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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Night: Patchy frost after 4am. Clear, with a low around 36. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
Day: Patchy frost before 9am. Sunny, with a high near 65. East wind 5 to 10 mph.
Night: Areas of frost after 4am. Mostly clear, with a low around 35. East wind 0 to 10 mph.
Day: Areas of frost before 9am. Sunny, with a high near 69. South wind 0 to 5 mph.
Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 47. South wind around 5 mph.
Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 71.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 44.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 70.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 46.
Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 71.
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Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 76.
Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 49.
Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 76.
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
Wed's Low Temperature
18 at 20 Miles Northwest Of Calpet, WY
Shamrock Lakes is a town in Licking Township, Blackford County, Indiana, United States. It was incorporated on May 21, 1973—and was the first community in Indiana to do so in 50 years. The small town consists of a group of six lakes that were created between 1960 and 1965, and the first lake was originally intended to be a water supply for a farmer's cattle. The community was listed on the front page of USA Today as one of only five places in the United States named after Ireland's clover emblem, the shamrock.
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