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Welcome to the Schaumburg Weather Making Department

Whether you enjoy rain, snow or sunny days, we’ve been making quality weather for the City of Schaumburg, Illinois since 1951.

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Weather words to live by (when we get around to it)

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OUR SERVICES

We Love Making Your Local Weather

As a full-service weather making department (stuck deep in the sub-basement of Schaumburg’s City Hall), we take pride in the weather we produce for our residents. Take a look at the weather we make and the talented team (the Weekend Crew not so much) who makes your weather.

Weather Services

We offer every kind of weather you can imagine — and some you can’t.

Staff Bios

Meet who’s making it rain, sleet and snow on you.

This Week’s Weather

See the weather we’re trying to make.

Machine Maintenance​

Our weather machines are old — see which equipment is down.

Uniform Store

Branded weather gear for our employees.

Employment

Current job openings in our department.

It’s ALL ABOUT THE Weather

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Want to know what we’re thinking about the weather? Check out our weather staff’s blogs!

Weather Series

New Sunset Colors for Spring

Posted onFebruary 13, 2022February 13, 2022

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THIS YEAR

Schaumburg Weather Department Events​

We’re busy with the weather, but we still make time to attend weather conferences and hold the occasional community weather seminar. Maybe we’ll see you there.

14

May – 2022

How to Make the Best Lightning
– Ada Bruner, Lightning Director

  • Sat, 11:00 am – 02:00 pm
  • Schaumburg Prairie Center

18

June – 2022

Midwest Weather Conference and Chili Cook-Off

  • Sat, 09:00 am – 6:00 pm
  • Chicago, McCormick Place

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Morty Applebaum

Weather Department Manager

We make the weather. I told them I didn’t know what else to say. You want a sunny day? Chances are good we’ll get to that eventually. Same with snow. Maybe even a little rain.”

Like I tell my wife Irene, the weather is like pickled herring — it’s never the same two days in a row, so you look forward to tomorrow and have antacids handy. She just shakes her head. (She also thinks I shouldn’t eat so many pickled herring in the first place, they give me stomach acid. Trust me, you don’t want to deal with that.) 

TESTIMONIALS​

What Residents Say​

Don’t just take our word for it — hear what our “customers” say about the great weather we make.

“Great rainstorm yesterday!”​

– Otis Fielding

“The dew is so perfect!”

– Nancy Perkins

“Ouch! Why does the snow burn? It’s so hot!”​

– Jack Williams

(Sorry, Jack — the Weekend Crew was experimenting and created another batch of their flaming “negative snow.” We’ve spoken to them)

SPRING CONTEST

Win a Free Rainy Day!

We normally don’t let you pick what weather you get, but we’ve been in a good mood lately. So for a limited time, you can enter our Spring Contest and tell us WHY you should get to decide what day it rains. See details below.

And yes, the Schaumburg City Attorney has 47 legal forms you need to sign. But hey, isn’t a rainy day worth it?

Learn More

Schaumburg Weather Making Department
Making quality weather for Schaumburg
since 1951.


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