Environment
The Year's Most Gorgeous Weather Photos Are From ... Chicago
Checking in on the winners of a National Weather Service contest.
Where’s the most gorgeous weather in America? The misty, rainbow-swept cliffs of Hawaii? The pristine, sofa-sized snow drifts of Maine? Florida’s sultry, lightning-flashed beaches?
Actually, a strong case could be made for Chicago and its pancake-flat suburbs. The city’s notoriously frigid winters bring spectacular landscapes of ice and fog, while warm-and-cold air masses clashing in the summer conjure storms that seem to hearken the end of times.