Extreme cold, snow and a Chicago Bears game: What to know about the weather this week

Get ready, Chicago. Snow is expected to move in on Thursday — and air temperatures are expected to be well below average with wind chills between -20 and -30 degrees Fahrenheit on Christmas Eve and Day.

‘You really have to be a little crazy to go out in this type of cold’

Dozens of runners brave the cold weather in Chicago to take part in the inaugural 10k Polar Dash run along the lake shore. The runners started in Grant Park, headed south down Lake Michigan's shoreline and returned to Grant Park. While the record for cold temperatures in Chicago took place Jan. 20, 1985, many of the city’s lowest recorded temperatures came from arctic snaps in 1872 and 1899.

The 1980s and 1990s saw frigid temperatures among the city’s coldest recorded, however only three days at or colder than 16 below — Jan. 6, 2014 and in two in January 2019 — took place after the year 2000.

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