Record warm start to Chicago winter to continue this week

It’s not you: So far this winter, Chicago has been abnormally warm.

Residential buildings near the Chicago lakefront are silhouetted as the sun rises on Jan. 15, 2023.Through Monday, the city’s temperatures are tied for their fourth warmest start to the year. More incoming warm weather could push the record even higher, National Weather Service meteorologist Jake Petr said.The temperature reached 50 degrees at midnight Monday evening.

“Quite noteworthy for sure,” Petr added. Rockford has seen similar record-setting warmth this month, he noted. Petr said Chicago’s warmer conditions are occurring because of the current orientation of the upper jet stream, the same meteorological alignmentBut while the city is approaching what is typically the coldest time of the year — Jan. 23 claims the city’s coldest average temperature — sustained cold weather could still hit Chicago this winter.

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