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How The Great Lakes Form Chicago Weather
Chicago wouldn’t be Chicago without the Lake Michigan weather. Chicago’s location on the lake’s southwest shore made it possible for the city to grow immediately after its incorporation in the 1830s into the hub of manufacturing, delivery and railroading.
Lake Michigan also has helped Chicago weather to be recognized worldwide as blustery, cold and home to some striking winter storms, with the recent blizzard in February making the record books as the third-largest in the Windy City’s history.
The following is a small primer on how and why Lake Michigan and the other Great Lakes have such a significant effect on Chicago weather.
The five Great Lakes (Michigan, Huron, Superior, Erie, and Ontario) primarily act as a great heat sink, moderating the temperature ranges of their shores. The lakes also become large humidifiers, enhancing the amount of moisture that floats in the air all year round.
Which means that in the winter, this significant moisture condenses and evolves into snow when it hits shore, making what are known as “snow belts” on the downwind lake shores.
Cities on the downwind sides of the lakes such as Cleveland, Ohio; Erie, Pennsylvania; and Buffalo, New York (Lake Erie); Syracuse, New York (Lake Ontario); etc. generally receive what is known as “lake effect” snow, acquiring a lot more snow than other locations on the same latitude. For example, some areas along the shore of Lake Superior have recorded snowfall of up to 350 inches in just one year!
Yet Chicago weather isn’t really affected by lake effect snow resulting from the fact that the existing westerly winds that cross the region take on moisture from Lake Michigan after moving through (some would say through) Chicago.
That’s not to say that the Lake Michigan climate doesn’t at times drop a significant amount of snow in Chicago. The uncommon northeasterly winds occasionally do bring on the type of blizzards that are so well known in snow belt locations.
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