near-record cold

After more than a couple of questions I thought I’d address the current weather pattern, even if it doesn’t meet the severe threshold.

 

Yes, this is freakishly cold weather for April. And it’s not just the Chicago area.

 

• Yesterday, areas of downstate Illinois – having just received a fresh 1-3 inches of snow on April 1^st – fell below zero on April 2^nd. A meteorologist at NWS found that the -1F recorded at Lincoln, IL – only the second-ever April subzero low anywhere in the state – was the southernmost subzero low in April at any point between the high plains of western Kansas and the mountains of West Virginia in recorded weather history.
• Central Park in Manhattan recorded 5 ½ inches of snow yesterday (April 2^nd!), which shattered the daily record for snowfall set 147 years ago. It was also the heaviest April snow in 36 years at Central Park, and only the 10^th April snow of >4” dating to 1869.
• Baseball games have been snowed out from Kansas City all the way to New York City.
• The Easter weather in Chicago was the coldest in decades, and colder than five of the last 10 Christmas Days.
• Chicago saw higher individual temperatures in January and February than we saw in March.

 

I could go on, but obviously everyone gets the point. Here’s where we stand.

 

• Today’s cold rain will transition to a mix late tonight. Some areas could see a light amount of sticking snow, but I wouldn’t bet on it.
• Tomorrow will be drier but cold
• Thursday will be cloudy and damp
• Friday will be sunny but cold – potentially record-breaking cold
• Saturday looks sunny and cold, but better than Friday
• About a week from now (the 11^th/12^th) we look likely to revert to a more seasonable pattern (daytime temps in the 50s and 60s)

 

 

 

 

 

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