1871 - Prolonged drought and dessicating winds led to the great Chicago fire, the Peshtigo horror, and the Michigan fire holocaust. Fire destroyed more than seventeen thousand buildings killing more than 200 persons in the city of Chicago, while a fire consumed the town of Peshtigo WI killing more than 1100 persons. In Wisconsin, a million acres of land were burned, and in Michigan, 2.5 million acres were burned killing 200 persons. "Tornadoes of fire" generated by intense heat caused houses to explode in fire, and burned to death scores of persons seeking refuge in open fields.
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Day: Patchy fog before 7am. Sunny, with a high near 70. North northeast wind 5 to 9 mph.
Night: Clear, with a low around 40. Northeast wind around 7 mph.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 71. East wind around 6 mph.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 43. Southeast wind around 5 mph.
Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 73. South wind around 6 mph.
Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 53. South southeast wind around 5 mph.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 77.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 51.
Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 79.
Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 59.
Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 82.
Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 59.
Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 82.
Tue's High Temperature
100 at Rio Grande Village, TX and 5 Miles South Of Yuma, AZ and 6 Miles West Southwest Of Glamis, CA and ~
Tue's Low Temperature
14 at Lyman, WY
Jerome is a village in Sangamon County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,656 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Springfield, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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