Pacific moisture will continue to bring locally heavy coastal/lower elevation rain and heavy mountain snow to the West Coast and portions of the Intermountain West through Monday. A wintry mix will create hazardous travel across the northern Plains and Upper Midwest into early Monday. Dry, gusty winds are resulting in elevated to critical fire weather in the south/central High Plains. Read More >
| Snow moved into the area late Sunday evening April 8 and continued through the early morning hours of Monday April 9. Isolated snow showers developed during the afternoon of the 9th. Accumulations across northeast Illinois and northwest Indiana ranged from 0.5" to 2.5". The snow was a higher ratio of snow-to-water, especially for April, led to the fluffy accumulations. These accumulations were almost entirely on grass, trees, and elevated surfaces, while most pavement was too warm for accumulation, though some slick spots this morning were reported (likely from melting snow refreezing). |
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| April 8-9 Snowfall Facts |
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Snow Totals
Public Information Statement National Weather Service Chicago IL 0611 PM CDT Mon Apr 09 2018 ...April 8-9 Snowfall Roundup... The following are snow amounts for the previous 24 hours as measured in the morning by NWS Cooperative Observers and CoCoRaHS observers. Observations are usually taken at 7 AM. 24-hour Snowfall Amounts for Monday(04/09/18)... Northern Illinois Snow Location (County): fall(inches) Homer Glen 1ENE (Will)........................2.8 Homewood (Cook)...............................2.5 Byron 3N (Ogle)...............................2.5 New Lenox 2SE (Will)..........................2.5 Palos Park 1SW (Cook).........................2.4 New Lenox 3E (Will)...........................2.4 Naperville 2ESE (Du Page).....................2.3 Elburn (Kane).................................2.3 Lincolnshire 1N (Lake)........................2.3 Lockport 1SE (Will)...........................2.3 Romeoville (Will).............................2.3 Coal City (Grundy)............................2.2 Plainfield 2SSE (Will)........................2.2 Downers Grove 0.4NNE (Du Page)................2.1 Naperville 1NW (Du Page)......................2.1 Peotone (Will)................................2.1 Joliet 2n (Will)..............................2.1 Peotone (Will)................................2.1 Elburn (Kane).................................2.0 De Kalb 1SW (De Kalb).........................2.0 Aurora 4SE (Du Page)..........................2.0 Lisle 1SE (Du Page)...........................2.0 Oswego 5SSE (Kendall).........................2.0 Sugar Grove 1NE (Kane)........................2.0 Geneva 4WSW (Kane)............................2.0 Batavia 2WNW (Kane)...........................2.0 Elburn (Kane).................................2.0 North Aurora 2NE (Kane).......................2.0 Geneva 1SSW (Kane)............................2.0 Buffalo Grove 2N (Lake).......................2.0 Highwood 1S (Lake)............................2.0 Manhattan 5ENE (Will).........................2.0 Manhattan 1ESE (Will).........................2.0 Wilmington 3SE (Will).........................2.0 New Lenox 4SE (Will)..........................2.0 Lake Zurich (Lake)............................2.0 Manhattan (Will)..............................2.0 Willow Springs (Cook).........................2.0 Elgin (Kane)..................................1.9 Earlville 3S (La Salle).......................1.9 Elmhurst 1ESE (Du Page).......................1.9 Montgomery 1SSE (Kendall).....................1.9 Elgin 1S (Kane)...............................1.9 Naperville 4SSW (Will)........................1.9 Mundelein (Lake)..............................1.9 Plainfield (Will).............................1.9 Botanic Gardens (Cook)........................1.8 Fox Lake 2SE (Lake)...........................1.8 Lake Villa 2WSW (Lake)........................1.8 Bull Valley 2WNW (McHenry)....................1.8 Woodstock 4SW (McHenry).......................1.8 Batavia (Kane)................................1.7 Genoa (De Kalb)...............................1.7 Worth (Cook)..................................1.7 Naperville 2ESE (Du Page).....................1.7 Aurora 4NE (Du Page)..........................1.7 Plainfield 5SW (Kendall)......................1.7 Batavia 1WNW (Kane)...........................1.7 Dixon 3NNW (Lee)..............................1.7 Huntley (McHenry).............................1.7 St. Charles 6NW (Kane)........................1.6 La Salle (La Salle)...........................1.6 Crete 3E (Will)...............................1.6 Westmont (Du Page)............................1.6 Dixon (Lee)...................................1.5 Hoffman Estates 5W (Cook).....................1.5 Bridgeview 1NNW (Cook)........................1.5 Chicago 6ESE (Cook)...........................1.5 Oak Lawn (Cook)...............................1.5 Oak Lawn 2WNW (Cook)..........................1.5 Oak Park 1NNE (Cook)..........................1.5 De Kalb (De Kalb).............................1.5 Darien (Du Page)..............................1.5 Westmont 1SSW (Du Page).......................1.5 Elmhurst (Du Page)............................1.5 Naperville 2SE (Du Page)......................1.5 Morris 6ESE (Grundy)..........................1.5 Lily Lake 2E (Kane)...........................1.5 St. Charles (Kane)............................1.5 Elgin 2W (Kane)...............................1.5 Riverwoods (Lake).............................1.5 Gurnee 2W (Lake)..............................1.5 Mundelein (Lake)..............................1.5 Machesney Park 3ENE (Winnebago)...............1.5 Park Forest (Cook)............................1.5 Woodstock 5nw (McHenry).......................1.5 De Kalb (De