When is it no longer ‘cooler by the lake’?
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When is it no longer ‘cooler by the lake’?

6:37 Jan 14, 2026
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You’ve heard it in the Chicago weather forecast time and time again: “cooler by the lake.” But how close to Lake Michigan do you need to be to feel that dip in the temperature? And why doesn’t Chicago get the same lake effect snow as Northwest Indiana? We look into the powerful force that is Lake Michigan.
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