Saturday was snowiest November day on record in Chicago: 8.4 inches at O'Hare
A total of 8.4 inches of snow fell at O'Hare International Airport on Saturday alone, setting a new record for the snowiest November day in Chicago.
The 8.4-inch total broke the daily snowfall record for Nov. 29 of a mere 3 inches set in 1942.
The snowfall total also set a record for any November day in Chicago. The old record was 8 inches even on Nov. 6, 1951.
The 8.4-inch snow total from this one snowstorm is the second highest single-day total at all at O'Hare since Jan. 1, 2015.
As to the total from this snowstorm, it was still climbing Sunday morning. As of 6 a.m., a total of 8.5 inches of snow had fallen at O'Hare.
The next update is at noon.
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