Perhaps never has a chilly Labor Day been so embraced by Chicagoans, who gleefully donned sweaters Monday as cool air swept over the much-baked Chicago area.

The day's low was 47 degrees at 5:30 a.m., just three degrees above the 1946 record. The day's high was only 64 - two-thirds the highs for much of the summer.

Monday was the last unofficial day of summer and the last day that Chicago's beaches were open to swimmers this season. However, Joe Pecoraro, supervisor of beaches and pools for the Park District, restricted swimming at most beaches because the water temperature dipped to ...

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