What clothing should I bring to Chicago for New Years' Eve?
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- Aparna Patel
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- 20 Jul, 2023
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I realized there is already an accepted answer but I figure I would add my 2 cents. Having lived in Chicago for 6 years and enjoyed the winters. For regular walking about when it is >0F, especially if you plan on going indoors at all, ex. shopping then I usually wear wool socks, non-insulated boots, jeans, t-shirt, heavy cloth button down shirt or sweater, a down/synthetic puffy jacket, light gloves and wool hat. You might get a bit cold if its windy but with this you can go inside without roasting.
If you want to stay outside, particularly if you want to stand outside on navy pier on the lakeshore until midnight to watch fireworks then you should dress warm. I did this once and it was cold, although I was much better prepared than many of the others who constantly went inside. I wore thick wool socks, insulated boots, long johns, pants, heavy base layer/t-shirt, wool/synthetic fleece sweater, down jacket, warm gloves, wool hat. I stayed nice and warm with my heavy down jacket and long johns. The water does make it feel cold. Have fun
You’re right that next to the water it’s worse.
I live in northern Sweden next to a massive lake and it regularly gets -30C here at times in the winter. The humidity makes it worse – it’s painful to breathe. However, Chicago is apparently more like -10C in the winter, which is really not so hard to deal with! Although I get that it’s scary for a desert dweller 😉
I have never gone wrong with some base layer pants (otherwise known as longjohns), a thick jumper, thick coat, gloves, hat, scarf, and TWO pairs of socks.
So yes, everything you listed sounds perfectly fine to me. The important thing is to pack a couple of extra layers so you can remove or add layers according to comfort. You will find as well that when you go inside (like a department store or whatever), you will roast your ass off.
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