Sunday overnight: Clear and chilly ahead of St. Patrick’s Day

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A rain/snow mix fell around the area Sunday morning, with the highest accumulations in the far northwest suburbs.

That’s a massive contrast from Saturday, when high temperatures reached 66 degrees at O’Hare International Airport. Additionally, about one-third of an inch of rain fell from the storms that rolled through Chicagoland late Friday night into early Saturday morning.

On Sunday, morning temps ranged only in the low to mid-30s, with northwest winds gusting as high as 25 miles per hour in some spots.

Wind chills were stuck in the 20s and low 30s, even as air temps got into the upper 30s and lower 40s later Sunday.

Meanwhile, Chicagoland saw gradual afternoon clearing after the morning band of precipitation made its way through the areas, but it stayed cold all day.

Fortunately, that cold air doesn’t stick around long. High temps will get back into the mid-50s on Monday and all the way back into the mid- to upper 60s by Tuesday, though it’ll remain cooler in lakeside areas.

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Current conditions

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Looking ahead

The extended outlook calls for another nice warm-up right away this week, with temps in the upper 60s by Tuesday, along with increasing clouds.

Wednesday brings the next chance for storms, with highs near 60 but falling all day for the last full day of winter.

Thursday is the Spring Equinox, and we’ll have chilly temps in the low 40s, plus a chance of morning rain/snow showers, then partly sunny skies by the afternoon.