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: Sunny. High near 61, with temperatures falling to around 59 in the afternoon. North wind 8 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Night: Mostly clear. Low around 36, with temperatures rising to around 38 overnight. North northeast wind 5 to 9 mph.
Day: Patchy frost between 8am and 9am. Sunny, with a high near 60. East northeast wind 2 to 7 mph.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 36. Southeast wind 1 to 6 mph.
Day: Patchy frost before 8am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 65. South southwest wind 1 to 6 mph.
Night: A slight chance of rain showers after 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 44.
Day: A slight chance of rain showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 66.
Night: A slight chance of rain showers before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 45.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 68.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 46.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 70.
Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 48.
Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 72.
Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 50.
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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
Rawsonville is an unincorporated community on the boundary of Washtenaw and Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. Small parts of the historic community of Rawsonville lie under Belleville Lake, which is an artificial reservoir created in 1925 when the Eastern Michigan Edison Company built the French Landing Dam and Powerhouse along the Huron River. Often it is claimed that most if not all of the Historic Town was flooded, however this is only partly true. Rawsonville was dedicated as a Michigan State Historic Site on October 27, 1983.
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