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East St. Louis, like all of Southern Illinois, is classified as humid subtropical by the Köppen classification, having hot, humid summers and cool winters. On July 14, 1954, the temperature in East St. Louis allegedly reached 117 °F (47 °C), the highest temperature ever recorded in America east of the Mississippi River. It is not considered ...
Damage was noted to several homes in the northern part of St. Louis County north of the path of the F4 tornado below. The damage was posthumously rated F0 with losses totaling $250. [2] [5] [11] F4 Crescent, MO to Northwest St. Louis, MO, to S of Madison, IL: St. Louis Co. (MO), St. Louis City (MO), St. Clair (IL), Madison (IL) MO, IL
St. Louis/East St. Louis, IL: St.Louis, Madison (IL) 0030 12 miles (19 km) 255 deaths — See article on this tornado — Third-deadliest tornado in US history. It caused near-F5 damage in East St. Louis. [6] [7] Illinois: F4: E of New Minden to Irvington: Washington, Jefferson: 0020 23 miles (37 km)
There is a long history of destructive tornadoes in the St. Louis metropolitan area.The third-deadliest, and the costliest in United States history, the 1896 St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado, injured more than one thousand people and caused at least 255 fatalities in the City of St. Louis and in East St. Louis.
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The 1896 St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado (great cyclone) was a historic tornado that caused severe damage to downtown St. Louis, Missouri, East St. Louis, Illinois, and surrounding areas on Wednesday, May 27, 1896, at around 5:00 pm.
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