First snow · Illinois
When is the first snow in Chicago?
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Snow in the next 5 days?
No. There’s no snow in the Chicago forecast for the next 5 days.
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Chicago’s first measurable snow usually lands around November 17.
Chicago’s first snow comes in off the lake already annoyed, which is the most Chicago thing a snowflake can do.
Snow’s coming. Heads-up or surprise?
Tomorrow’s roast for ChicagoFree, no account, and you pick how rude I get.Cities on the same snow schedule
Chicago is number 43 of 76 for the earliest first snow. Is your city earlier?
- South Bend, Indiana: around November 17
- Fort Wayne, Indiana: around November 16
- Omaha, Nebraska: around November 15
The fastest way back here when the snow gets close.
In 8 winters out of 10 it arrives between October 31 and December 9. A typical Chicago winter adds up to about 40 inches of snow.
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How much snow Chicago gets in a year
Source: NOAA daily snowfall records for the Chicago area, winters 1991 to 2020 (27 with complete records), via the Applied Climate Information System. First snow here means the first day with at least a tenth of an inch.