Icicles can form during bright, sunny, but subfreezing weather, when ice or snow is melted by sunlight or some other heat source (such as a poorly insulated building), and refreezes as it drips off under exposed conditions.

Frozen Wrigleyville by Paul Sager, on Flickr


The temperature at O’Hare International Airport, the Chicago's official recording site, reached 33F at 11:51 AM, Sunday Feb 21, 2021. This reading was the first time the temperature reached above 32F after 17 consecutive days of below freezing conditions. That's 400 consecutive hours below freezing.

Frozen Wrigleyville


Chicago’s coldest temperature was recorded on Jan 20, 1985, at -27F. The city's record number of consecutive days below freezing is 43 days set between Dec 28, 1976 until Feb 8, 1977.

Frozen Wrigleyville


This set of images were captured in RAW using an EOS 5DIII and EF 24-105mm f/4L IS II USM. The files were processed in Adobe Lightroom 6 with an HDR effect from Topaz Adjust.

Frozen Wrigleyville


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Icicles can form during bright, sunny, but subfreezing weather, when ice or snow is melted by sunlight or some other heat source (such as a poorly insulated building), and refreezes as it drips off under exposed conditions.

Frozen Wrigleyville by Paul Sager, on Flickr


The temperature at O’Hare International Airport, the Chicago's official recording site, reached 33F at 11:51 AM, Sunday Feb 21, 2021. This reading was the first time the temperature reached above 32F after 17 consecutive days of below freezing conditions. That's 400 consecutive hours below freezing.

Frozen Wrigleyville


Chicago’s coldest temperature was recorded on Jan 20, 1985, at -27F. The city's record number of consecutive days below freezing is 43 days set between Dec 28, 1976 until Feb 8, 1977.

Frozen Wrigleyville


This set of images were captured in RAW using an EOS 5DIII and EF 24-105mm f/4L IS II USM. The files were processed in Adobe Lightroom 6 with an HDR effect from Topaz Adjust.

Frozen Wrigleyville


These images are sized to fill your wide-screen display. Try using <F11> to maximize your browser window for the full effect. If the images overshoot your display, such as a laptop, just click on the image or the URL link and they'll resize to your screen from the host Flickr site. You can click a bit further into the image details on the Flickr page, if desired. EXIF data is available from the host Flickr pages as well. On the Flickr site, use your <L>key for Large and the <F11> for the full-screen.