Chicago has seen 17.1 inches of snow over the last few weeks, making it the fastest start to the city’s snowfall season since 1978 — when more than 24 inches fell before Dec. 7 — according to NWS data.The cumulative snowfall is also nearly matching all of the snow the city saw last season at 1 7.6 inches.The NWS recorded 4.6 inches of snow at O'Hare and 4.3 inches at Midway airport between midnight Sunday and noon.Overnight Sunday, temperatures will dip below zero. But warmer temperatures will return this week. A sculpture outside Soldier Field is blanketed in snow after the snowiest November day ever recorded in Chicago on Nov. 30.Candace Dane Chambers/Sun-Times file Monday is forecast to be partly sunny with a high of 25. The high Tuesday and Wednesday will be 38, warm enough to melt some of the snow on the ground. A chance of snow returns Thursday and Friday when highs will be in the upper-20s. Tonight will be cold with a few snow showers near Lake Michigan. The swath of snow with the next clipper system is favored to pass to our north Tuesday into Wednesday, allowing for temperatures to warm above freezing. Colder air returns toward the end of the week. #ILwx #INwx pic.twitter.com/AepuVcTUgR— NWS Chicago (@NWSChicago) December 7, 2025 Colder weather is set to return by the end of the week, with Thursday and Friday nights' lows predicted to be in the single digits and Saturday's high to be 14 degrees, according to the weather service.The additional snow on Sunday adds to an already snowy season, when the area recorded the most snow on any November day on record last month. ...read more read less