Snow seasons in Chicago are tracked from July through the following June. The area normally can expect 38.4 inches.

Illinois experienced a warm March followed by a cooler April, but models predict a warm second half of spring.

Monday, April 20, 1981, was artist Joan Miró's 88th birthday. It was also the day that Mayor Jane Byrne pulled a cord to ...

“People have been using grasses for enclosure for as long as people have needed enclosure,” says architect and designer Nicholas Potts. “It became inextricably tied to a distinct recent period in ...

Abigail Galindo takes a picture with her son Eli under a cherry blossom tree in Jackson Park, Saturday, April 12, 2025.

Skunk cabbage is the first native wildflower to emerge in Chicago’s woodlands in spring. Other ephemerals will follow, ...

Each spring, Chicago’s Jackson Park bursts into color with the bloom of cherry blossoms, creating a picturesque escape in the ...

Mark your calendars, baseball fans -- and avid collectors. All 30 teams have extensive promotional schedules lined up for the ...

For the first time in two years, the cherry blossoms are in bloom at Jackson Park in Chicago. People from across the city and ...

The Tigers got an out for the highlight reel, the Brewers got an insurance run and amateur physicists everywhere got a lesson ...

By Thursday, a warm front begins to move in, bringing a bump in temperatures and a chance for some rain and storms. Highs will rise into the mid-60s. A few stronger storms could develop, especially in ...