Brant's Weather Photos

Published February 22, 2013 • Updated on January 11, 2020 at 12:59 pm

NBC Chicago Chief Meteorologist Brant Miller selects his favorite viewer-submitted photos and shares them with viewers on the NBC 5 NEWS.

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A tree lot near city hall in St. Charles.

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A sunrise in Joliet.

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Minooka sunset.

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Christmas at Pioneer Plaza.

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Sky above Bemidji State University in Minnesota.

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Grayslake.

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The hunt for a wonderful Christmas tree.

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Sunset in Three Lakes, Wisc.

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Beautiful morning sunrise over Lake Pepin in Minnesota.

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Montrose Harbor.

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Cedar Lake, Ind.

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Lake Shore Drive.

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Council Overhang at Starved Rock.

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Lake Zurich sunset.

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The odd duck.

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The squirrels in our yard are preparing for a long cold one. They clean out our peanut butter jars and are having pumpkin for Thanksgiving.

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Tower Road Beach in Winnetka.

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Tower Road Beach in Winnetka.

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A backyard pond in Plainfield with a frozen gargoyle fountain.

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Kenyon Lake, Sherwood, Mich.

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A sunrise in La Porte, Ind.

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A cardinal in Glenview

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The Marine Corps Firing Detail stands ready to perform the 21 gun salute at a Veterans ceremony at Buffalo Grove High School on Nov. 11, 2013.

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Morton Arboretum

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Tinley Park

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Lockport, Illinois

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Over Hampshire Forest Preserve

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A Red-tailed Hawk enjoys the fall colors in Villa Park

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Barrington Hills

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Minocqua, Wis.

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From a helicopter over South Lake Shore Drive

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Two jet controls cross at sunset. Photo taken from 12th floor of building near Goethe & Dearborn.

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Northeast Wisconsin

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Lost Lake Woods, Michigan

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Evanston lakeshore

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A spider web in Wonder Lake

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A sunflower in Orland Park

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Roselle Metra Station

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Wisconsin's north woods

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Put In Bay, OH Sunrise

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Hoffman Estates Sunset

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Pam shared this photo of her basset hound, Maggie, next to puff ball mushrooms.

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Praying Mantis

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Channahon Sunset

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From the Indiana Dunes

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A sunset as seen from Stagg High School.

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A turtle sunbathing at Humboldt Park

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A view of the city from Calumet Harbor

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Round Lake sunset

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Porter Beach, IN

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A beautiful mushroom from Lake Villa Illinois

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Naperville hail

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Tom Shaven writes: "Somehow a squirrel fell into our pool and when my wife took the skimmer cover off, there it was.It scared the daylights out of her, but she grabbed the camera, snapped a few photos before rescuing the critter."

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Dry soil in Arlington Heights

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Tinley Park sunset

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Ridges Sanctuary in Baileys Harbor, Mich.

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At Chicago's Harrison Crib

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Montrose Harbor on Labor Day 2013

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A hummingbird moth seen at the Chicago Botanic Garden

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Chicago Lake Fog

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Fullerton Sunrise

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Chicago Window Washers

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Seven inch Tomato

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A sunset as seen from a helicopter.

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Turkey vultures sun themselves on the roof of Central School in Lemont.

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Bloomingdale Fox

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Orland Park Sunset

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S.S. Badger Leaving Ludington, MI

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Luna Moth

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A look over Lake Geneva parasailing July of 2013.

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Lake Michigan sunset

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Norridge Cucumber

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Sandhill Cranes at Hill 'N Dale Farm in Barrington Hills IL

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Villa Park sunflower

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Unlucky fly in a hungry Venus fly trap

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Seen at the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh airshow on Aug. 2, 2013.

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Lollapalooza

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A Great Golden Digger Wasp near its hole where it has stored paralyzed insects for it young to eat.

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Kane County cornfield

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Baby rabbits in Aurora

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Grant Park and the museum campus from the Aon building.

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Chicago, as seen from atop the Chase Tower.

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Deer in Munster, Indiana

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Passion Flower

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At the Farmers Market at Daley Plaza on July 11, 2013.

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Along the Deep River in Merrillville, Ind.

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Tom Powers of Arlington Heights snapped this photo of a seemingly angry-looking sky from Route 53 near Rand Road on July 6, 2013.

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Annie Albarran snapped this photo on July 5 from her vantage point from a parking lot in Skokie.

