Images: Thursday's Snow and Cold
See images highlighting frigid temperatures, wind, and fresh snow in the suburbs of Chicago on Thursday.
White out conditions greeted drivers in the early afternoon on Route 53 northbound .
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
Side roads in Arlington Heights are vacant of traffic, perhaps as motorists stuck to the main roads which were plowed and salted.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
Sean McHugh's frosty face is the result of braving the wind chill and blowing snow to claim the sledding hill in Rolling Meadows as he had a snow day from South Middle school in Arlington Heights.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
Tyler Lake of Kellenberger Auto Service in Elgin replaces a dead battery with a new stronger version for a customer Thursday. Personnel at the shop say they have replaced five times as many batteries as they normally would have during the last two days because of the cold weather.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Jose Gutierrez of the Arlington Heights Park District sprays a layer of water while making ice at the Pioneer Park rink in Arlington Heights Thursday.
Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
Wrangling shopping carts in sub-zero temperatures can't hardly be fun, but its all in a day's work for Trader Joe's crew member Dan Triner in Lake Zurich.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
Snow flies as Naperville Park District employee Efren Perez takes a break as he helps construct a skating rink at the base of Rotary Hill.
Daniel White/dwhite@dailyherald.com
Francisco Garay is bundled from the cold while working as part of a crew making ice at the Pioneer Park rink in Arlington Heights Thursday.
Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
"Layers, hand warmers and warm thoughts" is how postal worker Margaret Sykut keeps warm during her route in downtown Wheaton on on Thursday during bitter cold wind chills and temperatures.
Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
A driver leans out of his door to scrape his windshield while at a red light on Randall Road in Algonquin Thursday afternoon.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
A pedestrian keeps his hands in his pockets as he hustles across a parking lot on Randall Road in Algonquin Thursday afternoon.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
South Elgin Target employee Tom Hearn gathers carts outside the store late Thursday morning. He said he was wearing a few layers of clothes to keep warm and luckily this was the first time he had to wrangle carts from the parking lot.
Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
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