The extreme cold finally brought a belated start to ice fishing around the Chicago area, but ice fishing is going now and leads this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report.
A turn toward winter, no matter how brief, has changed the outlook on fishing around Chicago and people starting to get antsy for perch to come in around Cal Park lead this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report.
Chicago weather: Hottest temperatures on record in city history chicagotribune.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from chicagotribune.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Temperatures at or above the century mark are a rarity in Chicago. The last time O’Hare International Airport, the city’s official recording site, experienced a temperature of 100 degrees or higher was July 6, 2012 — more than a decade ago. There have only been 65 days, when looking back through more than 136 years of data kept by the National Weather Service, that have logged triple-digit .