Windy City Could Use Cool Breeze About Now
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From Times Wire Reports
Sweat-drenched city workers checked on senior citizens and shuttled people to cooling centers as the temperature surpassed 100 degrees in Chicago for the first time in six years.
The city was among scores suffering amid a heat wave that blazed a path across the upper Midwest.
The temperature at Midway Airport in Chicago reached 104 degrees in late afternoon, just one degree lower than the highest temperature ever recorded in the city, the National Weather Service said.
Temperatures hit 102 in St. Louis and 101 in Iowa City, Iowa.
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