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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.
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A 2.9M earthquake was measured/reported in Lake Michigan, just offshore from Chicago, just after 2:30PM.
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ORD received 1.71" of precip on July 3rd, which broke the record precip total for the date of 1.57" (1871).
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Chicago/O'Hare received 1.71" of precipitation on July 3rd, which broke the record precipitation total for the date of 1.57" (1871). -
Ended up with a 3-day rainfall total around 7" at home, with flooding around town. Family party on the 4th at my dads was fun, with the yard partially underwater, due to the nearly stationary t'storms during the afternoon.
