The Chicago area can look forward to some quiet, almost balmy days after being hit by the largest snowstorm in two years.



Temperatures will climb into the 40s by this weekend with maybe some rain, according to National Weather Service meteorologist Ben Deubelbeiss.



The official tally from Tuesday's storm is 9.2 inches, recorded at O'Hare International Airport. That's the most to hit the Chicago area since the 2011 Groundhog Day Blizzard, which dumped 21.2 inches on the area, according to the weather service.



Elsewhere, 11.1 inches were reported in LaSalle, 9.4 inches at Midway Airport, 9.1 inches in Batavia, 9 inches in Homewood, 8.9 inches in Chicago Ridge, 8.5 inches in Joliet, 8.4 inches in Mokena, 8.3 inches in Oka Forest, 7.5 inches in Plainfield, 7 inches in Elgin, 6.8 inches in West Chicago, 6.7 inches in Barrington, 6.5 inches in Geneva, 6.2 inches in Beach Park and Northbrook and 6.1 inches in Lake Bluff.



The storm brought the Chicago area to a total of 29.5 inches for the season, just shy of the average for this point in the winter, 30.5 inches. Still, we are running 10 inches above this time last winter, according to the Chicago Weather Center.



The Chicago area has seen more than 10 inches of snow in a single day just 21 times since 1886.



Snow fell for more than 16 hours Tuesday. It started around 5:30 a.m. and, for nine hours, fell at rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour, slashing visibilities to one-half mile or less. But few problems were reported this morning.



Chicago Streets and Sanitation Commissioner Charles Williams said he expected main roads to be cleared, and expressways were reported clear this morning and travel times close to normal. The same with Metra and the CTA.

