Illinois Weather: 02-22-2026

The Illinois Weather Podcast by The Weather Podcast, Inc.

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Good morning! I'm Aaron Jolly, and welcome to the Illinois Weather Podcast. It's Sunday, February 22nd, and folks, winter just borrowed someone's megaphone. That wind is no joke this morning. Step outside and you're not feeling the actual 21 degrees in Chicago. You're feeling 13 degrees. That's the kind of cold that stings your earlobes before you reach the car. Central Illinois? Wind chills bottomed out near minus 1 around 2 A.M. Northern Illinois hovered right at zero by 3 A.M. Gusts are screaming at 20 to 30 miles an hour statewide, and they're turning every doorway into a wind tunnel. Now let's talk how today plays out. Chicagoland claws its way to 27 degrees around 2 P.M. Snow showers linger through tonight. Maybe a dusting, less than half an inch. Enough to make the windshield annoying, not enough to shovel. Drive south to Springfield and yo ... 
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