This week brings the first significant snowfall of the season to the Chicago area. Snow is expected to fall at least through the early afternoon before changing over to cold November rain.

Snow has arrived in Chicago! And the first measurable snow of the 2024-2025 season was impressive. According to the National Weather Service’s Chicago office, 2.9 inches of snow fell at O’Hare International Airport.

The Chicago area is seeing its first snow of the season this week, with the heaviest snow expected to impact the region in the mid-to-late morning hours.

A brief isolated shower is in the forecast between 8 p.m. and midnight Tuesday night, but otherwise, cloudy skies are expected as temperatures drop below freezing in the upper 20s to near 30 degrees.As the weather pattern takes a more active turn for the middle of the country Wednesday,

Chicago experiences higher temperatures longer than outlying suburbs due to the urban heat-island effect. Its location next to Lake Michigan’s warm waters explains why the city and nearby suburbs freeze later in the year than their farther-out counterparts.

Chicagoans can expect a chilly Thanksgiving holiday weekend, with a chance of snow on Wednesday and Thursday. Temperatures for Turkey Day itself are expected to be in the mid-30s, according to the National Weather Service.

Chicago's Thanksgiving weather has brought a bitter cold forecast with cold temperatures to continue into the weekend.

CHICAGO - It is a cold one out there in Chicago this weekend with daytime highs on Saturday only reaching the mid-20s. During the early part of the day, wind chills made it feel like it was below zero,