield 4 SW 5.5 in 0700 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Aurora 3 WSW 5.5 in 0700 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Malta 3 ESE 5.3 in 0700 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Schaumburg 2 E 5.2 in 0700 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Coal City 4 NNW 5.1 in 0700 AM 01/12 HYDRO Marengo 5.1 in 0700 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Carbon Hill 3 N 5.1 in 0700 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Batavia 3.4 WSW 5.1 in 0600 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Aurora 4 ESE 5.0 in 0800 AM 01/12 COCORAHS McHenry Lock and Dam 5.0 in 0800 AM 01/12 COOP Glen Ellyn 1 SW 5.0 in 0715 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Aurora 4 ESE 5.0 in 0700 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Elgin 5.0 in 0700 AM 01/12 COOP Naperville 3 SE 5.0 in 0700 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Oswego 0.3 E 5.0 in 0655 AM 01/12 COCORAHS McHenry 1 ENE 4.9 in 0800 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Willow Springs 2 SE 4.9 in 0800 AM 01/12 COOP Crete 3 E 4.8 in 0700 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Naperville 5 SSW 4.8 in 0700 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Aurora 4 ESE 4.7 in 0700 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Crystal Lake 3.9 WNW 4.7 in 0700 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Batavia 4.6 in 0730 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Genoa 4.6 in 0700 AM 01/12 COOP Coal City 4.5 in 0905 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Woodstock 4 SW 4.5 in 0800 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Elk Grove Village 2 WSW 4.5 in 0715 AM 01/12 COCORAHS West Chicago 4 SE 4.5 in 0714 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Bolingbrook 3 NE 4.5 in 0700 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Clarendon Hills 1 NW 4.5 in 0700 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Oswego 1 SSE 4.5 in 0700 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Clarendon Hills 4.5 in 0700 AM 01/12 TRAINED SPOTTER Bloomingdale 4.4 in 0800 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Carbon Hill 3 NNW 4.4 in 0700 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Peotone 4.4 in 0700 AM 01/12 COCORAHS 2 SW Buffalo Grove 4.3 in 0901 AM 01/12 Plainfield 3.9 SSW 4.3 in 0757 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Villa Park 4.3 in 0700 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Geneva 4.3 in 0700 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Joliet 4.2 in 0800 AM 01/12 PUBLIC Spring Grove 1.2 ESE 4.2 in 0700 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Forest Lake 1 SSW 4.2 in 0700 AM 01/12 HYDRO Palatine 1 NNE 4.2 in 0700 AM 01/12 COCORAHS 1 NW Rockdale 4.2 in 0700 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Plainfield 2 SSE 4.2 in 0700 AM 01/12 COCORAHS 1 SSW Deerfield 4.1 in 1040 AM 01/12 Dixon 4.1 in 0830 AM 01/12 PUBLIC Hoffman Estates 4.1 in 0700 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Naperville 3 SE 4.0 in 0830 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Ottawa 4.0 in 0829 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Nelson 3 NNW 4.0 in 0800 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Franklin Park 0.5 SSE 4.0 in 0800 AM 01/12 COCORAHS 5 SSW Naperville 4.0 in 0756 AM 01/12 Mundelein 1 NNE 4.0 in 0730 AM 01/12 COCORAHS 3 NNW Carol Stream 4.0 in 0705 AM 01/12 PUBLIC Boulder Hill 1 NNE 4.0 in 0700 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Glen Ellyn 1 W 4.0 in 0700 AM 01/12 COCORAHS 2 SE Mazon 4.0 in 0700 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Kankakee 4.0 in 0700 AM 01/12 COOP Mount Prospect 0.2 NNE 4.0 in 0700 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Amboy 1 WSW 4.0 in 0657 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Batavia 4.0 in 0600 AM 01/12 HYDRO Downers Grove 1.8 SSE 3.8 in 0710 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Clarendon Hills 3.8 in 0700 AM 01/12 HYDRO Mokena 1 W 3.8 in 0700 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Joliet 2 N 3.8 in 0700 AM 01/12 HYRDO Ashton 3.7 in 0700 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Timberlane 1 SW 3.6 in 0700 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Sleepy Hollow 1 W 3.6 in 0700 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Bradley 0.7 SW 3.6 in 0600 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Maple Park 3.6 in 0530 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Palos Park 2 WSW 3.5 in 0700 AM 01/12 COCORAHS St. Anne 3.5 in 0700 AM 01/12 COOP Harvard 4.4 NNE 3.5 in 0700 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Kankakee 1.4 WSW 3.5 in 0600 AM 01/12 COCORAHS New Lenox 1 SSE 3.5 in 0600 AM 01/12 COCORAHS North Aurora 1 ENE 3.5 in 0542 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Elk Grove Village 1 ESE 3.4 in 0700 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Mokena 2 WSW 3.3 in 0700 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Homer Glen 1 NNE 3.2 in 0700 AM 01/12 COCORAHS 1 SSE Lake in the Hills 3.2 in 0630 AM 01/12 COCORAHS 1 NNE Homer Glen 3.2 in 0626 AM 01/12 PUBLIC 4 NNW Rockford 3.1 in 0700 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Mundelein 4 WSW 3.0 in 0700 AM 01/12 COOP Wheaton 3.0 in 0615 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Lombard 3.0 in 0600 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Elmhurst 1 SW 3.0 in 0600 AM 01/12 COCORAHS 1 SE Boulder Hill 3.0 in 0600 AM 01/12 COCORAHS Observations are collected from a variety of sources with varying equipment and exposures. 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