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Berries in Wheaton

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Villa Park Goldfinch Couple

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Spongy Orange Fungus from a campsite in Oregon, IL

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Sunflower in Gurnee

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Praying Mantis in Yorkville

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Schiller Woods Pond

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Plainfield Backyard

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Chicago Lakefront

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Cedar Lake Moth

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Double rainbow in Addison Illinois

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Lake Bluff Fungus

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Flooding in Lake Zurich

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North Avenue Beach on June 17, 2013.

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Windmill farm on I-65 north of Lafayette, IN.

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Shelf Cloud, Dakota IL

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Baby Blue Jays

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Hawks On The Deck, Arlington Heights

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Blackhawks Under The Stars

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Montrose Harbor Sunset

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Chicago sunset on June 17

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Groundhogs in Elgin

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Lightning damage in Crete

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A sun dog in Gurnee

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Hailstones that feel in Oswego

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Wednesday's storm, as seen from Oswego.

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Fog rolls in from Lake Michigan on June 10, 2013.

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Raf Winterpacht sent this photo of the June 10 fog as seen from the BlueCross/BlueShield building.

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A thunderstorm in Chicago

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A storm in Round Lake

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May 28 lightning as seen from Aurora Municipal Airport.

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Horizontal lightning in back of Gordon Garcia's Bartlett home on May 28.

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Fox Lake Sunset

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Arlington Heights Lilacs

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Northwest Indiana

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Tulips at an Elgin Farm

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Plainfield Lightning

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Cedar Apple Rust Fungus

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Sunrise at the fishing pond

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Michiana Shores

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Downers Grove

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Taken at North Point Marina on May 14.

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Taken at the Brookfield Zoo on May 14.

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From Greg Klipp in Lincolnshire

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Dan Stefanich of Wilmington shared this photo of a huge yellow morel.

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Viewer Jeff Lenz caught a nice photo of the Chicago skyline during his flight on May 14.

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Betsy Rickard snapped this photo Tuesday, May 14 in her Crystal Lake backyard.

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A dandelion in Barrington

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A bird's nest in the side of a Christmas wreath in Northbrook.

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The Virginia Bluebells are in full bloom at Stillman Nature Center.

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Bill Burns says he was working in a tree when he saw this raccoon.

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Jason Smith snapped a photo of this coyote in his South Holland backyard.

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Annette Wood of Sugar Grove caught a mother Hawk and her chick watching her while she watched them.

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Sussanne Zakhireh of Oak Brook removed the handles from two old umbrellas and fastened them over her geraniums to protect them from severe weather.

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Cool mushrooms found in Elgin on May 5.

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A sunset as soon from O'Hare International Airport

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A fox in Cedar Lake

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Randy Dusing snapped this photo of a sunset from his backyard on little Lake Lorin in Orland Hills.

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From Peggy Tutor in Yorkville

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Young birds in Melrose Park

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Erin Neiman captured this photo of a rainbow cloud in Naperville.

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Millennium Park

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From Greg Bonham in Bolingbrook

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From Judy James in Valparaiso

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Matt Whitney of Ottawa says plans to make cheeseburgers on the grill were quickly changed when a robin's next was discovered under the grill's lid.

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Lori McGuire says she snapped this last fall while visiting a relative's farm near Princeton, Ill.

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Grace Barr of Yorkville shared this photo of the April 20 sunset.

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Doug Mann of St. Anne shared this photo of his backyard beauty, a PJM rhododendron that is at least 10 feet tall and over 12 feet across.

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Jack Kalemba from the Hegewisch neighborhood said this Magnolia tree -- more than 55 years old -- brings joy to him and his neighbors every year.

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Gordon Garcia of Bartlett shared this photo of a male Osprey bringing a fish back to its mate.

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A Red Tail Hawk sitting on her nest in Sugar Grove

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Blue-grey Gnatcatcher having lunch in Villa Park

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The fountain is on at the Art Institute

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Garrett Green of Sugar Grove caught these sun rays peeking through the clouds on the evening of April 16.

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Chris Moravecek snapped a photo of these guys wandering through his Downers Grove backyard.

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Pam Hay of Valparaiso, Ind., found these mushrooms in her backyard on Saturday, April 20.

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Three Great Horned Owls in Batavia

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Rich Whitney caught this squirrel relaxing and soaking up the sun in Glen Ellyn on Sunday, April 21.

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Jim Tripp of Mill Creek snapped this photo of storm clouds as seen from O'Hare.

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Bob Dietz snapped this photo at about 6 p.m. from 167th and LaGrange on the Orland Grasslands looking at the storm moving over Tinley Park.

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Mike Golminas shot this photo of flooding in Lisle.

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April 17, 2013: Thomas Shockey shows Wednesday's storm as it passed over Geneva, Ill., at about 11:30 a.m.

