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Wednesday’s PM sunshine warmed Chicagoland to near-seasonal temps



NOTE: This story has been turned into an almanac of Wednesday’s weather. We have published a new forecast/weather story for Thursday.

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Following a cloudy start to the day, partial sunshine emerged Wednesday afternoon and temperatures warmed into the middle 50s in areas away from Lake Michigan, a near seasonable reading for a fifth consecutive day.

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Light northeast winds off the lake kept lakeside areas considerably cooler, where highs only reached the lower to middle 40s.         

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Unseasonable warmth across the Rockies and western Plains was common Wednesday afternoon, where highs were 20-degrees or more above normal, a sign of things to come here in the Chicagoland area in a couple of days.   

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Full forecast details at the WGN Weather Center

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