Only in Chicago...

Only in Chicago the weather could feel like fall, winter, spring & summer all within a matter of days. Let's see.... we've been having very few sunny days, lots of rain, an occasional snow fall and some fog.

Last Saturday we had a beautiful sunny day. It was warm compared to other days. On Sunday by late morning it was snowing like crazy and continued to snow all through the night. Friday, I think it was drizzling but it didn’t feel as cold.

Yet today, it was so foggy in the morning that it looked like London fog. By the afternoon the mist and fog cleared up and the sun came out again but it felt real cold.

I remember a few years ago, my sister-in-law came into town on business. She decided to stop and visit with us. This was sometime in April or May, I believe. Since that day my daughter had a softball game, we invited her to come watch her play. According to her, she had checked out the weather via the Internet which indicated warm weather and only brought summer clothes. She showed up to the game wearing a light blouse and I believe she might have even been wearing capris pants and sandals. I bet she didn’t expect it to be that cold… weather during April and May still tends to be cold at times! She exclaimed, “I thought it was going to be warm! When I checked the weather it said it was going to be in the 70’s!”

Yeah, 70’s… the 70’s in Chicago can feel like a nice warm day, cool day, windy and cold day or cloudy and rainy day. And to her amazement, that day felt like it was in the 50’s but as it got windier throught the day, it felt like in the 40's... and it was cold! Brrrr!

In order to know the appropriate way to dress for the weather, just look out the window and up at the sky... you'll even feel it as you walk outside...you'll see... sometimes, even the weather forecaster's get it wrong.

Yep! That's Chicago weather for ya!