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Mary Stevens of Algonquin shows how Wednesday's hail broke a couple of the fragile sprouts of spring.

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From Laurie Freeman in Bolingbrook

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From Karen Bryan in Valparaiso

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Chris Hargreaves of Bolingbrook noticed these cool clouds as the sun set on April 2.

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Sussanne Zakhireh of Oak Brook snapped this photo of a peony plant.

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Patrice Schmidt sent this photo of her granddaughter, Eliza, walking in the rain with her little Hello Kitty umbrella.

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April 11, 2013: Nancy Mas of Gurnee sent this photo of a perfect pansy.

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Sandy Melovic of Lockport took this photo of a local sunset.

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April 10, 2013: Todd Kirk sent this photo of a Palos Hills sunset.

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Scott Hughes of Jefferson Park sent this "fungus Wednesday" submission.

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April 9, 2013: Mary Brown of Clarendon Hills captured these turtles welcoming spring while paying a visit to the Morton Arboretum on Monday.

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April 9, 2013: Kathy Von Eper of North Aurora snapped this photo of cardinals taking a bath.

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April 8, 2013: Paulette Novalinski of Carpentersville says the morning wind blew her neighbor's pine tree into her backyard.

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April 8, 2013: Suzanne Ridenour of Crystal Lake took this photo over the weekend of a Great Horned Owl and her owlet at a forest preserve in Batavia.

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Dan Lloyd of Palatine snapped this photo in Barrington.

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Jody Grimaldi of Lisle sent this image of a sign of spring. "Soon enough!" she wrote.

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Evelyn Hoelzel snapped this March 23 sunrise from Foster Avenue Beach.

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Connie Tran of Montgomery captured this sunset photo on March 27.

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Dennis Persyk of Hampshire said he was trying to photograph Comet Panstarrs on March 28 but instead captured a nice sunset photo.

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From P.J. Murphy of Winfield

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Gordon Garcia took this photo March 27 of a Great Gray Owl near Madison, Wis.

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March 29, 2013: Chicago sunrise from Lake Shore Drive

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March 28, 2013: Greg Chaplin of Crestwood sent in this photo of the sunrise a day earlier.

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March 28, 2013: Marilyn and Fred Putz of Highland Park sent in this photo of winter acomite. The flowers are among the first to show up and are often blooming under the snow. These were found in a ravine in Highland Park.

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Eric Mas, 16, from Gurnee snapped this photo of the Moon's corona at about 10:45 p.m. on March 26.

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Lorene Heninger says she snapped this photo of an underwater fungus on Jan. 5 in Whitewater, Wis.

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March 26, 2013: George Nagata snapped this photo along the Chicago lakefront of low clouds that rolled over the city during the afternoon hours.

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March 26, 2013: Vicki Flaws of Bloomingdale says she snapped this photo of squirrels playing up in her tree last week. "They are quite anxious for spring as we all are," she wrote.

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Fred Share of Arlington Heights snapped this photo on March 21 as he was flying into O'Hare from Miami.

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March 25, 2013: "Wish you were here," wrote Nick Lopuszynski. This is the snowfall just south of Springfield. The Chicago area dodged this system.

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Gabriel X. Michael sent this photo of the sunrise from Humboldt Park on a sub-freezing first day of spring.

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March 22, 2012: Karl Krause snapped this photo of a fisherman in his boat on the Fox River by his house in Johnsburg, Ill.

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March 22, 2013: Lloyd Mooney of Hillside sent in this pic we'll call "Shattered Spring." It's of still-frozen puddles from a recent rain.

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March 21, 2013: Chicago's Lakefront

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March 21, 2013: Joseph Martin snapped a photo of this evidence of spring in Romeoville.

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March 20, 2013: A Crocus in Worth, Ill.

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March 20, 2013: "My wife and I went to visit my son this past weekend in Chicago and when we pulled into his yard and got out of the car I saw this on one of his trees and thought of your fungus Wednesday. I was surprised to see that not only was the fungus in good shape but the vines were actually looking green. Could spring be just around the corner!!!" Max Herwig, Village of North Aurora

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March 19, 2013: Lisa Hagerman of Villa Park snapped this photo of a woodpecker.

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Bill Hartman of Barrington said he reached into his heated cat house to get the food bowl when he was met by this guy!

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March 18, 2013: Marlene Fehling spotted this hawk that landed on a phone pole in her backyard.

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Paul Sedall snapped this photo of Cloud Gate -- The Bean -- during the St. Patrick's Day parade on Saturday.

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March 14, 2013

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Steve Seiwert of Park Ridge sent this photo taken Feb. 23, 2013. Steve's brother Mike is standing next to his snowmobile. But did you notice the bear in the tree?

