January 19, 2021: Intense Evening Snow Squall Impacts Parts of Chicago Metro

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Radar Loop from 8:08 PM to 10:21 PM CST 1/19

KLOT Radar Loop and Snowfall Reports

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Snow/Ice Totals
Storm Reports
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Fast Facts

An intense snow squall associated with an Alberta clipper rushed through northeast Illinois during the evening hours.

Snowfall amounts ranged from 1-4" in a narrow band from Boone County to Cook County to parts of northwest Indiana.

Official snowfall total for Chicago, at O'Hare International Airport, was 1.5" with the snow squall and 1.7" total for January 19th.

Highest amount reported from a volunteer observer was 3.4" in Bull Valley (east central McHenry County).

Snow/Ice Totals

Snowfall Map as of the Morning of Wednesday January 20th

Text Listing of Snowfall Reports from Volunteer Observers

Storm Reports

Map of Snowfall Local Storm Reports

    
                        

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Preliminary Local Storm Report

National Weather Service Chicago IL

233 PM CDT Fri Oct 2 2026



..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...

..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....

            ..REMARKS..



0930 AM     Misc Mrn/Srf Hzd Edgewater - Chicago     41.99N 87.65W

10/02/2026                   LMZ741             IL   Broadcast Media



            *** 1 FATAL ***

            Local broadcast media is reporting that a

            person was found unresponsive in the water

            in the 5600 block of North DuSable Lake

            Shore Drive near Hollywood Beach. It is

            unclear if the incident was weather related,

            though nearby buoys were reporting waves of

            2 to 3 feet at the time of the body

            recovery.





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