Bursts of Halloween snow for only the 8th time in Chicago since 1884 amid Fall 2023’s chilliest air; isolated thunder—even waterspouts possible out over Lake Michigan

Bursts of Halloween snow for only the 8th time in Chicago since 1884 amid Fall 2023’s chilliest air; isolated thunder—even waterspouts possible out over Lake Michigan

TUESDAY, HALLOWEEN WEATHER SNOW SHOWERS Halloween snow showers are in the offing as a vigorous upper disturbance sweeps into the Chicago area Tuesday. That's not something which happens all that often. In fact, since 1884, snow Tuesday would mark only the 8th time snowflakes have fallen on a Halloween. If snow sticks—even modestly—it would make only the 2nd time since over the city's 138 year official snow record—that a Halloween has managed sno…