Stacey Wescott, baiduhaiJackie Johnson, of Elgin, shovels her driveway along East Chicago Street in Elgin on Feb. 1, 2015. Johnson, a native of northern Minnesota, loves to shovel snow but worries that with her age and the weight of the snow this could be "heart attack snow".
Nancy Stone/baiduhaiChristopher Umana, left, of Burbank Calif., his cousin, Iboro Umana, center, a student at University of Chicago, and Jasmine Roy, of Burbank, take to the ice at Maggie Daley Park on Sunday, Jan. 4, 2015. For Christopher and Jasmine it is their first time seeing snow.
Nancy Stone/baiduhaiJenniffer trudges through the snow to take her daughter, Cora, 2, to a sledding hill in Horner Park in Chicago on Feb. 1.
Nancy Stone, baiduhaiDebby and Garry Eades walk their dogs, Rascal and Koko, through the snow on the North Side on Feb. 1, 2015.
Chuck Berman/baiduhaiLight snowfall Sunday, Jan. 4, 2015, heralds the predicted frigid temperatures and storms in the days ahead.
Nancy Stone, baiduhaiLisa Snow shovels the sidewalk outside her North Side home on Feb. 1, 2015.
Stacey Wescott, baiduhaiA man shovels snow along Highland Avenue Mark in Elgin on Feb. 1, 2015.
Nuccio DiNuzzo/baiduhaiEastbound traffic on I-94 moves slowly during a snowy Monday night in Chicago.
Nancy Stone, baiduhaiAlejandro Stochetti heaves his son Lorenzo, 2, in his stroller through the snow on Stockton Drive in Chicago.
Jose M. Osorio, baiduhaiA jogger braves the cold along the lakefront at North Avenue Beach in Chicago on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015.
Chuck Berman, baiduhaiMallards bob in the frigid Fox River in Batavia looking for food on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015.
Chuck Berman, baiduhaiJasmine Zhang, a tourist from Shanghai, uses an umbrella and face mask as she trudges through the snow near the Michigan Avenue bridge.
Zbigniew Bzdak, baiduhaiDaniel Wishart, 25, runs along the Lakefront Trail near Shedd Aquarium on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015, in Chicago.
Nancy Stone, baiduhaiDavid Cislinski, whose car was buried in snow on Stockton Drive in Chicago, tries to shovel out despite high winds and blowing snow on Feb. 1, 2015.
Stacey Wescott, baiduhaiA man walks along Spring Street in Elgin on Feb. 1, 2015.
Stacey Wescott, baiduhaiPeople ride the chair lift at Villa Olivia in Bartlett on Feb. 1, 2015. Villa Olivia is part of the Bartlett Park District and offers skiing, snowboarding and tubing.
Anthony Souffle, baiduhaiStudents returning to school are helped from their car by director Joanne Tanner at Uno Carlos Fuentes Charter School in Chicago on Friday, Jan. 9, 2015. Students were off for two days because of extreme cold weather.
Nancy Stone/baiduhaiA fashionable snowman was created by a Brazilian who had never seen snow before this week. Despite warnings that the snow wasn't good yet for sculpting, he managed to create a fine snowman in Rogers Park.
Jose M. Osorio, baiduhaiCommuters wait to cross West Madison Street on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015, near Union Station.
Jose M. Osorio, baiduhaiA pedestrian passes three ice cairns on the sidewalk along the 1800 block of West Armitage Avenue in Chicago on Jan. 14, 2015.
Michael Tercha, baiduhaiPeople brace themselves against blowing snow at Milwaukee and California avenues.
Nancy Stone/baiduhaiJoyce Lewis of Houston gets ready to throw a snowball as her granddaughter Mia Lewis, 5, readies a snowball of her own in Chicago on Sunday, Jan. 4, 2015. The Lewis family lives in Houston, and Matt, 8, and Mia, 5, were seeing their first-ever snowfall.
