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Eventdex · Heat & Excessive Heat

COOK

469221

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Event typeevent_typeHeat
NOAA NCEI event IDncei_event_id469,221
Episode IDepisode_id77,746
Begin UTCbegin_utc2013-07-16T06:00:00+00:00
End UTCend_utc2013-07-19T05:59:00+00:00
StatestateILLINOIS
County/zone typecz_typeZ
County/zone namecz_nameCOOK
Deaths directdeaths_direct1
Deaths indirectdeaths_indirect0
Injuries directinjuries_direct0
Injuries indirectinjuries_indirect0
Damage propertydamage_property25.00K
Damage cropsdamage_crops0.00K
Weather forecast office sourcewfo_sourceOfficial NWS Observations
Episode narrativeepisode_narrativeFrom July 14th through the 21st, temperatures climbed into the upper 80s to mid 90s while overnight lows stayed in the 70s. The warmest stretch ran from the 17th through the 19th. High temperatures (max heat indices) at Chicago O'Hare Airport reached 94��F (100��F) on July 17th, 95��F (101��F) on July 18th, and 96��F (100��F) on July 19th.||On July 16th, the pavement buckled on the two east bound lanes of Joe Orr Road two blocks west of Cottage Grove Avenue.||Between July 18th and July 21st, the heat was a contributing factor in the deaths of six people across Will and Cook counties.
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