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Has a Chicago winter ever been rain-free?

Dear Tom, Many people think of Chicago winters as being very cold and snowy, but it rains here a lot also with milder temperatures. Has there ever been a Chicago winter that had nothing but snow? William Alther, Chicago Dear William, A Chicago winter (December through February) has never been absolutely rain-free, at least in the years of Chicago’s official snowfall records, which began with the winter of 1884-85. No matter how cold a given winter has been, a mild…
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