a blizzard as the first day of February rolled into Groundhog Day. (PV Bella)Unlike New York, where just the thought of a dusting of snow shuts down the whole city, Chicago goes about its business.We are not stopped by a couple of feet of white stuff. On November 13, On December 9, 2014, ahead of a system moving onto the California coast, the National Weather Service issued several watches and warnings, including a Gale Warning, a Flash Flood Watch, a High Wind Watch, and a Hazardous Seas Advisory.While bringing a wide swath of wintry weather from coast to coast, the winter storm also brought along with it a cold wave, in which some places broke record low temperatures. Detroit received 16.7 inches (42 cm), the third-largest recorded total and largest storm in 40 years.Throughout nearly the entire month of February, extreme cold plagued the eastern half of the nation.
This live blog will track the closures, cancellations and delays due to the blizzard.
Crews clean snow at O'Hare International Airport on Sunday, Feb. 1, 2015, in Chicago.
Others just braved it and did what they had to do.Chicagoans do not empty stores out like pathetic east coast survivalists.Chicagoans do not heed the warnings of politicians, like New Yorkers, who obey every edict from their Dear Leader.Chicagoans let the good times roll. Mount Shasta experienced its second-warmest December on record, with an average temperature of 41.1 °F (5.1 °C), 6.0 °F (3.3 °C) above normal.California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming all experienced a top-10 warm January in 2015. By Peter Bella, February 3, 2015 at 1:02 pm Image: PV Bella. Completely spam free, opt out any time. The ice storm caused over 200,000 people to lose power.In the last week of February into the first week of March, four separate winter storms impacted areas from western The first winter storm occurred on the weekend of February 20–22. Then we go to work or play.
Snow removal vehicles tranisitioning to neighborhood streets #chicagoshovels Follow the plows near you: http://t.co/MnCeDNHWaO — StreetsandSan (@StreetsandSan) February 2, 2015 Over 500 pieces of snow removal equipment, including […]CHICAGO — The Blizzard Warning for the northeast Illinois portion of the Chicago area will expire at Midnight CST – continuing only in Lake and Porter Counties in northwest Indiana until 3AM CST. Snow fell for over 36 hours and dumped over a foot of snow. Temperatures will struggle to warm up […]CHICAGO — Sunday’s blizzard produced one of the biggest single storm snow tallies in the 130 year term of official observational snow records in Chicago. California also experienced its fourth-driest January on record, receiving only 15 percent of its average precipitation for what would ordinarily be the wettest month of the year. Main article: January 31 – February 2, 2015 North American blizzard Snow-covered cars in Chicago A major winter storm occurred from January 31 – February 2, bringing blizzard conditions to the Chicago area with 19.3 inches (49 cm) of snow, being the fifth-largest snowfall in city history. Violators could be liable for statutory damages as high as $150,000 as set forth in Section 504(c)(2) therein.Chicago Cubs news and comprehensive blog, featuring old school baseball writing combined with the latest statistical trendsChicago writer, editor and author blogs about today's political and public policy issues.©2020 CTMG - A Chicago Tribune website -
Washington, D.C. received over 4 inches (10 cm) of snow and parts of the mid-South received 0.5 inches (1.3 cm) of freezing rain. On November 8, 1914, John Glessner made the following entry in his wife’s journal about their visit to the Lake Forest home of Cyrus Mc... August 28, 2013 will mark the one-hundredth anniversary of the death of Clarence Buckingham. The greatest departures from normal occurred in the vicinity of southern Idaho, where temperatures in Pocatello averaged 32.2 °F (0.1 °C), the seventh-warmest December in the area's 72-year record. ACME Hotel Company: the Blizzard of 2015 at the ACME - See 4,753 traveler reviews, 1,078 candid photos, and great deals for ACME Hotel Company at Tripadvisor. 0538 pm snow woodstock 42.31n 88.44w 11/21/2015 m13.5 inch mchenry il co-op observer event total 0530 pm snow chicago 41.88n 87.63w 11/21/2015 m0.7 inch cook il nws employee 0510 pm heavy snow 3 wnw sugar grove 41.79n 88.51w 11/21/2015 m7.0 inch kane il trained spotter storm total. the photos below.
Many records for snowfall and temperature were broken, many for the month of February, with every state east of the Mississippi River being colder than average, some for the entire winter. We survive.
The […]CHICAGO — The death toll from the Chicago area’s weekend blizzard has risen to 13. Recently placed on display on the d...For the second time in four years, Chicago found itself in the midst of
; Grand Rapids, Mich.; Harrisburg, Pa.; Hartford, Conn.; and Portland, Maine. On January 1, 2015, A major winter storm occurred from January 31 – February 2, bringing blizzard conditions to the Chicago area with 19.3 inches (49 cm) of snow, being the fifth-largest snowfall in city history. It is Tuesday. Real Chicagoans showed up for work on Monday. snow was measured at O’Hare Airport at 6:00am on February 2The Glessner house was designed as a winter residence, so it weathered Enjoy – hopefully under a blanket with a bowl of soup in your hand. 350 plows and salt spreaders were deployed.