Sledders head to the top of the hill at Barrie Park on Nov. 30, 2025, in Oak Park after the region recorded over 8 inches of snow. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
Grant Inglis, 12, gets covered in snow while shaking off Christmas trees with Trent Modglin on Dec. 7, 2025, at Centennial Park in Park Ridge. The Wilderness Scouts and Princesses run the lot annually to sell trees for charity. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
People walk through the snow along North Michigan Avenue as a winter storm passes through the area on Nov. 29, 2025, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)
Tracy Hansen, manager at Mano a Mano Italian restaurant, decorates the entrance with holiday-themed stickers in the 2500 block of North Milwaukee Avenue on Nov. 29, 2025, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)
People walk through fresh snow on Dec. 7, 2025, in Oak Park. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
A worker scoops snow off the sidewalk in the 1500 block of North Milwaukee Avenue on Nov. 29, 2025, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)
Sledders fly down a hill at Barrie Park on Nov. 30, 2025, in Oak Park after the region recorded over 8 inches of snow. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
A woman exits a gate adorned with snow-covered holiday decorations in the 2700 block of North Artesian Avenue on Nov. 29, 2025, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)
Sledders take off from the top of the hill at Barrie Park on Nov. 30, 2025, in Oak Park after the region recorded over 8 inches of snow. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
People cross the bridge from Maggie Daley Park on Nov. 30, 2025, after Chicago recorded over 8 inches of snow. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
People walk through fresh flurries along West 18th Street in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood on Nov. 30, 2025, after the city recorded over 8 inches of snow. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
Henry Leman, 8, throws a snowball at his dad during a winter storm Nov. 29, 2025, in Wheaton. (Dominic Di Palermo/baiduhai)
Trey Stewart surfs under a rising supermoon at Montrose Beach on Dec. 4, 2025, in Chicago. The air temperature at the time was 17 degrees. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)
People are reflected in a mirrored mosaic while walking through the snow in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood on Nov. 30, 2025, after the city recorded over 8 inches of snow. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
People make a snowman in Chicago’s Grant Park on Nov. 30, 2025, after the city recorded over 8 inches of snow. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
People ice skate in Millennium Park on Nov. 30, 2025, after Chicago recorded over 8 inches of snow. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
A man rides a Divvy bike through fresh flurries along West 18th Street in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood, Nov. 30, 2025, after the city recorded over 8 inches of snow. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
DuSable Lake Shore Drive is plowed and clear on Nov. 30, 2025, after Chicago recorded over 8 inches of snow. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
Kids sled together at Barrie Park on Nov. 30, 2025, in Oak Park after the region recorded over 8 inches of snow. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
People walk through slush along West 18th Street in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood on Nov. 30, 2025, after the city recorded over 8 inches of snow. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
People walk along West 18th Street in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood on Nov. 30, 2025, after the city recorded over 8 inches of snow. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
People walk through Chicago’s Grant Park on Nov. 30, 2025, after the city recorded over 8 inches of snow. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
Snow covers Cloud Gate in Millennium Park on Nov. 30, 2025, after Chicago recorded over 8 inches of snow. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
A person walks around Buckingham Fountain in Grant Park on Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025, after Chicago recorded over 8 inches of snow. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
Sledders climb to the top of the hill at Barrie Park on Nov. 30, 2025, in Oak Park after the region recorded over 8 inches of snow. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
Sledders head to the top of the hill at Barrie Park on Nov. 30, 2025, in Oak Park after the region recorded over 8 inches of snow. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
Kids line up to sled down a hill at Barrie Park on Nov. 30, 2025, in Oak Park after the region recorded over 8 inches of snow. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
A sledder catches air off a ramp on a hill at Barrie Park on Nov. 30, 2025, in Oak Park after the region recorded over 8 inches of snow. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
A woman catches snowflakes with her tongue while walking in the 1600 block of North Milwaukee Avenue on Nov. 29, 2025, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)
People walk through the snow along North Michigan Avenue as a winter storm passes through the area on Nov. 29, 2025, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)
A CTA Red Line train arrives at the Lawrence station in the snow as a winter storm passes through the area on Nov. 29, 2025, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)
A person walks through the snow along North Michigan Avenue as a winter storm passes through the area on Nov. 29, 2025, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)
People cross the intersection of North and Damen Avenues, Nov. 29, 2025, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)
A woman pulls a cart of items through the snow in the 2200 block of North California Avenue, Nov. 29, 2025, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)
Snow is moved from piles into a giant melter at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport as a storm rolls through the area on Nov. 29, 2025. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)
Henry Leman, 8, throws a snowball at his mom, Caitlin Leman, during a winter storm on Nov. 29, 2025, in Wheaton. (Dominic Di Palermo/baiduhai)
A man shovels out his vehicle in the 2700 block of North Artesian Avenue, Nov. 29, 2025, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)
A woman walks around her vehicle after cleaning snow off the windows and wiper blades, in Berwyn, Nov. 29, 2025, as cold and snow make for slippery streets during the start of a winter storm in Chicagoland. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)
Participants in the Naperville Run Company’s “Small Biz Saturday 25th Anniversary Fun Run + Walk” run near the Riverwalk on Jackson Avenue during a winter storm on Nov. 29, 2025, in downtown Naperville. (Dominic Di Palermo/baiduhai)
A man clears snow from hedges while shoveling in the 2800 block of North Campbell Avenue, Nov. 29, 2025, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)
A child's battery-powered vehicle is locked to a pole as a motorist clears snow from her vehicle in the 2700 block of North Milwaukee Avenue, Nov. 29, 2025, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)
A worker clears snow from the sidewalk as a person walks past in the 2600 block of North Milwaukee Avenue, Nov. 29, 2025, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)
Three people walk in the snow in the 2200 block of North Milwaukee Avenue, Nov. 29, 2025, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)
Djuna Williams, of Melrose Park, a librarian at the Naperville Public Library, shovels the walkway in front of the library's entrance during a winter storm on Nov. 29, 2025. “My co-worker should get in about 8:30. I’ll give him the other side of the building,” Williams said. “Sharing is caring.” (Dominic Di Palermo/baiduhai)
A taxi heads outbound on the Kennedy Expressway in the snow near the Diversey Avenue off-ramp on Nov. 29, 2025, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)
Light traffic moves through the Kennedy Expressway in the snow near the Diversey Avenue off-ramp on Nov. 29, 2025, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)
A woman walks alongside footprints in the snow in the 1500 block of North Damen Avenue, Nov. 29, 2025, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)
A man darts across the 2000 block of West North Avenue, Nov. 29, 2025, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)
A fallen bicycle is covered in snow in the 2700 block of North Milwaukee Avenue, Nov. 29, 2025, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)
Jaclyn Buckreis pushes her son Tyler, 12, down Sled Hill in Riverwalk Park during a winter storm on Nov. 29, 2025, in Naperville. (Dominic Di Palermo/baiduhai)
A CTA Blue Line train approaches the Damen station on Nov. 29, 2025, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)
Kerry Couch enters Cafe Mustache after shoveling snow off the storefront sidewalk in the 2300 block of North Milwaukee Avenue, Nov. 29, 2025, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)
Tyler Buckreis, 12, of Naperville, walks back up Sled Hill in Riverwalk Park during a winter storm on Nov. 29, 2025, in Naperville. (Dominic Di Palermo/baiduhai)
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Sledders head to the top of the hill at Barrie Park on Nov. 30, 2025, in Oak Park after the region recorded over 8 inches of snow. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
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