(Hardy Wieting/Chicago Tribune) 1964: Chicago experienced 7.1 inches of snow on Easter Sunday — the heaviest Easter snowfall on record and the largest last snow of the winter ever for the city.

Before then, in 2016 and 2017, Chicagoans woke up to at least 2 inches of snow the mornings of Dec. 25. “Typically, the Chicago area has a white Christmas about once every three to four years ...

Of the big cities, Denver and Chicago have the best probability ... Boston trail behind with about a 1 in 4 chance of seeing ...

The first day of spring is off to a snowy start in the Chicago area on Thursday after severe weather on Wednesday night. A winter weather advisory is in effect until 7 a.m. as snow continues to fall.

While spring officially started at 4:01 a.m. Thursday in the Chicago area, winter isn't giving up without a fight as a wind advisory and a winter weather advisory with snowy, blustery conditions ...