Chicago Winter Forecast 2024. Meteorological winter is just around the corner, officially beginning in less than two months on sunday, dec. While la niña often indicates colder weather through the winter in the chicago area, this year’s weaker pattern could lead to different effects on the temperature.
In the chicago area specifically, winters associated with a strong la niña pattern tend to have warmer temperatures, but also to have more snowfall, with more frequent blizzards and winter. Winter will be warmer than normal in the east and colder than normal in the west, with the coldest periods in early and late november, in early december, from late january into early february, and from.