Brian Cassella, baiduhaiParents and children leave after the Sunday afternoon performance of Disney's "Frozen on Ice" at the United Center in the middle of the snowstorm Feb. 1, 2015.
Nuccio DiNuzzo, baiduhaiPedestrians on State Street take photos in front of the ABC studio, where a weather map displays the expected snowfall in the Chicago area.
Michael Tercha, baiduhaiCrews clear snow from the CTA California Blue Line station at California and Milwaukee avenues.
Brian Cassella, baiduhaiBrian Kammerzelt photographs waves crashing in Lake Michigan near North Avenue Beach on Feb. 1, 2015.
Jose M. Osorio/baiduhaiA Metra conductor watches commuters board an outbound Metra train at the Western Avenue stop.
Chuck Berman, baiduhaiMorning Metra riders brave the bitter cold on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015, at the Oak Park station.
Nancy Stone, baiduhaiRunners jog through Lincoln Park on Feb. 1, 2015, during a heavy snowfall.
Michael Tercha, baiduhaiPeople walk to the CTA California Blue Line station at California and Milwaukee avenues.
Nancy Stone/baiduhaiBalls of ice grow larger at the beach behind Loyola University as waves break over them and temperatures continue to fall Jan. 5, 2015.
Stacey Wescott, baiduhaiMark Springhorn plows out a municipal parking lot in Elgin on Feb. 1, 2015.
Nancy Stone, baiduhaiJenniffer and Scott take their daughters, Hazel, 3, left, and Cora, 2, down Montrose to Horner Park in Chicago to go sledding.
Chuck Berman, baiduhaiPedestrians cross a snow-covered Michigan Avenue near the bridge over the Chicago River on Feb. 1, 2015.
Michael Tercha, baiduhaiChildren and adults sled in Humboldt Park off Kedzie Avenue near North Avenue on Feb. 1, 2015.
Jose M. Osorio/baiduhaiSteam rises from the Chicago River seen here from the North Avenue bridge on a cold and brisk Monday morning.
Michael Tercha/baiduhaiPeople walk their dogs as the sun rises over Humboldt Park on Jan. 6, 2015.
Zbigniew Bzdak, baiduhaiWaterfowl float on sheets of ice on Lake Michigan near the Museum Campus in Chicago as temperatures hit single-digits on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015.
Antonio Perez, baiduhaiA person captures a picture along the icy Chicago River near Michigan Avenue.
Chuck Berman, baiduhaiJasmine Zhang, a tourist from Shanghai, trudges through the snow near the Michigan Avenue bridge.
Mike Mantucca/The Beacon-NewsAurora residents sled at Phillips Park in Aurora on Feb. 1.
Nancy Stone, baiduhaiThe Chicago River at Montrose Avenue is shrouded in fog and trees are weighed down with snow.
Gary Middendorf, Daily SouthtownMike Schmitt, left, and his son Julian, 12, help shovel a neighbor's sidewalk in Blue Island.
Stacey Wescott/baiduhaiAlex Traut, 16, of Carpentersville goes over a jump at Raging Buffalo Snowboard and Ski Park in Algonquin on Sunday, Jan. 4, 2015.
Michael Tercha/baiduhaiCommuters dressed for the cold leave Union Station in Chicago on Monday, Jan. 5, 2015.
Michael Tercha, baiduhaiMany flights are canceled at O'Hare International Airport on Feb. 1, 2015, as wind-blown snow blankets the area.
E. Jason Wambsgans, baiduhaiCommuters scurry through the cold near the Ogilvie Transportation Center in downtown Chicago on their way home on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015.
Michael Tercha, baiduhaiJaime Medina, 69, digs into about 14 inches of drifted snow at his front gate on Kedzie Avenue near North Avenue on Feb. 1, 2015.
