Sean Morton, 31, sails his small boat on Tower Lake on an unusually gusty and warm 82-degree day on Oct. 28, 2024. Tower Lake is also a tiny village with about 1,200 residents just north of Barrington. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)A person walks past autumn trees after light rain passed through Chicago's River North neighborhood, Nov. 3, 2024. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)
Liam McCarthy, 2, plays with his mother, Chineso McCarthy, in fallen leaves near the Museum Campus on an unusually warm day on Oct. 29, 2024. (Tess Crowley/Chicago Tribune)People gather near colorful trees at Promontory Point in Chicago, Oct. 28, 2024. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune)People bike along a trail as leaves change in York Woods on Oct. 27, 2024, in Oak Brook. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)
Fall colors are on display at Promontory Point in Chicago, Oct. 28, 2024. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune)Colorful fall trees brighten Promontory Point in Chicago, Oct. 28, 2024. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune)The sun sets on a trail in York Woods on Oct. 27, 2024, in Oak Brook. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)
A colorful sugar maple leaf lies on the ground at Promontory Point in Chicago, Oct. 28, 2024. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune)Visitors walk through fall foliage at the Morton Arboretum in Lisle, Oct. 23, 2024. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)A visitor photographs the sculpture With an Ear to the Ground by artist Olga Ziemska at the Morton Arboretum, Oct. 23, 2024. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)
A visitor enjoys the fall foliage at the Morton Arboretum in Lisle on Oct. 23, 2024. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)A visitor walks along a path with fall foliage at the Morton Arboretum in Lisle, Oct. 23, 2024. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)A squirrel works through colorful fall leaves at the Morton Arboretum in Lisle, Oct. 23, 2024. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)
Visitors take photos as leaves change color at the Morton Arboretum in Lisle, Oct. 23, 2024. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)Trees show off their fall colors at the Morton Arboretum in Lisle, Oct. 23, 2024. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)
