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the smoke is still here. still ranging between 3-8SM at all obs sites across ne il.
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ORD and MDW ended up with 6 90°+ days during this heat wave, all consecutive. ...ORD... July 13th: 93°/69° July 14th: 96°/74° July 15th: 95°/76° July 16th: 91°/75° July 17th: 92°/75° July 18th: 91°/70° ...MDW... July 13th: 92°/69° July 14th: 96°/73° July 15th: 95°/76° July 16th: 91°/78° July 17th: 94°/77° July 18th: 91°/71°
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It made it up to 91° at ORD and MDW on Saturday.
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It made it up to 91° at ORD and MDW on Saturday. ...2026 90°+ Day Tally... 12 - MDW 11 - ORD 11 - RFD 11 - ARR 10 - PWK 10 - LOT 9 - UGN 8 - DPA
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Hit 92° at ORD and 94° at MDW today.
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Hit 92° at ORD and 94° at MDW today. ...2026 90°+ Day Tally... 11 - MDW 11 - ARR 10 - ORD 10 - RFD 10 - LOT 9 - PWK 9 - UGN 8 - DPA
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It’s nearly pointless to post this given the compression, but… A view from ORD just before sunset this evening. Edit: Amazingly, the compression isn’t horrid.
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New peak of the day, with 1/2SM FU VV015 here at ORD.
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Even with the smoke and a wind off of the lake, both ORD and MDW hit 91° today.
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Even with the smoke and a wind off of the lake, both ORD and MDW hit 91° today. ...2026 90°+ Day Tally... 10 - MDW 10 - ARR 9 - ORD 9 - RFD 9 - LOT 8 - PWK 8 - UGN 7 - DPA
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not as much as you'd think.
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The Northbrook air quality monitor is now reporting an AQI of 919.
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Now 3/4SM FU VV019 here at ORD. The sky is yellowing a bit now, solid pale/light yellow.
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Secondary lake breeze that moved through is helping to pull more smoke in.
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1SM FU VV020 here at ORD currently.
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This is the worst it has been for our area. There's gonna be some record AQI’s.
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Smoke is quickly moving into far NE IL, as this back-door front moves in/through.
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Made it up to 95° at both ORD and MDW today.
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Made it up to 95° at both ORD and MDW today. ...2026 90°+ Day Tally... 9 - MDW 9 - ARR 8 - ORD 8 - RFD 8 - PWK 8 - UGN 8 - LOT 6 - DPA
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Peaked at 93° at ORD and 92° at MDW yesterday. Both ORD and MDW topped out at 96° today.
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Peaked at 93° at ORD and 92° at MDW yesterday. Both ORD and MDW topped out at 96° today. ...2026 90°+ Day Tally... 8 - MDW 8 - ARR 7 - ORD 7 - RFD 7 - PWK 7 - UGN 7 - LOT 5 - DPA
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headlines aren’t for temperatures.
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100 isn’t happening today. Many models are over-mixing once again, just as they did with the last heat wave prior to the 4th. However, this time it’s worse.
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6010DM 500MB height on the 0z MSP sounding, which sets a new all-time record.
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i wouldn't consider it a miss north with 90°+ expected every day this week.
