By Meteorologist Paul Dailey
The statistics have been compiled and this July will go down in the record books as Chicago's wettest ever by far (11.15 inches compared to the old record of 9.56 inches set back in 1889). Veteran Midway weather observer Frank Wachowski stated that this was the third-warmest July (average temperature 80.4 degrees) at that location where records go back to 1928. Sunday's 91-degree high made it 21 days this year with a high temperature of 90-degrees or greater at that location. Frank had one more piece of interesting information - Chicago's July sunshine was 74 percent of possible (normal is 68 percent) - the first month this year that we have recorded above normal sunshine.
Dangerous heat Tuesday
With gusty southwest winds and adequate sunshine, Tuesday's temperatures should warm into the middle 90s while dew points rise into the middle - perhaps even upper 70s, making for potentially very dangerous heat conditions. The heat index Tuesday afternoon could hit between 105 and 110 degrees.
The statistics have been compiled and this July will go down in the record books as Chicago's wettest ever by far (11.15 inches compared to the old record of 9.56 inches set back in 1889). Veteran Midway weather observer Frank Wachowski stated that this was the third-warmest July (average temperature 80.4 degrees) at that location where records go back to 1928. Sunday's 91-degree high made it 21 days this year with a high temperature of 90-degrees or greater at that location. Frank had one more piece of interesting information - Chicago's July sunshine was 74 percent of possible (normal is 68 percent) - the first month this year that we have recorded above normal sunshine.
Dangerous heat Tuesday
With gusty southwest winds and adequate sunshine, Tuesday's temperatures should warm into the middle 90s while dew points rise into the middle - perhaps even upper 70s, making for potentially very dangerous heat conditions. The heat index Tuesday afternoon could hit between 105 and 110 degrees.
