Weather Story

Threat for Travel Impacts through Wednesday

Five Day Forecast

Recap of December 6-7 Snow Event

Roaring Start to Winter 2025-2026

While confidence is not high, there is a potential for a glaze of ice to occur early this evening as rain falls over areas where air and/or pavement temps may still be at or below freezing for a few hours leading to hazardous driving conditions, primarily for the areas of northern Illinois shaded in light pink on the inset map. Then Wednesday’s morning commute may be affected by gusty snow showers and squalls. Stay tuned for the latest forecast updates!

The weather pattern remains active through the end of the week. After tonight's rain, periodic snow chances continue each day thereafter with bitterly cold conditions in store heading into the weekend!

Here is a summary of the snowfall observed from last night's snow storm. Most areas north of I-80 saw amounts in the 2-5 inch range with a corridor of 5-7 inch amounts across portions of far northern IL. Those south of I-80 saw 1-3 inch amounts. Thank you to everyone who submitted reports!

Winter 2025-2026 is off to a roaring start with over 15” of snow measured at both Chicago and Rockford in the past 9 days alone! Seasonal snow totals are getting close to or have already hit the (unusually low) totals from the entirety of last winter! Here are some quick stats looking at the winter so far.