Chicago weather: Schools close due to bitter cold

CHICAGO – Several Chicago-area schools will be closed today in favor of e-learning as extreme cold hits the region.

Chicago-area school closings

Chicago Public Schools students are out of school Tuesday as the district holds a scheduled staff-only “School Improvement Day.”

Click here for a complete list of local school closings.

Chicago weather forecast

Dangerously cold wind chill rules this day. We start with an extreme cold warning for our northwestern counties through the morning hours, where wind chills can be as cold as -30 degrees. The rest of the day will still be extremely cold with high temperatures barely above zero despite some sunshine. There are spotty showers at the time of this writing.

Wind chills all day long will be well below zero. The cold will not be quite as severe tonight with temperatures holding fairly steady just below zero.

Future outlook

Timeline:

Wednesday: Tomorrow we will begin a modest warm up that will eventually move up into the 20s during the afternoon. There will probably be some snow from time to time. While no significant snowfall is expected, some spots could get an inch or so.

Thursday: It will warm up a bit and we may reach the upper 20s. There may be some patchy snow showers, especially in the morning, but again nothing significant.

Friday and weekend: Temperatures should be near freezing with very little if any precipitation in sight.

Chicago warming center locations

• All Community Service Centers (9am-5pm)
• Englewood Community Service Center – 1140 West 79th Street
• Garfield Community Service Center – 10 South Kedzie Avenue (8.00-20.00 Tuesday 21 January
• Dr. Martin Luther King Community Service Center – 4314 South Cottage Grove
• North Area Community Service Center – 845 West Wilson Avenue
• South Chicago Community Service Center – 8650 South Commercial Avenue
• Trina Davila Community Service Center – 4312 West North Avenue
• Elderly centers (21 locations) 8:30-16:30 – visit Chicago.gov/Seniors for locations
• Chicago Public Library (78 locations), visit chippublib.org for hours and locations
• The Chicago Park District (75 locations) will be open during business hours
• Renaissance Court, Chicago Cultural Center 72 E. Randolph, at 10.00 – 17.00
• Chicago Police Districts (22 locations)

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