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Confirmed Informational Resolved Weather ORD arrivals and departures

Official observation no longer reports low cloud or visibility at O'Hare

Current state: Resolved at 2:51 AM CST
Started: Mon Nov 2, 12:51 PM CST
Latest activity: Tue Nov 3, 2:51 AM CST
Updates: 2

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Initial Confirmed Mon Nov 2, 12:58 PM CST

Official observation reports low cloud or visibility at O'Hare

The 12:51 PM CST official weather observation (METAR) for O'Hare (ORD) reports light drizzle, ceiling 900 ft, visibility 7 mi, wind 10 kt. Coded weather: “-DZ”. Source: NOAA Aviation Weather Center.

Evidence for this update

Latest observation	METAR KORD 021851Z 16010KT 7SM -DZ OVC009 14/13 A3005 RMK AO2 DZB1757 SLP174 P0000 T01440128 $
Station	KORD at Mon Nov 2, 12:51 PM CST
Basis	Official observation (METAR)
Source event time	Mon Nov 2, 12:51 PM CST
Ingested	Mon Nov 2, 12:57 PM CST
Published here	Mon Nov 2, 12:58 PM CST (2026-11-02 18:58 UTC)
Sources	Official weather observation (METAR), NOAA Aviation Weather Center ↗
Provenance	weather weather-v1 · config 2026-10-17.1 · writer template-v1

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Resolution Confirmed Tue Nov 3, 2:51 AM CST

Official observation no longer reports low cloud or visibility at O'Hare

What changed: low cloud or visibility → no longer reported

No official weather observation (METAR) for O'Hare (ORD) in the last 50 minutes reports low cloud or visibility; it was last reported at 2:01 AM CST. The latest, at 2:38 AM CST, reports mist, ceiling 1000 ft, visibility 6 mi, wind 11 kt.

Evidence for this update

Latest observation	SPECI KORD 030838Z 18011KT 6SM BR OVC010 17/16 A2994 RMK AO2 DZE00 P0000 T01670156 $
Station	KORD at Tue Nov 3, 2:38 AM CST
Basis	Official observation (METAR)
Source event time	Tue Nov 3, 2:38 AM CST
Ingested	Tue Nov 3, 2:51 AM CST
Published here	Tue Nov 3, 2:51 AM CST (2026-11-03 08:51 UTC)
Sources	Official weather observation (METAR), NOAA Aviation Weather Center ↗
Provenance	weather weather-v1 · config 2026-10-17.1 · writer template-v1

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Latest update at a glance

Evidence type	Confirmed: An official source reports it. We attribute it; we do not independently verify it.
Published	Tue Nov 3, 2:51 AM CST
Evidence ingested	Tue Nov 3, 2:51 AM CST

Affected

ORD arrivals and departures
Metro: Chicago
Airlines: not specified by the source

Sources

Official weather observation (METAR), NOAA Aviation Weather Center ↗ fetched 12:57 PM CST · id KORD:2026-11-02T18:51:00+00:00 · hash 170d437d9fed
Official weather observation (METAR), NOAA Aviation Weather Center ↗ fetched 2:51 AM CST · id KORD:2026-11-03T08:38:00+00:00 · hash bab5edd4bc20

Related, not linked by cause

Model lowers O'Hare departure delay risk 3–6 PM Tuesday to 34%, near normal Delay · Resolved · 12:24 PM
Model lowers O'Hare departure delay risk noon–3 PM Tuesday to 38% Delay · Resolved · 5:58 AM
Model lowers O'Hare departure delay risk 9 AM–noon Tuesday to 32%, near normal Delay · Resolved · 5:58 AM
O'Hare arrivals back near normal: 0% late in the last hour Delay · Resolved · 5:21 AM
Model lowers O'Hare departure delay risk 9 AM–noon Tuesday to 30%, near normal Delay · Resolved · 4:21 AM
O'Hare arrivals back to usual taxi-in times: 15% took 23+ min Slow taxi-in · Resolved · 10:00 PM
O'Hare departures back near normal: 27% late in the last hour Delay · Resolved · 5:30 PM
FAA no longer lists departure delays at O'Hare Delay · Resolved · 4:59 PM

Same airport, overlapping in time. We don’t claim one caused the other.