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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 ...
The Summer 2012 North American heat wave was one of the most severe heat waves in modern North American history. It resulted in more than 82 heat-related deaths across the United States and Canada, [2][3] and an additional twenty-two people died in the resultant June 2012 North American derecho. This long-lived, straight-line wind and its ...
Oak Street Beach, located at 1000 North, [9] covers the area from the North Avenue 'Hook' Pier south to Ohio Street Beach (Illinois St. Beach, Olive Beach), about 1.5 mi (2 km). Oak Street is home to the largest area of deep water swimming in the city (1/2 mile (800 m) over 10 ft (3 m)).
Centennial Beach is a public aquatic park located at 500 W. Jackson Avenue in Naperville, Illinois. The Beach is within an abandoned, double quarry alongside the DuPage River. The facility covers almost 6 acres (24,000 m 2) of land with a full two acres (8,000 m 2) or 6.2 million gallons of open water from Lake Michigan, all tested, re ...
Expect bathtub-warm water any time of year at these amazing destinations. The post 21 Beaches with the Warmest Water in the World appeared first on Reader's Digest.
Lake Chicago. Map of middle stage of glacial Lake Chicago, USGS Report of 1915. Lake Chicago was a prehistoric proglacial lake that is the ancestor of what is now known as Lake Michigan, one of North America 's five Great Lakes. Formed about 13,000 years ago and fed by retreating glaciers, it drained southwest through the Chicago Outlet River.
June 8, 1873 – January 1, 1887: Roanoke Building: January 1, 1887 – February 1, 1890: Chicago Opera House: February 1, 1890 – July 1, 1905: Auditorium Tower: Automatic rain gauge installed in 1897 July 1, 1905 – December 31, 1925: U.S. Court House Supplemental observations through 1970 January 1, 1926 – June 30, 1942: University of ...
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. Lake Springfield is a 3,965-acre (16.05 km 2) [1] reservoir on the southeast edge of the city of Springfield, Illinois. It is 560 ft (170 m) above sea level. The lake was formed by building Spaulding Dam across Sugar Creek, a tributary of the Sangamon River. It is the largest municipally-owned body ...