Illinois Weather

Tens of thousands of ComEd customers lost power Thursday evening after a series of strong thunderstorms ripped through the Chicago area, bringing down trees in several communities. According to the ComEd outage map, more than 30,000 customers throughout Northern Illinois were without power at around 9 p.m. According to the utility, 13,458 customers were without power in suburban Kane County…

Severe storms ripped through the region, causing down trees and widespread power outages on Thursday. NBC 5’s Christian Farr reports

Sunday will be yet another hot and humid day in the Chicago area, with more isolated thunderstorms possible throughout the afternoon and into the early evening hours. Hazy conditions will dominate the area early on, with plenty of moisture in the air as an unsettled weather pattern remains in place. Ultimately, day-time heating could help to fuel some widely scattered…

With more rain and potential flooding in store, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker activated dozens of Illinois National Guard soldiers to help with the state’s response. As of Thursday, four Illinois counties have declared local disasters for flooding. Pritzker also issued a state disaster proclamation for Grundy, Pike, Scott and Morgan counties. “The declaration will ensure state support to communities...

Milder Inland, Still Cooler Along The Lake

The Chicago area woke up to another round of winter weather – including the second blast of April snow in just days – on Friday morning.

A winter weather advisory went into effect for multiple Chicago-area counties Thursday night as another round of April snow threatens to dump up to 7 inches on some locations. The advisories were issued for DeKalb, Kane, Cook, Kendall, Will, Kankakee, LaSalle and Grundy counties in Illinois and Newton, Jasper, Lake and Porter counties in Indiana. Timing and snow total projections…

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Several counties in the Chicago area will be under a winter weather advisory Thursday evening as another round of April snow threatens to dump up to 7 inches on some locations. NBC 5’s Paul Deanno has your forecast.

Andy Avalos is tracking snow in store for the Chicago area.

NBC Storm Team 5 meteorologist Andy Avalos has your latest forecast update.

Morning snow wreaked havoc on parts of the Chicago area during the morning rush hour Wednesday, but just how much snow fell across the city and its suburbs? Here’s a look at the snow totals reported so far by the National Weather Service as of 8 a.m.: ILLINOIS Lockport: 3 inches Elburn: 3 inches Somonauk: 3 inches Romeoville: 2.9 inches…

Video shows the scene where nearly 60 cars were involved in a massive pile-up on the Kennedy Expressway during snow in Chicago.

NBC Storm Team 5 meteorologist Andy Avalos has your latest forecast update.

January 2020 will go down as the warmest January that Chicago has had in the past eight years, but one of the reasons for the mild weather may have you feeling a little down: The clouds. Chicago has had only two sunny days (70% or more sunshine) all month long, and each of the past nine days has been completely…

January 2020 will go down as the warmest January that Chicago has had in the past eight years, but one of the reasons for the mild weather may have you feeling a little down. Paul Deanno explains.

The Chicago area is getting hit by a super-slow-moving storm that will bring a light snow chance for four straight days. The snow began Wednesday evening and won’t completely leave until Saturday afternoon. But “why” is this storm moving so slowly? It’s because this type of storm system is “cutoff” from the jet stream. The jet stream is a...