Valentine’s Day weekend in the Chicago area started off freezing and will end in flurries. Snow began falling in the far suburbs around 10 a.m. Sunday and hit Chicago just a few hours later.
A Winter Weather Advisory took effect at 6 a.m. Sunday morning for Winnebago, Boone, Ogle, Lee, DeKalb, LaSalle, Kendall, Grundy, Livingston, Iroquois, and Ford counties. The Advisory will be in effect through midnight Sunday night.
As of Sunday evening, snow totals are as follows:
Mendota (LaSalle County) 3.0"
Somonauk (LaSalle) 5.5"
LaSalle (LaSalle) 4.5"
Machesney Park (Winnebago) 3.0”
Rockton (Winnebago) 3.5”
Rockford (Winnebago) 3.0”
Cherry Valley (Winnebago) 2.4”
Romeoville (Will) 2.3”
Peotone (Will) 3.1"
Elwood (Will) 2.0”
Batavia (Kane) 3.5”
Elgin (Kane) 0.5”
St. Charles (Kane) 2.5”
Aurora (Kane) 2.0"
Midway (Cook) 2.8”
Harwood Heights (Cook) 2.3"
Elk Grove Village (Cook) 1.6"
Rogers Park (Cook) 1.5”
Lincolnwood (Cook) 1.5”
Mount Prospect (Cook) 1.8”
Westchester (Cook) 2.1”
Prospect Heights (Cook) 1.3”
Elgin (Cook) 2.6"
Indian Head Park (Cook) 3.0"
Northbrook (Cook) 1.9"
Bolingbrook (DuPage) 1.3"
Naperville (DuPage) 2.5"
Elmhurst (DuPage) 2.0"
Bartlett (DuPage) 3.5"
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Coal City (Grundy) 3.8"
Diamond (Grundy) 2.0”
Carbon Hill (Grundy) 3.3"
Mount Morris (Ogle) 3.0”
Polo (Ogle) 2.7"
Rochelle (Ogle) 4.2"
Spring Grove (McHenry) 1.2”
Woodstock (McHenry) 2.5"
Yorkville (Kendall) 3.2”
Capron (Boone) 1.0”
Portage (Porter IN) 2.3”
Valparaiso (Porter IN) 1.5"
Kankakee (Kankakee) 2.0"
Bonfield (Kankakee) 2.8"
Munster (Lake IN) 2.5"
Merrillville (Lake IN) 2.5"
Crown Point (Lake IN) 2.0"
Experts warn that travel will be difficult, as roads will be snow-covered with limited visibility. Southeast winds from 5 to 15 miles per hour, with gusts up to 25 miles per hour, could further diminish visibility.
Temperatures are predicted to recover slightly into the low- to mid-20s. Flurries may mix or transition to freezing drizzle Sunday night in some parts of the western suburbs. Some light snow showers could linger into Monday morning in some areas.
