Storms coming Sunday in Chicago
Meteorologist Mary Kay Kleist has your 6 a.m. First Alert Weather forecast for Sunday, March 15, 2026.
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Meteorologist Mary Kay Kleist has your 6 a.m. First Alert Weather forecast for Sunday, March 15, 2026.
The main window for severe weather is 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. Damaging winds will accompany the strongest cells. Isolated tornadoes possible. The Storm Prediction Center has a Level two out of five for Chicago for the severe threat.
The severe threat increases late afternoon into the evening. Meteorologist Mary Kay Kleist is tracking the latest.
Chief Meteorologist Albert Ramon is tracking wind chills, potentially dropping below zero by next week.
Chief Meteorologist Albert Ramon has the latest on when the city will experience winds of up to 60 mph.
Meteorologist David Yeomans is continuing to track the next round of severe storms impact Chicago and surrounding areas.
A severe storm threat is in place with all-weather hazards possible starting at 4 p.m. Tuesday and lasting until early Wednesday morning.
Meteorologist Kylee Miller has your 11 a.m. First Alert Weather forecast for Monday, March 9, 2026.
Meteorologist Laura Bannon has your 5 a.m. First Alert Weather forecast for Monday, March 9, 2026.
The high temperature record on March 9 for Chicago O'Hare at 69 degrees, which was set back in 2021. The city will climb into the 70s.
Meteorologist Mary Kay Kleist has your 7 a.m. First Alert Weather forecast for Sunday, March 8, 2026.
Don't forget to change the clocks as we spring forward.
Showers and a few thunderstorms continue through midday Thursday before gradually tapering off during the afternoon.
Rain showers and areas of fog return to the Chicago area Wednesday evening, beginning a stretch of unsettled and increasingly spring-like weather.
Mainly gray skies and cool temperatures continue Tuesday night and early Wednesday before a storm moves our way from the Rockies.
Temperatures stay above average into early next week before cooler air potentially returns mid-March.
A few showers on Tuesday, then rain chances increase later Wednesday night into Thursday, when a better push of moisture moves through.
Meteorologist Kylee Miller has your 11 a.m. First Alert Weather forecast for Monday, March 2, 2026.
Meteorologist Laura Bannon has your 5 a.m. First Alert Weather forecast for Monday, March 2, 2026.
As Chicago starts the first week of March, expect above-average temperatures in the 40s and 50s.
Clouds will clear late tonight, with temperatures dropping to a low of 24.
Meteorologist Carl Lam has your 6 a.m. First Alert Weather forecast for Sunday, March 1, 2026.
Staying breezy for these next 36 hours across Chicagoland so lake-effect snow and flurries remain in the forecast tonight and Sunday.
As La Niña continues to fade and we transition toward a more neutral pattern, the atmosphere should become a bit less locked into extremes and a little more typical of a Midwestern spring, which can still bring plenty of ups and downs.
Winds turn southerly Thursday, and by Friday some spots could touch the low 60s — about 20 degrees above normal! It will be breezy, with gusts 25 to 30 mph.
