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The city of Chicago has been known by many nicknames, but it is most widely recognized as the "Windy City". The earliest known reference to the "Windy City" was actually to Green Bay in 1856. [1] The first known repeated effort to label Chicago with this nickname is from 1876 and involves Chicago's rivalry with Cincinnati. The popularity of the ...
This is your super cold Chicago forecast: Home & Garden. Lighter Side
The official record high for Chicago for July 11 is also from 1936—but is recorded as just 97 °F (36 °C). Further west in what would today be the near and far suburbs (e.g. DuPage County and westward), temperatures reached a blistering 110 °F (43 °C) or still higher at points during this massive heat wave. These extreme temperatures are ...
A Wind Chill Warning remains in effect for Chicago until 12 p.m. Monday. A Wind Chill Advisory extends through Wednesday morning.
The current National Weather Service Chicago is located in Romeoville and is in charge of issuing local forecasts and weather warnings for the Chicago area. [2] It is one of only two National Weather Service offices in Illinois, the other being National Weather Service Central Illinois in Lincoln, Illinois .
Extremely cold Tuesday night with wind chills bringing temperatures down to -35 to -50. A Wind Chill Warning is in effect beginning at 6 p.m. until Thursday morning.
In 2009, the scale was renamed the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Hurricane Index (CMEHI). [5] The data for the CMEHI comes from the public advisories issued for named storms by the National Hurricane Center. Specifically, to determine the maximum sustained wind speed, the following verbiage is looked for: MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR XX MPH