Thousands Still Without Power After Record Chicago Snowfall

CHICAGO, IL — As of 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, there were still more than 43,500 ComEd customers still without power, according to the company's outage map of the Chicago area. The continued outage is thanks to what's being called the fifth-largest November snowfall in the city's history, according to WFLD, which added that the most snow during a two-day period in Chicago was way back in 1895, when a foot of snow was dumped from Nov. 25 to 26.

The recent snowstorm beat out the city’s previous fifth-largest November total from 1940, which was recorded at 6.4 inches from Nov. 26 to 27.

The National Weather Service reported the following snowfall totals as of Monday morning:

• Bull Valley: 13.1 inches
• Rockford: 11.8 inches
• Woodstock: 11.5 inches
• Marengo: 10.9 inches
• DeKalb: 9.1 inches
• Lindenhurst: 9 inches
• Ingleside: 8 inches
• O'Hare airport: 7.4 inches

A dozen other Chicago-area towns saw a significant amount of snow.

More: Illinois Blizzard: Snowfall Totals, Power Outages

In addition to power outages, some residents are still feeling the effects of Sunday and Monday's blizzard. While things were looking pretty good over at Midway, that wasn't the case at O'Hare, where a travel advisory is still in place due to departure and arrival delays.

Patch reader Rachel Gradner said her Monday night flight from Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP) to O'Hare was turned around mid-flight and sent back to MSP because O'Hare still wasn't accepting anymore arrivals. She said she had to spend the night in Minneapolis because she missed a flight to Midway, and was flown to O'Hare Tuesday morning.

More than 800 flights out of O'Hare and Midway were canceled Sunday, and hundreds more were canceled or delayed Monday morning. Some airlines were waiving fees and lifting certain restrictions for post-Thanksgiving air travelers.

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