Articles filed under Weather

• Suburban schools begin announcing Monday, Tuesday closings Jan 26, 2014 12:00 AM
  With another blast of dangerously cold weather expected to descend upon the region overnight, some suburban school districts already are announcing that they’ll be closed Monday and, in at least one instance, Tuesday. Arlington Heights Elementary District 25 announced early this afternoon it would cancel classes both Monday and Tuesday because of the frigid forecast. Carpentersville-based Community Unit District 300 also called off classes Monday and Tuesday.
  

   
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  It’s not over yet: Colder weather coming next week Jan 23, 2014 12:00 AM
  If you think you’ve felt the coldest temperatures this winter season has to offer, unfortunately, weather forecasters say you could be wrong. Here come more bone-chillingly frigid temperatures, brisk wind chills and blowing and drifting snow. And it’s likely we’re still a ways away from breaking the back of winter. “I don’t think were done,” said Charles Mott, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.
  

   
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  No school for kids across Northeast, except in NYC Jan 22, 2014 12:00 AM
  A winter storm dumped a foot or more of snow, grounded flights and closed schools across much of the Northeast — but not in New York City, where Wednesday was a regular school day for 1.1 million students.
  

   
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  Frigid air settling in Dakotas, moving eastward Jan 20, 2014 12:00 AM
  Another band of arctic air began creeping into the northern U.S. on Monday, bringing a wave of frigid temperatures that could linger for most of the week across the upper Midwest and New England.
  

   
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  Frequent storms have suburbs watching salt supplies Jan 16, 2014 12:00 AM
  Frequent storms have eaten away at local salt supplies and many communities are wary of more storms. To keep pace, many communities, including Libertyville, Gurnee, Schaumburg and Wheaton, have ordered more salt. Others, including Naperville, Vernon Hills, and Elgin, started the year with a surplus. “What’s a normal year now?” asked Kevin Kerrigan, of Lake County.
  

   
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  Deep freeze may have cost economy about $5 billion Jan 9, 2014 12:00 AM
  Hunkering down at home rather than going to work, canceling thousands of flights and repairing burst pipes from the Midwest to the Southeast has its price. By one estimate, about $5 billion.
  

   
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  Scientists: Americans are becoming weather wimps Jan 9, 2014 12:00 AM
  We’ve become weather wimps. As the world warms, the United States is getting fewer bitter cold spells like the one that gripped much of the nation this week. So when a deep freeze strikes, scientists say, it seems more unprecedented than it really is.
  

   
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  5 things to watch out for during the thawJan 9, 2014 12:00 AM
  Snow in your attic? Ice dams in your gutters? Giant, slushy puddles that freeze into treacherous slick patches on driveways and sidewalks? These are all potential problems suburban homeowners could face when the thaw begins Friday. But a few preventive measures could stave off injury and save thousands of dollars in home damage.
  

   
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  Burst pipe closes Des Plaines school at least through Thursday Jan 8, 2014 12:00 AM
  Wednesday was a short-lived first day back for students at Iroquois Community School in Des Plaines following winter break and two additional off days because of cold weather. A half-hour into the school day, a sprinkler system pipe burst in the school’s front vestibule entrance, flooding hallways and forcing school officials to cancel classes for the rest of the day, as well as Thursday.
  

   
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  ComEd: No major outages in the suburbs today Jan 7, 2014 12:00 AM
  Power is back on for people in the suburbs who were without electricity during the subzero cold snap, ComEd says. “We’re currently not seeing any significant outages as a result of the weather,” ComEd spokesman John Schoen said today. “We had a few scattered outages but really no more than we see in a normal day.”
  

   
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  Suburban groups work to help homeless survive dangerous cold Jan 7, 2014 12:00 AM
  For most of us, the extreme cold is a discomfort. For the homeless, it can be deadly. So in recent days, groups that aim to provide shelter and services to homeless people in the suburbs have boosted their efforts. “This is by far the coldest that anybody on staff can recollect, and it certainly can be the most dangerous,” said Joel Williams, who leads a Lake County shelter operation.
  

   
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  Polar freeze settles over US South, East Jan 7, 2014 12:00 AM
  Brutal, record-breaking cold descended on the East and South, sending the mercury plummeting Tuesday into the single digits and teens from Boston and New York to Atlanta, Nashville and Birmingham — places where many people know almost nothing about freezing weather.
  

   
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  Subzero ‘polar vortex’ pushes frigid air across US Jan 6, 2014 12:00 AM
  Frigid, dense air swirled across much of the U.S. on Monday, forcing some cities and their residents into hibernation while others layered up and carried on despite a dangerous cold that broke decades-old records.
  

   
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  Below-zero temps push into Midwest, Northeast Jan 5, 2014 12:00 AM
  Icy, snow-covered roads and high winds made travel treacherous Sunday from the Dakotas and Michigan to Missouri as much of the nation braced for the next winter wallop: a dangerous cold that could break records.
  

   
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  "Life-threatening" cold on the wayJan 5, 2014 12:00 AM
  The second half of a brutal one-two punch of winter weather lands Monday morning as dangerously cold conditions that experts describe as “life-threatening” grip the suburbs. The high temperature is predicted to be about 7 degrees below zero, with many parts of the Chicago area getting no warmer than 15 degrees below. The wind chills are even scarier; forecasters say they'll range from minus-30 to minus-50 degrees.
  

   
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  Records may fall as historic freeze takes hold Jan 4, 2014 12:00 AM
  The predictions are startling: 25 below zero in Fargo, N.D., minus 31 in International Falls, Minn., and 15 below in Indianapolis and Chicago. At those temperatures, exposed skin can get frostbitten in minutes and hypothermia can quickly set in as wind chills may reach 50, 60 or even 70 below zero.
  

   
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  The cold is coming; near records expected MondayJan 4, 2014 12:00 AM
  It can attack your fingers and toes, render your car useless and cause costly damage to your home. After yet another bout of snow, bitter cold is expected to settle over the suburbs in the coming days, and it's not only unpleasant — it can be dangerous. National Weather Service forecasters expect cold air moving in from the north, creating a near record-breaking freeze on Monday with wind chills that could flirt with 40 degrees below zero in the morning.
  

   
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  State-by-state winter blast roundup Jan 4, 2014 12:00 AM
  A winter storm dumped snow from the Midwest to New England and brought along teeth-chattering temperatures was blamed for at least 16 deaths. Freezing temperatures with below-zero wind chills in some places complicated life for residents from Minnesota to Maine and more cold blasts were in the forecast for the weekend and Monday.
  

   

• Warming shelters open across suburbs Jan 4, 2014 12:00 AM
  With temperatures dropping far below zero, officials said having a place to stay can be the difference between life and death. That’s why municipalities, libraries, businesses and other organizations are opening their doors to people in need during the freezing winter days.
  

   
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  Big snow, means bigger costs for suburbs Jan 4, 2014 12:00 AM
  The suburbs are taking a big financial bite from the recent snowfalls, not only from the total amounts but because so much of it has come during holidays and weekends. Those are typically off-shift days for most municipal public works employees, who receive overtime pay for snow removal done then.