The first snowfall of the season hit Chicago on Sunday, blanketing much of the area with several inches of snow and causing several hundred flight cancellations.
Several northern Illinois counties were under a Winter Weather Advisory from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., including Winnebago, Boone, McHenry, Lake, Ogle, Lee, Kane, DuPage, Cook, LaSalle, Kendall, Grundy and Will.
DeKalb County was initially under the advisory, but was placed under a more severe Winter Storm Warning that was issued shortly after 11 a.m. and also expired at 6 p.m. [[404622456, C]]
Snow began falling Sunday morning and continued well into the evening, as the storms moved west to east.
Snow totals were as follows:
Cook County
O'Hare Airport: 6.4 inches
Local
Midway Airport: 5.5 inches
Alsip: 6.4 inches
Palatine: 5.4 inches
Oak Lawn: 6.0 inches
Lake County
Buffalo Grove: 6.9 inches
Kane County
North Aurora: 7 inches
Batavia: 7.2 inches
Geneva: 6.5 inches
LaSalle County
Somonauk: 7.2 inches
DuPage County
Lisle: 6.7 inches
Downers Grove: 6.9 inches
DeKalb County
DeKalb: 8.5 inches
Kendall County
Plano: 7.9 inches
Oswego: 6.8 inches
McHenry County
Woodstock: 6.3 inches
Bull Valley: 7.0 inches
Will County
Romeoville: 8.1 inches
Joliet: 7.2 inches
Mokena: 5.9 inches
Frankfort: 6.3 inches
New Lenox: 6.5 inches
Crest Hill: 8.0 inches
Winnebago County
Rockford: 6.9 inches
Amboy: 6.0 inches
Lake County, Ind.
Munster: 4.2 inches
Hobart: 4.8 inches
Porter County, Ind.
Boone Grove: 3.4 inches
Valaparaiso: 3.5 inches
The heavy snowfall broke a record, as 6.4 inches at O'Hare shattered the previous Dec. 4 high of 4.6 inches set in 1964.
The snowstorm caused problems with transit, as 281 flights at O'Hare and 74 flights at Midway were canceled by 9:30 p.m. Delays at both airports were around 23 minutes.
Lucky for commuters, the snow largely cleared out of the area by Sunday night, making for much safer roads in time to start the work week.
Monday will be dry throughout the area with high temperatures returning to the 40s.
Our next chance for snow could be as early as Tuesday morning, with a possibility of flurries mixed with showers returning to the Chicago area.
Tuesday evening looks to be dry, with another storm system possibly bringing light snow to Chicago again on Wednesday night or Thursday. Temperatures will also likely drop into the teens mid-week as arctic air moves in.