E. Jason Wambsgans, baiduhaiPlumes of smoke rise above homes Wednesday in the West Lakeview neighborhood of Chicago.
Zbigniew Bzdak, baiduhaiFrost on a window at the Shedd Aquarium frames the Chicago skyline on Wednesday, Jan 7, 2015.
Gary Middendorf, Daily SouthtownJames Fuller of Blue Island takes a photo his son, James, 7, on his sled on Feb. 1, 2015.
Anthony Souffle, baiduhaiStudents and parents walk through the snow on their return to Uno Carlos Fuentes Charter School in Chicago on Friday, Jan. 9, 2015. Many schools closed for two days because of frigid weather conditions.
Nancy Stone/baiduhaiColin Flaherty, 5 of Chicago stalks one of his older brothers with two snowballs as they play in Maggie Daley Park on Sunday, Jan. 4, 2015.
Zbigniew Bzdak/baiduhaiChairs mark parking spots as dibs makes its 2015 debut near 24th Place and Princetown Avenue in Chicago's Chinatown neighborhood in advance of a predicted snowstorm.
Jose M. Osorio, baiduhaiA pedestrian crosses North Clinton Street at West Washington Boulevard in Chicago on a frosty Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015.
Michael Tercha, baiduhaiMatthew Richards, 49, of Naperville, waits at the crosswalk on Adams and Franklin streets in Chicago on a chilly morning commute Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015.
Brian Cassella, baiduhaiStacy Minjares waits at a Gold Coast bus stop along Inner Lake Shore Drive during a blizzard Feb. 1, 2015.
Zbigniew Bzdak, baiduhaiRastlen Campbell and Crystal Wilson, students at Homewood-Flossmoor High School, walk home along Kedzie Avenue in Homewood in blizzard-like conditions on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015.
Jose M. Osorio, baiduhaiCommuters wait for a CTA bus at North Milwaukee and North Ashland avenues in Chicago on a frigid Jan. 14, 2015.
Nancy Stone, baiduhaiJames Salo of Chicago, who will participate in the Birkebeiner cross country ski race in Wisconsin in a few weeks, practices in Lincoln Park.
Zbigniew Bzdak, baiduhaiZack Day and his son Sam, 3, built a giant snowman in their yard in Flossmoor.
Nancy Stone, baiduhaiScrappy the silky terrier leaps over the snow as he frolics in Lincoln Park on Feb. 1, 2015.
Michael Tercha/baiduhaiLloyd Peterson, 4, and his sister Edith Peterson, 6, sled in Humboldt Park on Sunday, Jan. 4, 2015, during the first significant snowfall of the season in Chicago.
Stacey Wescott, baiduhaiA car travels northbound on Route 59 in Streamwood during blizzard-like conditions Feb. 1, 2015.
Chuck Berman/baiduhaiSomeone provided a scarf for one of the figures in the Veterans Valor statue in downtown Naperville. The statue honors the heroism of five local World War II veterans who returned home.
Jose M. Osorio/baiduhaiSteam rises along the Chicago River near the North Avenue bridge in Chicago on Monday, Jan. 5, 2015.
Jose M. Osorio, baiduhaiA Metra train passes over gas flames on the tracks at Western and Grand avenues in Chicago on a frigid Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015.
Anthony Souffle, baiduhaiA couple crosses over West Belmont Avenue after several inches of snow fell Feb. 1, 2015, in the Avondale neighborhood.
Michael Tercha, baiduhaiJose Baress, 55, clears snow and ice from his car on Chestnut and Noble streets near Eckhart Park on Jan. 12, 2015.
Jose M. Osorio/baiduhaiIcicles form on the railings of the North Avenue bridge in Chicago on a cold Monday, Jan. 5.
Antonio Perez, baiduhaiAriel Rodriguez, 12, front, and her sister Emily, 9, get a push from their father, Osmar, on a deserted hill at Humboldt Park in Chicago on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015.
Chuck Berman/baiduhaiA man uses an umbrella for protection from snow and wind as he crosses Chicago's Michigan Avenue bridge during a light snow Sunday, Jan. 4, 2015.
