The City's nipples have permanently shifted into cut-glass state, but there's more cold on the way, and the National Weather Center says there's a 100 percent chance of precipitation tonight. There's a chance of snow later this week, too, and if you've been wondering what the difference is between sleet and hail, wonder no more. more ›

Are you still at work? Dude, leave. Have you seen the weather outside? Today was a good day to bring your hat and gloves, son. No need to Ask Tom Why either. more ›

Yeah. We're that good. more ›

It's no secret that we love Ask Tom Why. Because sometimes it's easier to write a letter to a team of meteorologists and wait for an answer to be printed in the newspaper than just to google it. Oooh, information supahighway. more ›

like autumn, even if it's starting to look like it. Chicagoland trees have started shedding their leaves early this year after an unusually stressful spring. more ›

Chicagoist loves first-day-of-school weather. We love the first sweatshirt day of autumn, the first day you can't wear flip flops, the first morning you step out of your house and aren't worried about getting sweaty. In case you didn't notice your nipples cutting glass yesterday, attention: it's way too cold for August. In fact, yesterday's high of 61 degrees made it the coldest August 11 since 1903, and Tuesday's high 67 degrees made it the... more ›

Chicagoist loves the Ask Tom Why column in the Tribune, where people write in 'weather' questions and meteorologists answer them. (Tom gets a little help from the weather crew.) In general the questions don't need to be answered by a weather expert; they just need to be answered by someone who's relatively well informed or who can look things up in an encyclopedia. For example, it turns out people don't know what a 40 percent chance of rain is, so they ask Tom. We're glad he helps out with stuff like that. more ›