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Strong winds and rain showers are expected to sweep across the Chicago area over St. Patrick’s Day weekend, the National Weather Service said. Friday could be the warmest day of the year so far CHICAGO (WLS) -- There is a severe weather threat for St. Patrick's Day weekend in Chicago. The area is under a Level 2 risk of severe weather from 9 p.m. Friday to 3 a.m. Saturday from a line of Residents will turn out in droves on Saturday to mark St. Patrick’s Day weekend with a dyed-green Chicago River and a parade, but will rain spoil the party? The annual events are attended by So much for that spring-like weather. The Chicago-area Friday is in for a soggy and windy St. Patrick's Day, and a cold and breezy St. Patrick's Day weekend, with feels-like temperatures below This will usher in MUCH colder air for St. Patrick's Day. Sunday will have highs around 40 with wind chills in the upper 20s and low 30s. The next workweek starts off cold with morning After seeing temperatures in the 70s for several days, Chicago residents will be forced to pay the piper on St. Patrick’s Day, with cool temperatures and even a chance of snow. Strong winds and rain showers are expected to sweep across the Chicago area over St. Patrick’s Day weekend, the National Weather Service said. Friday could be the warmest day of the year so far, with a high of 73 degrees, but with winds of 15 to 20 mph. Wind gusts could reach 40 mph. Chicago is facing a severe weather threat for St. Patrick's Day weekend. A Level 2 risk is in effect from 9 p.m. Friday to 3 a.m. Saturday due to storms. Wind gusts are expected to exceed 45 mph on Friday and reach 50 to 55 mph on Saturday. Temperatures will be warm on Friday, reaching the 70s, but will drop to the 60s on Saturday. St. Chicago weather almanac: Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025 Thursday looks like the mildest day of the week with highs near 50 and a chance of rain. St. Patrick’s Day next Friday looks like a rain/snow Irish step dancers participate in the St. Patrick's Day parade on March 17, 2012 in Chicago, Illinois. Tens of thousands took advantage of record high temperatures and sunny weather to attend the Credit: Kathleen Hinkel/Block Club Chicago. The first St. Patrick’s Day parade in Chicago was held in 1843, when the city’s population was between 8,000 and 12,000. Marchers included citizens, a band and a military group of Irish men called the Montgomery Guard, who had spent the winter raising money for uniforms that debuted in the parade. Chicago typically goes all out for St. Patrick’s Day, and 2025 will likely be no exception. From the iconic river dyeing to a handful of parades scattered across the city, there’s no shortage The normal low temperature on St. Patrick’s Day in Chicago is 30 degrees, according to the National Weather Service. In 2023, the low was 21 degrees . Wettest Details for other parades in the city: Archer Avenue St. Patrick’s Day Parade: Starts at noon at Archer and Oak Park Avenues and will march east to Merrimac Avenue.. Northwest Side Irish Parade St. Patrick's Day Weekend Frigid Forecast. According to forecast models, an Arctic air mass is poised to move into the Chicago-area as the weekend gets underway, dropping wind chills between 5 and What we know: While St. Patrick's Day officially takes place on Monday, March 17, the City of Chicago's parade will step off at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday. The South Side of Chicago will celebrate St. Patrick's Day with the Irish on Parade Sunday morning. The parade steps off at noon from 103rd Street and Western Avenue in the Beverly and Morgan Park Though Chicago finished in the top 10 of the best cities to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, it also ranked among the worst, 198th out of 200, when analysts factored weather into the festivities. According to a well-researched 2024 Block Club Chicago feature by Linze Rice, the first St. Patrick’s Day parade in Chicago was held in 1843 and included citizens, a band and a military group of The Chicago River, after members of Plumbers Local 130 U.A. poured environmentally safe orange powder along the Chicago River turning it green for St. Patrick's Day in Chicago, Illinois on March
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