Terrence Antonio James, baiduhaiA cyclist rides east on 18th Street in Chicago, as snow and frigid temperatures gripped the city Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015.
Nancy Stone, baiduhaiKaterin, 11, buries her father, Francisco, in snow at Horner Park.
Chuck Berman, baiduhaiThe bust of Jean Baptiste Pointe DuSable is highlighted in snow near the Michigan Avenue bridge on Feb. 1.
Zbigniew Bzdak, baiduhaiVisitors walk to the Shedd Aquarium during a very cold day in Chicago on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015.
Mike Mantucca, The Beacon-NewsA snowplow clears the streets of downtown Aurora on Feb. 1.
Michael Tercha, baiduhaiCommuters wait at the crosswalk on Adams Street and Wacker Drive on a frigid Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015.
Chuck Berman/baiduhaiA woman covers her mouth with her gloved hand trudging along Oak Park Avenue in Oak Park on Jan. 5, 2015.
Brian Cassella, baiduhaiParents and children depart an afternoon performance of Disney's Frozen on Ice at the United Ceinter, in the middle of a snow storm Feb. 1, 2015.
Michael Tercha, baiduhaiA bike is covered in snow on California and Milwaukee avenues on Feb. 1, 2015.
Michael Tercha/baiduhaiAllison Huber, 26, clears snow off her car Tuesday on North and Claremont avenues in Wicker Park after about 2 inches of snow blanketed Chicago overnight.
Geoff Ziezulewicz, baiduhaiChildren, many in costume under their winter coats, brave the blizzard conditions to see Disney on Ice presents "Frozen" at the United Center on Feb. 1, 2015.
Stacey Wescott/baiduhaiEric Gronneberg, 23, from Helena, Mont., is covered in snow as he rides the tow rope at Raging Buffalo Snowboard and Ski Park in Algonquin on Sunday, Jan. 4, 2015.
Nancy Stone/baiduhaiThe beach behind Loyola University in Chicago is a mix of ice, snow and steam after temperatures dropped below zero on Jan. 5, 2015.
Michael Tercha/baiduhaiA commuter in the Loop protects his nose from the cold on Monday, Jan. 5, 2015.
Terrence Antonio James/baiduhaiA Metra train at the Western Avenue station in Chicago where flames heat the switches as temperatures hovered in the single digits on Monday, Jan. 5, 2015.
Zbigniew Bzdak/baiduhaiA nearby building is reflected in the salted sidewalk in the Trump Tower plaza in Chicago on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015.
Zbigniew Bzdak/baiduhaiA woman dashes across the Wabash Avenue Bridge in downtown Chicago as temperatures hover in the single digits on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015.
Nancy Stone/baiduhaiA happy pooch leaps through the air as it runs along the snowy lakefront around Foster Avenue in Chicago on Sunday, Jan. 4, 2015.
Chuck Berman/baiduhaiBryan Donkin of Naperville gets lost in the plume of snow arcing out of his snowblower as he clears his 95-year-old grandmother's walkways on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015.
Nancy Stone, baiduhaiCousins Nate Frigo, 13, left, and Xavier Delgado, 13, look for shoveling jobs in their Bridgeport neighborhood on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015. The Healy Elementary School students said they were trying to make money to buy Nike shoes. So far they had made $15 between the two of them.
Stacey Wescott/baiduhaiZac Brooks of Huntley is covered in snow as he rides the tow rope Sunday, Jan. 4, 2015, at Raging Buffalo Snowboard and Ski Park in Algonquin.
Michael Tercha/baiduhaiCommuters brace for the cold as they wait for the bus on Adams and Canal streets Monday, Jan. 5, 2015, in Chicago.
Antonio Perez, baiduhaiA woman shields herself with a jacket as she makes her way across an overpass along Wentworth Avenue in Chicago's Armour Square community Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015.
