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September 25, 2024 at 4:42 PM. (This story was updated to add new information.) The remnants of Hurricane Helene are slated to hit Illinois beginning Thursday, with the possibility of heavy rains ...
A multiday severe weather threat continued across the central U.S. on Monday, pounding the region with thunderstorms that produced damaging wind gusts, large hail and reports of tornadoes.
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 ...
There’s an old wives’ tale: If it thunders in the winter, it’ll snow in the next week. Well, we’re hearing thunder ...
National Weather Service Chicago, currently based in Romeoville, Illinois, is a weather forecast office responsible for monitoring weather conditions for 23 counties in Northern Illinois, the Chicago metropolitan area and Northwest Indiana. [1] The Army Signal Service established the first federal weather office in the region in Chicago on ...
A brief F1 tornado caused minimal damage in Mason City, [42] and an F3 tornado hit the crossroads of Illinois Routes 154 – 150, damaging six homes and causing $250,000 (1957 USD) in damages. [43] An F2 tornado moved for 4.5 miles across Jefferson County, deroofing multiple buildings and injuring two people. [44]
Illinois has a maximum north–south distance of 390 miles (630 km) and 210 miles (340 km) east-west. Total area is 57,918 square miles (150,010 km 2), ranked 25th in size of the 50 states. Water area is 2,325 square miles (6,020 km 2); Lake Michigan accounts for most of this. Charles Mound in the northwest Driftless Area is the highest point ...
Updated October 31, 2024 at 8:20 PM. The cold front that brought overnight storms across much of the central U.S. may ruin Halloween evening for many residents of the Upper Midwest and Southern ...