2007 — Feb 1-19, Extreme Cold and Wind Chill, Grundy, Kane & esp. Cook Co’s., II– 12

Illinois             (12)

— 10  Cook Co., Feb 1-19. NCDC. Storm Events Database. Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, IL, Cook.

–Female, 25, outside.

–Female, 46, permanent home.

–Female, 55, outside.

–Female 82, permanent home.

–Male, 47, permanent home.

–Male, 51, outside.

–Male, 55, outside.

–Male, 55, outside.

–Male, 86, permanent home.

–Male, 97, permanent home.

— 1  Grundy County, Morris, Feb 3-6. Male, 24, found outside motel, “dead…from the cold.”[1]

— 1  Kane County, Aurora, Feb 3-6, 2007. Male, 49, outside.[2]

 

Narrative Information

 

NCDC: “High temperatures were below freezing for the first 18 days of the month. February 4th and 5th were the coldest with high temperatures at Chicago O’Hare Airport of only 2 above on the 4th and 5 above on the 5th. The coldest low temperature at Chicago O’Hare Airport occurred on the morning of the 5th, 10 degrees below zero. Wind chill readings ranged from 20 below zero to 30 below zero on the 4th, 5th and 6th.” (NCDC, NOAA. Storm Events Database. Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, IL, Cook, Feb 1-19-2007.)

 

Sources

 

National Climatic Data Center, NOAA. Storm Events Database. Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Illinois, Cook County, Feb 1-19-2007. Accessed 8-22-2005 at: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=18540

 

National Climatic Data Center, NOAA. Storm Events Database. Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Illinois, Grundy County, Feb 3-6, 2007. Accessed 8-22-2015: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=18554

 

National Climatic Data Center, NOAA. Storm Events Database. Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Illinois, Kane County, Feb 3-6-2007. Accessed 8-22-2015: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=18549

 

 

 

 

 

[1] NCDC, NOAA. Storm Events Database. Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Illinois, Grundy County, Feb 3-6, 2007.

[2] NCDC, NOAA. Storm Events Database. Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Illinois, Kane County, Feb 3-6, 2007.