Chicago weather: Frigid cold continues with lake-effect snow on the way

Chicago weather: Frigid cold continues, snow in store for Sunday

Fox Chicago Meteorologist Mark Strehl has the forecast for Jan. 24, 2026.

CHICAGO - The frigid cold of Friday continued early Saturday, but with an every so slight warm-up, if you could call it that, as the day goes on.

Then, some lake-effect snow is in store for us later today and into Sunday morning.

Fox Chicago Meteorologist Mark Strehl has the forecast.

What to Expect:

Wind chills continued to range from the low teens into the mid-20s throughout the area to start your weekend. The actual wind gusts were only registering around 10 mph.

But it should get up to around 10 degrees in the city and near suburbs, although today’s high temps might only reach half that in the far-flung suburban areas.

The normal high for this time of year is around 31 degrees.

There is a lake effect band of snowfall that is expected to head our way later on Saturday night and into Sunday morning. The heaviest snowfall is expected near the lake. Between 2 and 6 inches of snow could fall.

A Winter Storm Advisory is in effect for cental and northern Cook County and Lake County starting at 6 p.m. tonight until 6 p.m. on Sunday.

The NWS says the most significant travel impacts due to the snow will occur near and east of I-55 along the Lake Michigan shore.