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The driest month on record has been September 1979 with a mere 0.01 in (0.25 mm) of rainfall, while the wettest is August 1987 with 17.10 in (434 mm) of rainfall; annual precipitation has ranged from 22.22 in (564 mm) in 1962 to 50.86 in (1,292 mm) in 2008.
The Great Chicago Fire was a conflagration that burned in the American city of Chicago during October 8–10, 1871. The fire killed approximately 300 people, destroyed roughly 3.3 square miles (9 km 2 ) of the city including over 17,000 structures, and left more than 100,000 residents homeless. [ 3 ]
Part of the Weather of 2024. Starting on the evening of July 13 and extending through July 16, 2024, an intense sequence of severe weather outbreaks affected much of the Midwestern and Northeastern United States. This included two significant derechoes that each had wind gusts exceeding 100 mph (160 km/h), as well as multiple tornado outbreaks ...
The Chicago blizzard of 1967 struck northeast Illinois and northwest Indiana on January 26–27, 1967, with a record-setting 23 inches (58 cm) snow fall in Chicago and its suburbs before the storm abated the next morning. As of 2024, it remains the greatest snowfall in one storm in Chicago history. [1][2][3][4] As the blizzard was a surprise ...
Tropical Storm Francine unleashes flooding rainfall and gusty winds as it drives into Louisiana. Dalia Faheid, CNN. September 12, 2024 at 5:12 AM. Tropical Storm Francine inundated southern ...
It was overshadowed by the Great Chicago Fire that occurred on the same day. 1871: 2,500,000 acres (1,000,000 ha) Great Michigan Fire: Michigan: Overshadowed by the Great Chicago Fire that occurred on the same day. 1876: 500,000 acres (200,000 ha) Bighorn Fire: Wyoming: 1881: 1,000,000 acres (400,000 ha) Thumb Fire: Michigan: Killed 282 people ...
West Glacier has picked up 1.25 inches of rainfall so far in August, well ahead of the normal precipitation of 0.25 for the first week of the month. Kalispell has recorded 0.59 inches of rain for ...
The highest temperature recorded in Illinois was 117 °F (47.2 °C), recorded on July 14, 1954, at East St. Louis, while the lowest temperature was −38 °F (−38.9 °C), recorded on January 31, 2019, at Mount Carroll. Illinois averages around 50 days of thunderstorm activity a year which put it somewhat above average for number of ...