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Based on the astronomical definition, winter begins at the winter solstice, which in 2010 occurred late on December 21 (early on December 22 in EST), and ends at the March equinox, which in 2011 occurred on March 20. [2] Based on the meteorological definition, the first day of winter is December 1 and the last day February 28. [3]
The 2012–13 autumn/winter season would fail to produce a daily maximum temperature below freezing 32 °F (0 °C) until January 1, 2013, the first such time that has happened in Chicago weather records. The entire calendar year of 2012 did not record a temperature lower than 5 °F (−15 °C).
Meteorological winter: December 1 – February 28: Astronomical winter: December 21 – March 20: First event started: October 3, 2009: Last event concluded: April 30, 2010: Most notable event; Name: 2009 North American Christmas blizzard • Duration: December 22–28, 2009 • Lowest pressure: 985 mb (29.09 inHg) • Fatalities: 18 total ...
It was the first significant winter storm of the 2010–11 North American winter storm season and the fifth North American blizzard of 2010. The storm system affected the northeast megalopolis, which includes major cities such as Norfolk, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Newark, New York City, Hartford, Providence, and Boston. It brought between 12 ...
I took my family from a 95-degree Australian summer to experience Chicago's 5-degree winter weather. Everyone warned us December was a bad time to visit, but smaller crowds and festive activities ...
The February 9–10, 2010 North American blizzard was a winter and severe weather event that afflicted the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and New England regions of the United States between February 9–11, 2010, affecting some of the same regions that had experienced a historic Nor'easter just three days earlier.
Temperatures at or above the century mark are a rarity in Chicago. Yet, 100 degrees was recorded on Thursday for the first time in more than a decade at O’Hare International Airport, the city ...
Tuesday not only marked the arrival of winter, but it also produced a weather record. Barring an unforeseen snowfall late Tuesday, Chicago has gone the longest time into the cold-weather season ...