Here are Chicago’s hottest days — with temperatures of 100 degrees or higher — on record
The temperatures in or above the century brand are rare in Chicago.
Still 100 degrees recorded 24 August 2023The official registration site of the city has been in O’Hare International Airport for more than a decade for the first time.
This makes only 66 days while looking at data for more than 136 years, which are kept by the national weather service and recorded three -digit temperatures.
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The first was observed on July 16, 1887. When you report the tribune “How do fashion people solve the hot weather problem” The suggestions included a book reading, a canoe trip or a more cool local setting.
The highest temperature in the record in Chicago was 105 degrees recorded on 24 July 1934, but the unofficial results were even more excessive. 109 degree heights documented Dust bowl In 1934 and 106, he was placed in other parts of the city during a repressive heat wave in 1995.
On July 13, 1995, Chicago’s high temperature for the day reached 104 degrees during a bad wave of heat that killed more than 700 inhabitants. This will change the way Chicago responds in a week and Prepared for all emergencies.
Take a look at the hottest temperatures in the recording in Chicago and how the Tribune reports them.
The hottest day in the history of Chicago: 105 degrees (24 July 1934)
What did the tribune report
“There was definitely fifteen deaths attributed to warming in Chicago. In addition, there was more than thirty deaths than other disorders in which the heart and temperature were considered a contributing factor.…
“12th prostrate victim, 43 years old, 1629 North Mobile Boulevard Karol R. Bielawski, and Warren Boulevard fell into the steering wheel of his truck while he was driving on Ogden Boulevard near Ogden Boulevard.
“Although the temperatures in the Middle West and the East were extremely high on Monday and yesterday, the pilots on the intercontinental air lines reportedly just a few thousand meters above the ground. A pilot found a twa douglas air lining from Chicago to Pittsburgh, and was forced to open the temperature in the cabin for 15,000 fittings. Read more.
Just two days ago, John Dillinger – US Chief Public Prosecutor Homer S. Cummings was named as the number 1 of America’s first folk enemy – was shot by federal agents outside the air -conditioned biography theater.
104 degrees (20 June 1953)
What did the tribune report
“The beaches and pools were looking for relief, drowned five, prostrated the scores, and thousands of people took second -degree sunburn. Another 150,000 people tried to bow heat by calling shadow trees in forest protection and parks.
“More than 300 drivers were temporarily stranded, Chicago motor club reported that when steam locks developed in carburetors. They had to wait until the engines had cooled. Some Chicago transit authority buses slowed down due to overheating, but the service was preserved.
“Heat softened the dimming paths in many parts of the Chicago region. Lake in two places in Lake, Lake County – Route Lake and Route 134 near Lake Kanal Lake 134, near Big Hollow.…
“At the same time, Chicago was the hottest spring day in the history of air, because the summer is noon and the hottest day of this year exceeds 101.8 degrees on Friday.
“There were only two cities that recorded higher temperatures than Chicago in the country. These were Abilene, Tex and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma City, each 105 degrees.
“In some neighborhoods, adults joined children in opening fire hydrants to achieve instant relief.…
“The police were also engaged in the southern side beaches, looked at 75,000 people there and tickets for 150 illegal parked car.
“Unusual small crowds joined Lincoln Park and Brookfield Zoos. Robert Bean from Brookfield said that the animals look comfortable despite the heat. ‘ He said.
Other 104 Degrees Day
20 June 1988: “On Monday, on the first day of summer, the residents of the Chicago region experienced two weather stones. The thermometer at O’Hare International Airport, the hottest temperature recorded in Chicago at 16:26 o’clock read 104 degrees. And it rained for the first time in about a month.”
13 July 1995: “From the lying consolation department: only two billionth of the temperature and light of the sun reaches the world. The rest of our star’s burning energy disappears in space or is absorbed by other planets in the solar system. This is a real and day.
103 degrees (5-6 July 2012)
What did the tribune report
“Some were old. Others lived alone. They all had the underlying health problems.
“Many Chicago said that if he could withdraw to de-climatic houses or cooling centers if he could escape the third day of three-digit temperatures on Friday, the authorities said that at least six people have succumbed to suffocating heat in the last few days.
“There will always be some people who are very difficult to reach, ‘he said. He could be a person who has been able to follow them, but he could be a person who does not want to leave their homes.
Other 103 degrees day
21 July 1901: “Yesterday it was the hottest day Chicago knew. The thermometer made a polar chassis for registration, reached at 2 o’clock, returned to make a new start, and made a flight leap that cleansed the record to a complete extent.
1 July 1956: “It was the 13th day when the temperature exceeded 90. The number of days with 90 or higher temperatures was in front of last year, where all time of 46 days were recorded in a year. 13. 90 degrees or higher day did not come until 19 July last year.”
25 June 1988: “Chicago’s official high temperature (for June 25) was 103 degrees at O’Hare International Airport at 15:00 and was 2 degrees higher in Lake Michigan. But until midnight, the temperature fell to a cool 66 and was expected to fall more before dawn.”
Sources: Tribune Research, Reporting and Archives; National Weather Service
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