Talking at least 6 inches and as much as 9 inches of snow near WI / IL border tomorrow. Been a strange year with snow, I believe in the Milwaukee area they are about 20” below regular precipitation numbers.

This has been the least amount of snow to date in Chicago since 1944.

New Orleans and part of NW Florida have had more snow than Chicago so far.

I closed the office at noon today, just to be nice. My secretary responded with an email that if the snow shuts down the trains she will not be in tomorrow. I'm like, the snow has never shut down the trains and we will be open. She's trying to lay the ground that she wants to take the day off tomorrow and it not to be considered a personal day.

I closed the office at noon today, just to be nice. My secretary responded with an email that if the snow shuts down the trains she will not be in tomorrow. I'm like, the snow has never shut down the trains and we will be open. She's trying to lay the ground that she wants to take the day off tomorrow and it not to be considered a personal day.

Not up North, she ain’t letting up.

Every single potential big storm last year eventually came in as nothing but a wet fart, but this one seemed to spook people to levels I haven't seen in a while. At least in the west burbs, people are furious about what a big deal this was made out to be. Every school district around me pivoted to "e-"learning"", which in turn forced parents to call in from work, which in turn caused a worker shortage for a day in workplaces that were already running a skeleton crew. I understand prediction models are complex and finicky, and you really only get an accurate prediction within 12 hours or so, but even those failed. What was a potential 13 inches of snow on Sunday became 6-8 on Monday, then 4-6 yesterday, then 3-4 at midnight, then 1-3 by 9 AM, then by noon it was >1. Television was a mistake.

What was a potential 13 inches of snow on Sunday became 6-8 on Monday, then 4-6 yesterday, then 3-4 at midnight, then 1-3 by 9 AM, then by noon it was >1

Remember the winter of 2014-15? Snow, below zero, snow, below zero, snow, below zero. It fucking snowed in the middle of May.

Chicago had several severe winters in the 1980s, including a record-breaking cold Christmas in 1983 and a record-breaking cold temperature in January 1985.
1981–1982
A severe winter with blizzard-like conditions in south central Illinois
The snow and cold caused 34 deaths and at least 550 injuries statewide
The snow and cold severely damaged agriculture and wildlife
1983
A record-breaking cold Christmas with temperatures below zero for 100 consecutive hours
On Christmas Day, the low temperature was -25° and the high was -11°
The wind chill reached a record of -82°
1985
A record-breaking cold temperature of -27° on January 20
A wind chill of -93° was recorded
A cold air mass moved southeastward, bringing frigid air to most of the East Coast of the United States

13-14 was the one you're describing but I don't think 14-15 was much better. I don't think a winter has truly kicked our ass since 2019.