Chicago Snow Ends Long Snowless Streak [1]

Weather.com - Nick Wiltgen, 11/14/12

A trace of snow in Chicago usually doesn't warrant a news story. But this time, it's different. The trace of snow that fell at O'Hare International Airport [2] late Monday evening ended the second-longest snowless streak in Chicago weather history.

The March heat wave [3] that brought unprecedented 85-degree weather to the Great Lakes region in the final days of winter also cut off the 2011-12 snow season early. Chicago's final snowflakes for the season fell on March 4; in an average year, the city's last measurable snowfall (0.1 inch or greater) comes April 1.

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