It was a brisk start to 2025 with a high temperature of just 34 degrees. The first days of 2024 and 2023, however, were an ideal start if your resolution was to get in more steps or to walk the dog more often. The high temperature reached 45 degrees both days and were major contrasts to 2022. That’s when Chicago got off to a snowy start, with slightly more than 3 inches observed at O’Hare …