Chicago Breaks Record With 281 Snow-Free Days. White Christmas? Keep Dreaming.

[Purveyor]

BY BRIAN SLODYSKO AND LEEANN SHELTON

Winter may be coming, but it sure doesn’t feel like it.

In addition to unseasonably balmy temperatures, Chicago has gone a record 281 consecutive days without a measurable amount of snow, from March 4 until Monday, according to the National Weather Service. The previous record for snow-free days was 280, set back in 1994.

If the pattern holds through the rest of the month, it could be a harbinger of what winter — which officially starts on Dec. 21 — could bring.

“It’s tough to say yet if this is a predictor of the whole winter, but if we finish out all of December like this, then it would be more telling,” said Matt Friedlein, a meteorologist for the weather service who is based in Romeoville.

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[Purveyor]

1. It's my fault, I just know it is my fault. Bought my first-ever 'used' snowblower 2 summers ago

and have only used it twice, the first winter.

Thought I would get to use it last winter, gassed and ready to go but the predicted 'storm' never made it.

We had a very light 'dusting' of snow this morning here in Mid-Michigan but that has been it so far this year.

[Scruffy Rumbler]

4. I thought it was my fault!

Moved back to NY from west coast. Bought our house in February of 2010 with a few feet of snow all around. Could not find a snow blower locally. All sold out due to all the snow we had. Had to order it from Colorado as they had little snow that year. The following winter? Nothing, gassed & serviced ready to go.... but no snow!

Looks like this winter will be the same. All rain so far!

[NickB79]

2. Here in the Twin Cities we just got 12" of snow dumped on us

What a difference a few hundred miles makes!

[99Forever]

3. Just North of Blaine we got 16".

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The crack weather people were right on top of that, eh? As late as Friday night they were saying 7".

[NickB79]

5. I had to drive from Lakeville to St. Paul and back in that crap

70 mile round trip, mostly on 35E. It took me 4 FREAKING HOURS. I was doing 35 mph on the freeway, and no one was passing me, which shows just how bad it was.