Bomb cyclone brings blizzards to the Midwest before turning east By Leah Willingham December 29, 2025 at 3:13 p.m. A strengthening bomb cyclone barreled across the northern U.S. on Monday, unleashing severe winter weather...
How bomb cyclones form and create dangerous conditions By Isabella O'Malley December 29, 2025 at 2:29 p.m. When turbulent weather with whipping winds and heavy snow is in the forecast, meteorologists sometimes...
Chicago’s Christmas weather: The warmest and coldest since 1872 By Kori Rumore December 29, 2025 at 10:12 a.m. There are at least three instances in the past 150 years when opposing temperature extremes...
As severe weather threat ends, temperature plummets and wind increases in Chicago By Andrew Carter December 28, 2025 at 7:36 p.m. The National Weather Service on Sunday warned of an incoming cold front and possible wind...
A winter storm threatens to bring blizzards and ice to parts of the US, hampering holiday travel By Leah Willingham December 28, 2025 at 9:07 a.m. A powerful winter storm was sweeping east from the Plains on Sunday, driven by what...
Winter storm snarls US holiday travel across Northeast and Great Lakes By Leah Willingham December 27, 2025 at 11:55 a.m. At least 1,500 flights were canceled from Friday night, according to flight-tracking service FlightAware.
California’s intense winter storms turned some roads into rivers of mud By TY ONEIL December 26, 2025 at 1:13 p.m. Heavy rains and strong winds from powerful winter storms this week brought the wettest Christmas...
Powerful holiday storm lashes Southern California and threatens mudslides in fire-scarred areas By Jaimie Ding December 24, 2025 at 12:20 p.m. A powerful winter storm swept across Southern California, with heavy rain threatening mudslides and debris...
Dreaming of a gray Christmas? Thursday’s forecast — and what climate change means for the holidays By Adriana Pérez December 23, 2025 at 5:00 a.m. Chicago last had a white Christmas in 2022, but this year temperatures are likely to...
Will Chicago see a white Christmas? Here’s what more than 150 years of weather data predict for Dec. 25. By Kori Rumore December 23, 2025 at 9:30 a.m. The National Weather Service considers Christmas to be white only when snow depth on the...