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HEAT
IN CHICAGO
The official record high for
Chicago is 105F on July 24, 1934
at Chicago's O'Hare International
Airport.
The official record is compared
to a recent heat wave in 1995
that killed 500 to 700 people in
the city of Chicago. "Heat Index"
values officially reached 125 deg
F at Midway Airport during the
afternoon of July 13, 1995.
Official temperature 106 at
Midway and 104 at O'Hare. Over
500 deaths in a 4-day period in
Chicago.
CDC MMWR Weekly
Heat-Related
Mortality Chicago
1995
Chicago
Weather
Extremes
Chicago
Heat Wave of
1995
on Wikipedia
Heat
Index Chart
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HEAT
PRECAUTION/FIRST AID
CDC/NIOSH
Working
in Hot
Environments
OSHA
Heat
Stress
Guide
eMedicine
Heat
Exhaustion and
Heatstroke
Time-to-Run.com
Collapse
in the
Heat
DESERTS
Arizona-Sonora
Desert
Museum
Desert
Botanical
Garden
DesertUSA
Persia
Desert
Sahara Desert
World's largest desert and
location of the world's highest
official temperature in the shade
-- 136F in September of 1922.
District
25 curriculum on
Deserts
Sahara
Desert
on Wikipedia
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