The Chicago area is experiencing its first snowfall of the season, and officials are beginning to issue reports on just how much snow has fallen.
According to the latest batch of reports from the National Weather Service, Chicago’s official reporting station at O’Hare International Airport has recorded 2.7 inches of accumulation, marking the first accumulation of an inch or more of snow since March.
In fact, Chicago hasn’t recorded two or more inches of snow in a day since all the way back on Jan. 13, when the city recorded 2.4 inches of new snow, just one day after reporting 4.7 inches of snow at O’Hare.
According to National Weather Service data, Chicago was nearly a month overdue for its first trace of snowfall for the season, which on average occurs around Oct. 31. The city was a lot closer to its average date for first accumulating snowfall, which falls on Nov. 18, and a few weeks early for its first snowfall of an inch or more, which typically occurs by Dec. 7.
Here are the latest totals from around the area.
Cook County:
O’Hare International Airport – 2.9 inches
Local
Midway Airport – 2.5 inches
Chicago (Edgewater) - 4 inches
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Chicago (Garfield Park) - 3.6 inches
Chicago (West Ridge) - 4 inches
Evanston - 4.2 inches
Lansing - 2.5 inches
Lynwood - 3.3 inches
DeKalb County:
DeKalb - 2 inches
DuPage County:
Medinah - 1.6 inches
Woodridge – 2.2 inches
Kane County:
St. Charles - 1.7 inches
Lake County (IL):
Park City – 3.2 inches
Wauconda - 4 inches
McHenry County:
Bull Valley - 3.9 inches
Huntley - 2.2 inches
Will County:
Joliet - 2.1 inches
Mokena - 3 inches
Romeoville (NWS Offices) – 2.2 inches
Lake County (IN):
Crown Point - 2.5 inches
Porter County (IN):
Portage - 3 inches
Snow is slowly starting to come to an end in some locations, with rain and drizzle occurring as temperatures move back above the freezing mark.
We will continue to update these totals as they are reported.