Fresh Snow and Temperature Outlook Ahead of Christmas Day

If you are looking for fresh snow by Christmas morning or are curious about potential travel disruptions, the best chances for at least 1" of new snowfall early this week exist across the mountainous West, Great Lakes, and Northeast. Otherwise, temperatures this last full week of December will average above normal for much of the lower 48 states. Read More >

This past decade, many extreme, unusual, and memorable weather events took place here in Northern Illinois and Northwest Indiana. To reflect on the significance of these events, we hosted a series of polls on our Twitter and Facebook accounts for you, the public, to decide on the top 10 weather events that we experienced from 2010 through 2019.

We would like to thank everyone who participated in these polls to help determine the top 10 weather events, which are listed below. More information about each event can be found by clicking the links in the table.

The top 10 weather events from 2010 through 2019 in Northern Illinois and Northwest Indiana as voted by the public

Place	Event
1	February 2011 Groundhog Day Blizzard
2	January 2019 Polar Vortex
3	Winter 2013-2014 Polar Vortex & Snow
4	March 2012 Heat Wave
5	November 2013 Tornado Outbreak
6	February 2015 Record Snowstorm
7	Summer 2012 Heat/Drought (link 1) (link 2)
8	April 2015 Rochelle-Fairdale Tornado
9	June 2014 Derecho/Tornadoes
10	April 2019 Cold & Snow (link 1) (link 2)

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Fresh Snow and Temperature Outlook Ahead of Christmas Day

Top 10 Weather Events of the 2010s in Northern Illinois and Northwest Indiana