Hold onto your sunglasses, folks! 🌞 Chicago just experienced its warmest first half of February in nearly 150 years, with temperatures soaring about 11°C above normal. Meteorologists say this year’s balmy 3.67°C average during February 1-14 ties it for second place in the city’s weather history books – just shy of the 1882 record (5.22°C).
Ricky Castro from the National Weather Service broke it down: 'This isn’t your grandparents’ winter weather ❄️. We’re seeing patterns that stand out even among historic warm spells like 1990’s 2.44°C average.'
The unseasonal warmth has locals swapping snow boots for sneakers 👟 and sparked heated discussions about climate trends. While winter isn’t officially over, this weather whiplash has climate watchers – and TikTok weather influencers 📱– glued to their forecasts.
