DOWNTOWN — It'll be a warmer than usual fall for Chicago ... until snow hits earlier than usual.
It will be a "quiet" fall for the most part, said Accuweather meteorologist Paul Pastelok, but with a few hiccups: We'll see bouts of severe weather, warm temperatures and early snow.
The city will be hotter than usual for most of the season, which will mean more 70-plus-degree days in September and 60-degree days in October, Pastelok said. Things will change come November, though.
“The majority of the fall should be mild, but there is a concern that toward the end we may start seeing a few more cold shots come in,” Pastelok said.
November usually sees temperatures hit the upper 40s and 50s, Pastelok said, but Chicago is expected to get chillier because of cold fronts from the north.
And with that cold will come earlier-than-usual snow: Chicago is expected to see snow flurries and storms by mid-November, Pastelok said. While the city usually doesn't get 1 inch of snow until December, the meteorologist said he is "concerned" that could happen earlier this year — maybe by mid- or late November.
Besides that, it shouldn't be a "very extreme" fall, Pastelok said: Chicago is expected to see a normal amount of rain. The city could see some severe weather in September and again in November, but it's more likely those storms will hit to the south and west of the city, Pastelok said.
There are “a couple things that may stick out a little bit, but overall it’s a little quiet,” Pastelok said. “It doesn’t look that bad.”
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