While today in the Chicago area will feel more like July, a cold front bringing fall-like weather with showers and a 20-degree temperature drop is on the…
"We're hanging onto summer for another day," NBC 5 Meteorologist Alicia Roman said, of Thursday's forecast."By the weekend, we're going to a see some changes moving in. A taste of fall."According to Roman, Thursday was expected to be mostly sunny, with increasing clouds by afternoon. Temperatures will be above average, with a high of 87 degrees expected.Around 8 p.m.
Rain and storm chances continue through the late morning Friday and early afternoon, Roman said, with lake effect showers in Northwest Indiana likely late Friday night and into Saturday morning.Overnight Friday, temperatures are expected to be in the low 70s -- which will mark the high temperature for the day. By Saturday afternoon, temperatures may only warm into the 60s, Roman said, with a predicted high of 66 degrees.
NBC 5 Meteorologist Kevin Jeanes noted that mid-October is when the Chicago area typically sees its longest stretch of cooler weather and 50-degree temperatures. Last year, that began as early as Oct. 9, Jeanes said.for 2024 started Sunday, Sept. 1 and ends Nov. 30, Roman said. It's grouped by three months: September, October and November.
Astronomical fall -- or the fall equinox -- officially takes place Sept. 22, and is based on the position of the earth relative to the sun. At that time, the length of daytime and nighttime is equal, Roman said.For 2024, daylight saving time falls on Nov. 3. In the lead-up to that, sunsets will slowly inch earlier, with the sun eventually setting at 4:41 p.m. as DST wraps up.It's important to know the difference between the two times often debated: daylight saving time and standard time.Daylight saving time is a changing of the clocks that typically begins in spring and ends in fall. Under the conditions of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, daylight saving time starts on the second Sunday in March and ends on the first Sunday in November.
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