A rare late season snowstorm swept across Northern Illinois yesterday dumping an impressive 5.3 inches of snow at O’Hare Airport. The Palm Sunday snow event shall go into the history books as 2nd biggest snowfall this late in the year, falling marginally behind a 5.4 inch snowfall on April 16, 1961.
135 yrs of record keeping shows Chicago missed the record-setting snowfall mark by just 1/10 of an inch on April 14th. https://t.co/eYowzXZ8JK
— JAMIE SCOTT (@team10news_CA) April 15, 2019
The snow swath and it’s sharp cutoff seen from an airplane.
Looking south right now over Chicago and the western suburbs from 34k feet….mid April and the ground is snow covered! You can clearly see where the #snow line was yesterday. #StormHour @Ginger_Zee @JimCantore @Wx_Max @WeatherNation @StephanieAbrams @spann @JenCarfagno pic.twitter.com/tAo32N3Oqy
— eweather (@Eweather13) April 15, 2019
From space!
Fast Facts from NWS Chicago
- The official snowfall for Chicago was 5.3″ observed at Chicago O’Hare International Airport. This is the second highest snowfall ever recorded this late in the season in Chicago. Only April 16th, 1961 had more snow with 5.4″.
- The official snowfall for Rockford was 2.9″ observed at Chicago Rockford International Airport. This was the 5th highest snowfall ever recorded this late in the season in Rockford.
- Other snowfall amounts include 2.5″ at the NWS Chicago in Romeoville and 4.3″ observed 3 miles southwest of Chicago Midway International Airport.
FEATURED IMAGE VIA CHICAGO TRIBUNE
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