Chicago's O'Hare airport cancels 600 flights after the latest two-inch snow dump in more than 100 years
The latest date on record for any measurable snow is May 11, 1966, but snowflakes have been seen as late as mid-to-late May
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Your support makes all the difference.More than two inches of snow has been dumped on Chicago with just four days left until May - shattering a 109-year-old record.
The last time that amount of snow landed in the Windy City this late was back in 1910.
Steady rain turned into thick wet flakes of snow in the downtown area on Saturday morning, in a late-season storm that lasted for hours.
Elsewhere in the region, as much as eight inches of the white stuff piled up in some areas.
At O’Hare airport, 1.9 inches of snow had been recorded by 7pm, leading to traveller chaos and the cancellation of around 600 flights.
Baseball season - the annual sign that spring has sprung in America - was also hit; the White Sox had to cancel their afternoon match-up with the Detroit Tigers at Guaranteed Rate Field.
National Weather Service Meteorologist Andrew Krein said snowfall can be expected to stop accumulating in mid-March in the city.
The latest date on record for any measurable snow is May 11, 1966, but snowflakes have been seen as late as mid-to-late May.
In order for snow to accumulate this late outside of high-elevation areas, it must come down at a fast pace.
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