Jose M. Osorio/baiduhaiAn inbound Metra train moves past the gas flame switch heaters at the Metra stop at Western and Grand avenues.
Mike Mantucca/The Beacon-NewsCars make their way through the snow and high winds on New York Street in Aurora on Feb. 1.
Nancy Stone/baiduhaiA woman walks past a frost-covered window on Clark Street in the Andersonville neighborhood of Chicago on Jan. 5, 2015.
Nuccio DiNuzzo/baiduhaiDrivers navigate dangerous conditions on Halsted Street in Greektown on Monday night.
Jose M. Osorio/baiduhaiBicyclists ride near Sheffield Avenue and Addison Street, close to the renovation work at Wrigley Field.
Michael Tercha, baiduhaiA couple walks along Humboldt Park on California Avenue near North Avenue on Feb. 1, 2015.
E. Jason Wambsgans, baiduhaiDavid Altenburg starts his commute home to Logan Square from his job in the West Loop on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015.
Zbigniew Bzdak/baiduhaiSome pedestrians dress for the cold weather, others choose to go hatless in downtown Chicago on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015.
Brian Cassella, baiduhai
Stacey Wescott/baiduhaiAdam Perkins, of West Dundee, scrapes snow off of his car before heading to work in West Dundee on Jan. 6, 2015.
Nancy Stone/baiduhaiA line of cold pedestrians wait to board a bus near the Loyola University campus in Chicago. Temperatures dropped below zero during the morning, Lake Michigan steamed and people did their best to stay warm.
Gary Middendorf, Daily SouthtownSnow-covered trees and streets made for a beautiful scene as long as you didn't need to commute. Many plows waited for the snow to let up before plowing in Blue Island.
Anthony Souffle, baiduhaiA man walks down a snow-covered street after several inches fell Feb. 1, 2015, in the Avondale neighborhood.
Terrence Antonio James, baiduhaiMetra trains idle on the near South Side of Chicago as snow shrouds the Willis Tower and frigid temperatures grip the city Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015.
Gary Middendorf, Daily SouthtownMarco, 5, and his sister Vivi, 8, watch their dad Marcus Berrera clear off their sidewalk in Alsip.
Antonio Perez, baiduhaiJanali Rodriguez, 10, from left, and her sisters Ariel, 12, and Emily, 9, carry their toboggan back up the hill as they play in the cold and snow at Humboldt Park in Chicago on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015.
Nancy Stone, baiduhaiJenniffer and Scott with their daughter Hazel, 3, slide down a hill in Horner Park in Chicago.
Michael Tercha, baiduhaiCommuters cross a windy Wacker Drive on a chilly morning commute in Chicago on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015.
Gary Middendorf, Daily SouthtownOlu Olutunfese tries to get his daughter, Tiyin, going while sledding in the deep snow on Feb. 1.
Antonio Perez, baiduhaiA pedestrian braves the cold, wind and snow while walking along Wentworth Avenue in Chicago's Chinatown neighborhood Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015.
Chuck Berman, baiduhaiSt. Luke Evangelical Lutheran Church in Glen Ellyn uses humor toward the frigid weather in a message Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015.
Anthony Souffle, baiduhaiThe normally popular Cloud Gate sculpture, with a cap of snow and ice, in Millennium Park is nearly deserted because of cold weather Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015.
Jose M. Osorio/baiduhaiA pedestrian walks along a snow-covered North Avenue bridge in Chicago on a cold Monday.
Nancy Stone/baiduhaiLucas Poorman, 8, carries a container of salt to the counter at Stauber Hardware on Lincoln Avenue. Temperatures dropped below zero Monday morning and people ran to stores to buy salt, snow shovels, space heaters and other supplies.
Antonio Perez, baiduhaiGulls stick close together at Montrose Beach in Chicago on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015.
