On Sunday, more than 175 flights have been cancelled and there are 45 minute delays.
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The weather service reported temperatures in the single- and low double-digits Sunday in northern IL, including Chicago, where residents were digging out of more than 11 inches of snow – the highest November total in 120 years in the city. The airport had received 7 inches by midday Saturday.
Although winter has not officially begun, from the West in South Dakota and southern Minnesota, to Iowa, Wisconsin and northern IL, and even as far south as North Texas, temperatures dropped below freezing (and even below zero in a few areas) accompanying record snowfalls.
Southside True Value Hardware manager Matt Krienke said business had been good in the days leading up to the storm, but that it had become “very, very, very, very slick”.
Alizha Demunck, who works at the Little Chocolates candy store, says the snow wasn’t slowing shoppers from seeking out handmade chocolates.
This month is catapulted to the fourth snowiest November on record with more than a week remaining.
The National Weather Service said Grayslake, Illinois, recorded 17 inches, followed by 16.5 inches in Hawthorn Woods and 15.5 inches in Mundelein, the Chicago Tribune reported.
Indianapolis was to receive 1 to 3 inches of snow.
It’s unusual for the area’s first snowfall of the season to dump more than six inches.
The National Weather Service says heavy snowfall was expected Friday afternoon into early Saturday in parts of northwest and north central Iowa. “There’s quite a bit of it and it’s kind of hard plowing and snowblowing”, he said, adding, “It’s just another snowstorm in northern IL”.
Temperatures plunged behind the front.
The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Watch, which goes into effect at 11 am on Tuesday lasting until 11 pm on Wednesday.
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Parts of South Dakota and Iowa had more than a foot on Friday. Madison, Wisconsin could see 7 degrees, Des Moines 12 and Chicago 9.