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March 13, 2013: "What's left of our snowman after the warm weather!" - Kerry Fill of Chicago

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Pat Reynolds snapped this photo in Marcellus, MI on March 9.

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Snowdrops in Wilmette

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Downers Grove

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Icicles at night

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weather picture Weather picture --Snowman Karen W. Mendota, Il

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14 FOOT SNOWMAN IN BEECHER Dear Brant Miller,thought you might appreciate the love of the weather by a bunch of kids. �My nieces, nephews and some of the cousins in the family built an almost14 foot snowman MON and TUE down in BEECHER IL... �Compliments of the GIANOTTI, LABANCA and BANASIAK families. HERE IS ANOTHER PICTURE FROM TODAY, WED 3-7-2013.... -- Randall J G

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14 FOOT SNOWMAN IN BEECHER Dear Brant Miller,thought you might appreciate the love of the weather by a bunch of kids. �My nieces, nephews and some of the cousins in the family built an almost14 foot snowman MON and TUE down in BEECHER IL... �Compliments of the GIANOTTI, LABANCA and BANASIAK families. HERE IS ANOTHER PICTURE FROM TODAY, WED 3-7-2013.... -- Randall J G

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March 7, 2013: Dan Martin shared this photo of these snowmen keeping a watchful eye over the city.

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From Susan W. -- What to do when the snow falls? Make a snow cake, of course!

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From Krystal Moreno

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March 5, 2013: Nick Hart from Joliet sent this picture of one of Amtrak's "heritage units" passing through snow in Lockport.

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No Crocuses WAIT My Crocuses didnt get the message that winter isn't over yet in Orland Park!!

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cool ice at south beach, evanston Pretty cool how the ice builds up to around 25 feet as the temps drop and the ice comes in!

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Snowmen??? This is how we do it in Bolingbrook...lolSent from my Sprint phone

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Snow Love

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Beecher weather 10:30am Veteran's Park Tuesday March 5, 2013.

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This photo is of a couple birds that have been sitting on our deck during the snowfall. They have been sitting there so long, the snow is building up around them. Oswego, Il

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Winter Sunshine at St Marys of the Lake Seminary

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Calm of March Starved Rock State Park in Utica IL... A view of Starved Rocktoday (3/3/13) from a distant part of the park

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Sauk Trail Woods near 10 AM Driving down Sauk Trail, the transformation since 7 this morning was major. Sincerely, Joseph Dorsey

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Winter Pic DeKalb, IL-- Kathryn S. BrownGraduate Representative & Research AssistantSociology Department - Northern Illinois University

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Morning On Lake Shore Dr

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Snow angel amazing sculpture by a local artist!

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Easter Snowman From Shawn Stephens and his son Weston of Lakes of the Four Seasons in Winfield, IndianaTo Brant and Cheryl a early Happy Easter

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March 4, 2013: First Robins in Algonquin

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March 4, 2013: Jan Loew of Gillson Park snapped this photo of ice formations along the lakefront. "Nature is amazing," she wrote.

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March 1, 2013: Debbie Dolecki of Villa Park snapped this photo of a snowman in Elmhurst. "I saw this as a sign that we might be breaking winter's back."

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Feb. 28, 2013: Lisa Garig of Schaumburg snapped this photo of an owl hanging out in a tree in her backyard. Garig says the crows didn't like the owl's presence and were crowing loudly at it.

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Feb. 28, 2013: Snowman? No, a snow owl. This comes from Lauryn Kroger.

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Fungus Wednesday! Michelle Carter snapped this photo on Feb. 27, 2013 in the Ryerson Forest Preserve.

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Feb. 27, 2013: Carol Dalitsch of Lake Barrington, Ill., shared this photo of live orchids keeping warm inside with a snowy backdrop behind them.

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Libertyville backyard at 5 p.m. on Feb. 26, 2013: five inches and counting!

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This guy was trying to get a quick meal as the snow started falling in McHenry on Feb. 26, 2013.

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Feb. 22, 2013: Melissa Hahn of Elmhurst snapped this photo as she was coming out of the Ogilvie Transportion Center this morning.

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Mt. Alyeska,Alaska weather photo Brant, Though you might want to post this picture my son sent today. Ben is in the Air Force and stationed at Elmendorf Air base in Anchorage, Alaska.He snowboards as one of his hobbies during his free time. This is him on top of Mt.Alyeska....his snowboard is at the bottom of the picture...As a parent, you sometimes worry. Thanks! Ruben & Suzy Cuellar of Palatine.

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