While the weather outside is going to be glorious in Chicago later today, it appears WGN wanted to underscore just how chilly our morning was to be. more ›

It may be warm today, but make sure you bring a coat to wear when you make your walk of shame tomorrow. more ›

Hey, remember that yellow ball that used to be in the sky? It gave off light and warmth and made it worth going outside. I think it was called "sun." more ›

Chicago get's a protected bike lane-friendly snow plow and salt truck. more ›

A year of weird weather continues as watery funnel clouds pop up all along Lake Michigan's western shore today. Yeah, that's right, tornadoes in the Lake. Don't believe us? Check the video. more ›

The heat wave has broken. more ›

Summer 2011: It was the hottest of times, it was the wettest of times... more ›

It seems a bit unfair to have weather this good while the East Coast is being pounded with a hurricane. Skilling Central reports we're in for a sunny, breezy day with a high of 78. It's not a good day to get your boat out, though. High winds and strong rip tides make it too dangerous. more ›

Is ComEd just a victim of the weather? Or is it just a crappy power company? more ›

What has been more destructive: the heat or the rain? more ›

Another sunny day to cap off a lovely holiday weekend. more ›

This weather is what Chicago summers are all about. more ›

Hot and muggy again, with afternoon thunderstorms rolling in. more ›

The big storm that pummeled the Chicago area with rain produced one hell of a light show. more ›

Heat advisory in effect! more ›

Fortunately temps should drop by this weekend - making it the perfect weather to sit in the Giordano's parking lot at 63rd and Cicero to watch the planes land. more ›

Yesterday's closing of North Avenue Beach after eight people complained of heat-related illness can serve as a reminder that even perfect weather can turn bad, under the right circumstances. more ›

With today's storms comes threats of tornadoes and snarls in travel. The National Weather service has placed Kankakee, Kendall and Will counties under a tornado watch until 1 p.m., the heavy rains and winds led to 400 flight cancellations at O'Hare Airport this morning, and the bigger storms are on the way this afternoon. Meteorologists are forecasting 60 MPH gusts and golf ball-sized hail in some parts of the area. So glad we work out of the house. more ›

A perfect August weather forecast is in the cards for today. Perfect for the post-Rapture. more ›

The days certainly do pass by in an instant, don't they? On this date in Lorraine Hansberry, author of the epic play A Raisin in the Sun, the first play written by an African American woman to be produced on Broadway, was born on this date. She would only live to be 34. As far as the weather is concerned. it's still cloudy outside, but we're gonna see a bit of a warming trend starting today with a projected high of 68 degrees. more ›

Good Morning, everyone. With all the discussion about the troubles the Field Museum is facing these days, we feel the need to point out that one of its most popular attractions, Sue the T-Rex, was introduced to the public 11 years ago today. The weather is slowly but surely making a course correction, but we're going to have to deal with more gusty wind and a chance of rain in order to get to some better weather. Expect a high of 56 today. more ›

Good morning, everyone. This week is going by fast and the clouds that rolled in yesterday are staying through the weekend. Too bad the warm temperatures aren't as the hotter than July temps we've been enjoying the past couple days are winding down. We're still expecting a high of 86, with blustery winds and thunderstorms this evening and into the night. more ›

With the sudden emergence of mid-summer in Chicago this week, we take another look back at some classic Chicago television, to a Cubs game that aired on WGN on Friday, April 25th 1980. The segment, called "Faces of Wrigley", ran during the seventh inning of a Cubs Pirates game (the Cubs eventually beat Pittsburgh, 5-3). Seeing everyone wrapped up in their spring coats reminds us of a classic saying about Chicago weather: if you don't like it, wait a minute. more ›

Good Morning, everyone, on the 117th anniversary of the incorporation of the village of Bensenville. If you're out in the south suburbs, the forecast calls for shirtless weather today with hazy skies and a projected high of 84 degrees from Skilling Central. (Keep your shirts on, though.) No major delays on the trains or buses so far, but we see more bicycles hitting the streets, which is only a good thing. more ›

Good Morning, everyone. We sincerely hope all the mothers out there received their proper respects yesterday. On this date 25 years ago, Council Wars effectively came to an end when Mayor Harold Washington gained enough support to finally make key appointments. We mention this because it's Mayor Richard Daley's final week in office, which will become another historic occasion. Ald. Ed Burke noted last week that it's rare for a Chicago Mayor to leave the office of his own volition. Daley will be the first to do so since Ed Kelly in 1947. more ›

We all know it's been a really obnoxiously, depressingly rainy month. But it also broke the Illinois record for the rainiest April, previously set in 1957 at 7.13 inches. Average state rainfall this April was 7.45 inches, nearly twice the typical average of 3.83. more ›

Across the Midwest people are dealing with bad weather - rain, wind, flooding. But it's not just people that are suffering in this weather. Animals are affected, too, as seen in this video of baby ducks. more ›

Monster storms and tornadoes roared through the southern United States yesterday, leaving entire neighborhoods razed in their wake and a death toll that currently stands at 173. Alabama appears to have suffered the brunt of the storm, with a death count currently at 128 in Alabama. The death toll is the largest total for a tornado since 1947. more ›

This week's weather is expected to be pretty crappy before it gets better. But at least we're not facing down tornadoes here in Chicago. more ›

Let's start off the last week of the month with a little shot of tranquility, shall we? The National Weather Service is forecasting up to 1.5 inches of rain coming before the rain comes to an end sometime Wednesday. Today kicks the storms off in earnest with thunderstorms this afternoon and into the evening. Heavy rain overnight with a projected high today of 57. Hope you all got your fill of lamb, ham, or whatever you had for Easter. That's your warm layer for today. more ›