Kalb).............................1.4 Chicago Ridge (Cook)..........................1.4 Park Ridge (Cook).............................1.4 La Grange Park 1SSW (Cook)....................1.4 Cortland (De Kalb)............................1.4 Elmhurst 2SE (Du Page)........................1.4 Wonder Lake 1WNW (McHenry)....................1.4 Cary (McHenry)................................1.4 Rockford 1NW (Winnebago)......................1.4 Lansing (Cook)................................1.4 Mendota (La Salle)............................1.4 Yorkville 2SE (Kendall).......................1.4 Bourbonnais (Kankakee)........................1.3 Harwood Heights (Cook)........................1.3 Mount Prospect 3NE (Cook).....................1.3 Elk Grove Village 1ESE (Cook).................1.3 Peru 1ENE (La Salle)..........................1.3 Cary (McHenry)................................1.3 Momence (Kankakee)............................1.3 Crystal Lake 1WSW (McHenry)...................1.2 Oak Park 2S (Cook)............................1.2 Palatine 1NNE (Cook)..........................1.2 Park Forest 1NNE (Cook).......................1.2 Dwight 4NNW (Grundy)..........................1.2 Ottawa 2N (La Salle)..........................1.2 Roscoe 2ESE (Winnebago).......................1.2 Roscoe 2se (Winnebago)........................1.2 Coal City 4NNW (Grundy).......................1.1 Carbon Hill 3.1N (Grundy).....................1.1 Kankakee 4WNW (Kankakee)......................1.1 Belvidere (Boone).............................1.0 Chatsworth (Livingston).......................1.0 Elgin (Kane)..................................1.0 Hebron (McHenry)..............................1.0 Harvard (McHenry).............................1.0 Rogers Park 2SW (Cook)........................1.0 Somonauk 2NE (De Kalb)........................1.0 Glen Ellyn 1WSW (Du Page).....................1.0 Roselle 1ESE (Du Page)........................1.0 Mazon 0.5ENE (Grundy).........................1.0 Herscher 3E (Kankakee)........................1.0 Sterling 4NE (Lee)............................1.0 Seneca 2SSW (La Salle)........................1.0 Sheridan 3SSE (La Salle)......................1.0 Chatsworth (Livingston).......................1.0 Algonquin 1N (McHenry)........................1.0 Rockford 2ENE (Winnebago).....................1.0 Midway Coop (Cook)............................1.0 Morris (Grundy)...............................1.0 Ottawa (La Salle).............................1.0 Paxton (Ford).................................1.0 St Anne (Kankakee)............................1.0 Park Ridge 1WNW (Cook)........................0.9 Countryside 1ENE (Cook).......................0.9 Waukegan 2N (Lake)............................0.9 Elk Grove Village 2WSW (Cook).................0.8 Watseka 6.9WNW (Iroquois).....................0.8 Bonfield 4WSW (Kankakee)......................0.8 Lake Villa 1SSW (Lake)........................0.8 Schaumburg 2E (Cook)..........................0.7 Wheaton 2NNE (Du Page)........................0.7 Ashkum 5.6E (Iroquois)........................0.6 Ashton (Lee)..................................0.6 Streator 4ENE (La Salle)......................0.6 Steward (Lee).................................0.6 Dwight (Livingston)...........................0.5 Capron (Boone)................................0.5 Winnetka 1ESE (Cook)..........................0.5 Glen Ellyn 2SSE (Du Page).....................0.5 Paxton (Ford).................................0.5 Kankakee (Kankakee)...........................0.5 Streator (Livingston).........................0.5 McHenry (McHenry).............................0.2 Barrington (Lake).............................0.1 Marseilles (La Salle).........................0.1 Rochelle (Ogle)...............................0.1 Northwest Indiana Snow Location (County): fall(inches) Lake Village (Newton).........................2.1 Wheatfield 3S (Jasper)........................2.0 De Motte 4SW (Jasper).........................2.0 (w9mal)Merrillville 2NNW (Lake)...............2.0 Remington (Jasper)............................1.9 Munster 2NNW (Lake)...........................1.7 Mount Ayr 2NNE (Newton).......................1.7 Hebron 4NE (Porter)...........................1.7 Dyer 1WNW (Lake)..............................1.6 Lakes Of The Four Seasons 2NNE (Porter).......1.6 De Motte 6S (Jasper)..........................1.5 Crown Point 2WSW (Lake).......................1.5 (kb9f)Valparaiso 4S (Porter)..................1.5 Valparaiso 2WNW (Porter)......................1.5 Valparaiso 6WSW (Porter)......................1.5 Chesterton 4E (Porter)........................1.5 Rensselaer (Jasper)...........................1.4 De Motte 1NNW (Jasper)........................1.3 Kentland (Newton).............................1.2 Valparaiso 2NW (Porter).......................1.1 (w9opr)Wheatfield 1ENE (Jasper)...............1.0 Valparaiso 6SSW (Porter)......................1.0 Valparaiso 4SW (Porter).......................1.0 Portage 1ESE (Porter).........................1.0 Porter 1S (Porter)............................1.0 Morocco (Newton)..............................1.0 St. John (Lake)...............................0.6 Crown Point (Lake)............................0.5 Crown Point 1N (Lake).........................0.5 Hebron 1NE (Porter)...........................0.5 Portage 3E (Porter)...........................0.5 Valparaiso 2WSW (Porter)....................TRACE Valparaiso 1SE (Porter).....................TRACE
Storm Reports
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
552 PM CDT MON APR 09 2018
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1124 AM SNOW OHARE AIRPORT 41.98N 87.90W
04/09/2018 M2.0 INCH COOK IL OFFICIAL NWS OBS
STORM TOTAL
1102 AM SNOW 3 SW MIDWAY AIRPORT 41.75N 87.79W
04/09/2018 M1.5 INCH COOK IL CO-OP OBSERVER
STORM TOTAL. WATER EQUIVALENT 0.12.