Michael Tercha/baiduhaiEdith Peterson, 6, left, and her brother Lloyd Peterson, 4, make snow angels in Humboldt Park on Sunday, Jan. 4, 2015, during the first significant snowfall of the season in Chicago.
Chuck Berman, baiduhaiDepartment of Transportation workers salt the Michigan Avenue bridge on Feb. 1, 2015.
Jose M. Osorio / TNSCommuters walk south bound on North Damen Avenue at the intersection with North Milwaukee at West North Avenues on a cold and brisk Monday morning.
Chuck Berman/baiduhaiWith the arrival of temperatures in the single digits, several thousand Canada geese curl into themselves to stay warm on frozen Round Meadow Lake at the Hidden Lake Forest Preserve.
Michael Tercha, baiduhaiChristie Capshaw runs across North Avenue at California Avenue with her son James, 5, from left, neighbor Sebastian, 4, and son William, 1.
Zbigniew Bzdak, baiduhaiYoungsters make their way through the snow Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015, in the Washington Park neighborhood.
John J. Kim, baiduhaiA woman stands inside a bus shelter in the 300 block of North Michigan Avenue in Chicago on Jan. 8, 2015. Frigid temperatures gripped the city most of the week.
Nuccio DiNuzzo, baiduhaiA city of Chicago salt truck leaves the loading facility.
Jose M. Osorio, baiduhaiThe Chicago skyline with an icy breakwater can be seen from North Avenue Beach in Chicago on a frigid Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015.
Michael Tercha/baiduhaiWind blows snow from the roof of the elevated CTA Roosevelt station on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015.
Nancy Stone, baiduhaiPedestrians walk down the street on Broadway in Chicago since the sidewalks are covered in snow.
Nancy Stone/baiduhaiA bundled pedestrian walks past a mural on the front of the Violet Hour, a bar n Damen Avenue in Chicago's Wicker Park neighborhood.
Michael Tercha, baiduhaiSnow blankets the intersection of Milwaukee and California avenues.
Mike Mantucca, The Beacon-News
Nancy Stone/baiduhaiRoad crews salt the Michigan Avenue bridge Sunday, Dec. 4, 2015, in anticipation of more snow and cold.
Stacey Wescott, baiduhai
1 of 135
Jackie Johnson, of Elgin, shovels her driveway along East Chicago Street in Elgin on Feb. 1, 2015. Johnson, a native of northern Minnesota, loves to shovel snow but worries that with her age and the weight of the snow this could be "heart attack snow".
Expand
By Michelle Manchir and Gregory Royal Pratt | [email protected]
More Top Picks Best Speed Boats For Kids
| baiduhaiPUBLISHED: | UPDATED:
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
A major weekend snowstorm threatened to deflate Chicagoans’ Super Bowl plans.
Snow started falling late Saturday evening, and up to 14 inches of snow and wind gusts as high as 40 mph are expected in some parts of the Chicago metropolitan area through Monday morning as the region remains under a winter storm warning, according to weather service meteorologist Amy Seeley.
Residents near O’Hare International Airport could wake up to 7 inches of snow by 6 a.m. Sunday and see about 10 inches by noon, Seeley said.
Decreased visibility and snow-covered roads mean Super Bowl partygoers may want to think twice before hitting the roadways for the 5:30 p.m. kickoff.
Illinois State Police officials covering Will, Grundy, and Kendall counties issued a recommendation late Saturday against travel through Sunday evening, warning that “treacherous weather and road conditions are expected to pose a significant threat to motorists.”
Like January, February is expected to start with below-average low temperatures, with highs in the teens through much of the week, weather service meteorologist Ricky Castro said. Any snow on the ground will help keep it especially cold, he said.
By Jan. 31, 2014, the city had endured 48.6 inches of snow. So far this season, 15.5 inches have been recorded.
Going into February 2013, Chicagoans had seen only 3.5 inches of snow, Castro recalled. Then in February and March of that year, about 27 inches of snow fell.
“We have a lot of winter left,” Castro said.