It has actually been nine days with “measurable amounts” of snow, which, the National  Weather Service explains, means 0.1 inches or more. That ties a record and marks just the third time it has happened since the agency began keeping records in 1885, said Stephen Rodriguez, a meteorologist. The weather service issued a winter weather advisory Saturday night, and by 6 a.m. Sunday another 3 inches of snow blanketed the Chicago area, spurring travel warnings on the snow-covered roads. Most of the area awoke to find roads and sidewalks they had ...