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Heat — Cook, Illinois

August 25, 2003 · NOAA Storm Events record

Direct deaths
2
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
—
Area
Cook

Event narrative (NOAA)

High temperatures reached the lower to middle 90s on August 25th and 26th with heat indices in the middle to upper 90s. One person died of a heat stroke in Skokie and another person died of heat stress in Chicago.

Other notable heat events in Illinois

Cook · July 28, 199993 killedCook · August 1, 200624 killedCook · July 17, 201116 killedCook · June 21, 199716 killedCook · August 6, 200114 killedCook · July 21, 199912 killed

Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.

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