Feb. 29--Unseasonably mild temperatures Sunday have broken a 121-year-old record high for the day in Chicago.
The day started with temperatures in the low to mid-40s and climbed to the low 60s by noon, hitting 62 degrees at 1:06 p.m. at O'Hare International Airport, according to the National Weather Service. That passes the record high of 61 degrees for Feb. 28 set in 1895, according to the weather service.
"Temperatures could still rise a degree or two," the weather service said in the record-event report noting the new record.
A wind advisory was issued for Cook, DuPage, Will and Lake counties and for several other counties in northeast Illinois as well as for parts of northwest Indiana. Winds from the southwest have remained above 20 mph at most Chicago-area weather stations since around sunrise Sunday, with gusts at O'Hare as high as 38 mph.
The wind advisory was allowed to expire at 4 p.m., according to the weather service.
The warm weather is not expected to stick around.
The temperatures are forecast to drop by Monday night. Snow accumulation is also possible Monday night into early Tuesday, according to the weather service.
For more updates, check the Tribune's weather page.