0800 AM SNOW 3 S EARLVILLE 41.55N 88.92W
04/09/2018 M1.9 INCH LA SALLE IL CO-OP OBSERVER
0800 AM SNOW DIXON 41.85N 89.48W
04/09/2018 M1.5 INCH LEE IL CO-OP OBSERVER
0800 AM SNOW 3 S WHEATFIELD 41.15N 87.05W
04/09/2018 M0.0 INCH JASPER IN COCORAHS
0800 AM SNOW 3 ESE NAPERVILLE 41.75N 88.10W
04/09/2018 M2.3 INCH DUPAGE IL COCORAHS
0800 AM SNOW 3 N UNION 42.28N 88.54W
04/09/2018 M1.1 INCH MCHENRY IL PUBLIC
EVENT TOTAL SO FAR RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.
0800 AM SNOW LOMBARD 41.87N 88.01W
04/09/2018 E1.5 INCH DUPAGE IL BROADCAST MEDIA
ESTIMATED EVENT TOTAL SO FAR RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.
0800 AM SNOW WILLOW SPRINGS 41.73N 87.88W
04/09/2018 M2.0 INCH COOK IL CO-OP OBSERVER
0800 AM SNOW 2 NE NORTHBROOK 42.15N 87.81W
04/09/2018 M1.8 INCH COOK IL CO-OP OBSERVER
0800 AM SNOW RENSSELAER 40.94N 87.15W
04/09/2018 M1.4 INCH JASPER IN CO-OP OBSERVER
0800 AM SNOW PEOTONE 41.33N 87.80W
04/09/2018 M2.1 INCH WILL IL CO-OP OBSERVER
0800 AM SNOW 3 N BYRON 42.17N 89.26W
04/09/2018 M2.5 INCH OGLE IL COCORAHS
0800 AM SNOW CHATSWORTH 40.75N 88.29W
04/09/2018 M1.0 INCH LIVINGSTON IL CO-OP OBSERVER
0800 AM SNOW HAZEL CREST 41.57N 87.69W
04/09/2018 M2.5 INCH COOK IL TRAINED SPOTTER
EVENT TOTAL SO FAR RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.
0800 AM SNOW MENDOTA 41.55N 89.12W
04/09/2018 M1.4 INCH LA SALLE IL CO-OP OBSERVER
0800 AM SNOW LAKE ZURICH 42.19N 88.09W
04/09/2018 M2.0 INCH LAKE IL CO-OP OBSERVER
0720 AM SNOW EVANSTON 42.05N 87.69W
04/09/2018 M1.2 INCH COOK IL BROADCAST MEDIA
0700 AM SNOW 1 N MARENGO 42.26N 88.60W
04/09/2018 M1.5 INCH MCHENRY IL COCORAHS
TOTAL SO FAR.
0700 AM SNOW ROMEOVILLE 41.65N 88.09W
04/09/2018 M2.3 INCH WILL IL OFFICIAL NWS OBS
EVENT TOTAL SO FAR AT NWS CHICAGO.
0700 AM SNOW 2 N JOLIET 41.56N 88.12W
04/09/2018 M2.1 INCH WILL IL CO-OP OBSERVER
SUPPLEMENTAL COOP OBSERVER AND RETIRED NWS EMPLOYEE.
0655 AM SNOW ROCKFORD AIRPORT 42.20N 89.10W
04/09/2018 M1.8 INCH WINNEBAGO IL OFFICIAL NWS OBS
0600 AM SNOW SOMONAUK 41.63N 88.68W
04/09/2018 M1.6 INCH DE KALB IL TRAINED SPOTTER
RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. ACCUMULATION ON GRASSY
SURFACES.
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| NWS Chicago | Lincoln Park, photo courtesy of Christian Lyon. | Millenium Park in Chicago, photo courtesy of Hugo Lannes. |
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