Well, the big snow is over, at least for now.

The next big question is: What happens when all this stuff melts?

The National Weather Service Chicago is predicting temperatures of near 40 degrees on Wednesday and Thursday this week. So you can expect to see those big piles around your driveway and mailbox go down, and Fox River levels go up this week.

In the meantime, let’s revel in the snow we got this past week. It was a big dump, for sure, with Chicago recording 18.3 inches of snow during the nine-day stretch from Feb. 3 to Feb. 11.

That nine-day snow event ties a record for consecutive days of measurable snow — a tie with records set in 2009 and 1902.

The National Weather Service Chicago is making us work for snow totals in Kane County — providing totals for three snow events and actually forcing us to use addition to come up with the totals for various communities.

Very unofficially (since there’s math involved), here are the top five Kane County snow totals for the three snow events of Feb. 5, Feb. 8-9 and Feb. 11:

Top 5 Kane County

• St. Charles (Kane) — 2.3 + 7.4 (2) + 4.7 = 14.4 inches
• GENEVA 4WSW (KANE) — 3.0 + 7.8 + 3.0 = 13.8 inches
• Sugar Grove 1NE (Kane) — 2.9 + 6.7 (2) + 3.5 = 13.1 inches
• Elgin 2W (Kane) — 2.4 + 7.0 (2) + 3.5 = 12.9 inches
• Batavia (Kane) — 2.4 + 6.6 (2) + 2.9 = 11.9 inches

Fast Facts

• There were numerous snow events across northern Illinois and northwest Indiana to start February 2018, highlighted by the winter storm on Feb. 8-9 that produced widespread snowfall of one-half to 1 foot.
• Chicago experienced an impressive nine straight days with measurable snow from Feb. 3-11, 2018, which ties a record set in 2009 and 1902. During this nine-day stretch Chicago received 18.3 inches of snow.
• Rockford, IL also experienced nine straight days with measurable snow from Feb. 3-11, 2018, which breaks the record of seven days set twice in January of 1994. During this nine-day stretch Rockford received 16.1 inches of snow.

Top 10 Kane Snow Totals Feb. 5

1. Aurora (Kane) — 3.5
2. Elburn (Kane) — 3.0
3. Geneva 4WSW (Kane) — 3.0
4. Sugar Grove 1NE (Kane) — 2.9
5. North Aurora 2NE (Kane) — 2.5
6. Batavia (Kane) — 2.4
7. Elgin 2W (Kane) — 2.4
8. St. Charles 6NW (Kane) — 2.3
9. Batavia 1WNW (Kane) — 2.2
10. Elgin (Kane) — 2.0

Top 10 Kane Snow Totals Feb. 8-9

1. Geneva 4WSW (Kane) — 7.8 (2)
2. St. Charles (Kane) — 7.4 (2)
3. Elgin 2W (Kane) — 7.0 (2)
4. Geneva 1SSW (Kane) — 6.8 (2)
5. Batavia 1WSW (Kane) — 6.7 (2)
6. Sugar Grove 1NE (Kane) — 6.7 (2)
7. Batavia (Kane) — 6.6 (2)
8. Elgin 1S (Kane) — 6.2 (2)
9. Elgin (Kane) — 6.2 (2)
10. Elburn (Kane) — 5.4 (2)

Top 10 Kane Snow Totals Feb. 11

1. Aurora (Kane) — 5.0
2. St. Charles (Kane) — 4.7
3. Batavia 1WSW (Kane) — 3.9
4. Elgin (Kane) — 3.5
5. Sugar Grove 1NE (Kane) — 3.5
6. North Aurora 2NE (Kane) — 3.5
7. Elgin 2W (Kane) — 3.5
8. Elgin (Kane) — 3.5
9. Elgin 1S (Kane) — 3.4 (tie)
10. Batavia 1WNW (Kane) — 3.4 (tie)
11. Geneva 1SSW (Kane) — 3.4 (tie)

2-Day Snow Totals (Feb. 8-9) Northern Illinois

2-Day Snow Totals Feb. 11 Northern Illinois