O'Hare saw 8.4 inches of snow on Saturday, making it the snowiest November day in Chicago's recorded history, according to the NWS. Wadsworth saw 11 inches of snow; Hoffman Estates, Palatine, Skokie and Valparaiso, Indiana had snow totals near 10 inches.

A high-impact winter event will likely bring widespread snow to the Chicago area this weekend, potentially causing trouble on the roads.

A winter storm system is expected to intensify Saturday morning, bringing steady snow showers and creating potentially hazardous travel conditions across Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, Wisconsin and Michigan. Chicago, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, St. Louis, Indianapolis, Detroit and Roanoke, Virginia, are a few of the cities at risk through the weekend.

One day after Chicago saw record-setting snowfall, Sunday was a much quieter and more routine day for travelers at Midway Airport as the long Thanksgiving holiday weekend nears its conclusion.

Forecasters are anticipating a winter storm to begin late Friday, with snow expected to fall up to an inch per hour into Saturday.

The trip home from Thanksgiving for millions of travelers in the central U.S. will be disrupted by a "significant winter storm," forecasters said.

Temperatures in the Chicago area are forecast to dip into the 30s starting Wednesday, and wind chills could fall to a low of 6 degrees Thursday morning, according to the National Weather Service.

A major winter storm disrupted air travel in several big cities in the days after Thanksgiving, including Chicago, Boston, Detroit, Minneapolis and New York City.