A better chance of severe storms will arrive on Wednesday. Tonight will be partly to mostly cloudy with a few showers and storms. Temperatures will remain warm near 70 degrees. Wednesday will bring a brief cooldown with highs likely in the upper 70s to near 80 degrees. Scattered showers and storms are likely, and some storms may be severe.

Summer is Chicago's wettest season and a time when severe storms and tornadoes are most common. There are two reasons why 2025 may be worse than normal.

Much of the central United States, from Texas through Missouri and up into the Great Lakes region, will again be under the threat of severe weather on Wednesday, with the potential for powerful winds,