Chicagoland Snow Totals 12/25-26
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STORM SUMMARY 12-25 INTO 26TH-2010
The lake effect snow machine was turned on during the evening hours on the 25th. The snow dropped down from the Racine and Kenosha Counties of Wisconsin into Lake, eastern McHenry, northwest Cook Counties between 6-8pm.
The snow band slowly shift further southward during the night before slowly Shriveling up during the morning on the 26th. The trajectory carried the heaviest snow into
Lake County and northeast Cook County. Some flurries and snow showers lingered into the afternoon near the lake. Snow rates in localized areas were 2-2.5 inches per hour. Naturally, with lake effect, the snow totals were Not uniform. The snow at times extended out into Kane and Kendall Counties. Plowing and salting was needed to clear surfaces. The official snow total at O’Hare Airport was 3.8 inches.
SNOW TOTALS:
ORD 3.8
Beach Park 9.9
Gurnee 8.0
Northbrook 7.4
Riverwoods 7
Waukegan 6.8
Evanston 6.1
Botanic Gardens 5.5
Morton Grove 4.8
Lincolnwood 3.8
Inverness 3.6
Lake Zurich 3.5
Mundelein 3.5
Elk Grove Vlg 3.4
Oak Park 3
Bartlett 3
Naperville 2.8
Stickney 2.8
Glen Ellyn 2.8
La Grange Park 2.4
Lisle 2.3
Oak Brook 2.1
Barrington 1.8
Downers Grove 1.8
Lake VIlla 1.8
Countryside 1.7
Woodridge 1.3
Elgin 1.3
Aurora .7
Fox Lake 1.6
Alsip .4
Worth 1.7
Peotone .4
New Lenox .5
Orland Hills 1
Homer Glen1
Hoffman Estates 1.5
Batavia .7
Geneva .8
Crete .3
Sugar Grove .6
Oswego 1
Homewood .2
Morris .6
DKB .trace
Elburn trace
MDW .8
Joliet .2
St. Charles .3
Streamwood 1.7
Wauconda 1.8
Romeoville .5
Park Forest .5
Manhattan .4
Burr Ridge 1.6
Hoffman Estates 1.5