Temperatures in Chicago climbed to more than 70 degrees Tuesday afternoon, nearly breaking a decades-old record. But meteorologists warned that a “dramatic” cooldown along with thunderstorms, hail and damaging winds was on its way overnight. The National Weather Service issued a tornado watch in effect until 10 p.m. Weather officials expected thunderstorms to start around 6 p.m. Tuesday, with .
Valentine’s Day might be the holiday of love, but something else was heating up this month. The first half of the month is tied for the second warmest in Chicago on record, the latest in what has been an “exceptionally warm” winter, according to Ricky Castro, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Romeoville. The first 14 days in February were 12 degrees above normal, Castro said. .
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Frost quakes are a cold weather phenomenon that make booming sounds and unleash small earthquake-like tremors. They can be unsettling but don’t pose any real danger.
As Chicagoans cozied up inside to avoid the bitter cold, puffs of vapor settled over the surface of Lake Michigan making it look like a steamy caldron of soup. Days later, the sun poked out illuminating a thin, sparkling layer of ice along the shoreline. A historically warm beginning to winter followed by a plunge in temperatures last week likely created this curious phenomenon, then rapid .