{"id":79468,"date":"2019-05-01T08:10:48","date_gmt":"2019-05-01T13:10:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=79468"},"modified":"2019-05-21T08:11:10","modified_gmt":"2019-05-21T13:11:10","slug":"spring-snow-takes-chicago-by-surprise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/spring-snow-takes-chicago-by-surprise\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring snow takes Chicago by surprise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Shannon Longworth<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Medill Reports<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"dropcap\">More than two inches of snow on Saturday interrupted spring for Chicagoans.<\/p>\n<p>So the question arises: is such extreme weather at unusual times of the year related to climate change?<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spring snow takes Chicago by surprise\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/333621105?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>According to National Weather Service meteorologist Lee Carlaw, there&#8217;s no way to tie an individual weather incident to a larger climactic change without seeing a trend over years or decades.<!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"featurecaption\">Photo at top: Patrons walking in snow on Michigan Avenue. 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