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Dangerous, prolonged heat is ongoing in the Mid-South to Mid-Mississippi Valley and heat expands into the Northeast for a brief period today. Widely scattered instances of flash flooding due to heavy rains are forecast from northeast Kansas to much of Indiana. Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms are possible across parts of New England, northern Mid-Atlantic, and North Dakota. Read More >

A Record Cold July Weekend! July 27-28 2013

...The coldest July weekend on record for Rockford and one of the top 10 coldest July weekends for Chicago...

An upper level low was situated over the Great Lakes region during the weekend. This brought strong upper level northerly winds into the Midwest from Canada which ushered September-like temperatures into the area during the weekend. The result was the coldest July weekend for Rockford and one of the top five coldest weekends for Chicago.

**Chicago**
1	59.8	JULY	3-4	1909
2	60.8	JULY	7-8	1883
	60.8	JULY	7-8	1984
	60.8	JULY	27-28	2013
5	61.3	JULY	5-6	1873
6	62.5	JULY	22-23	2000
	62.5	JULY	7-8	1894
8	63.0	JULY	7-8	1894
9	63.0	JULY	25-26	1891
	63.0	JULY	14-15	1945
	63.0	JULY	15-16	1967
	63.0	JULY	20-21	1996

**Rockford**
1	60.5	JULY	27-28	2013
2	61.0	JULY	12-13	1975
3	61.8	JULY	14-15	1962
	61.8	JULY	7-8	1984
5	62.0	JULY	1-2	1995
	62.0	JULY	18-19	2009
7	62.5	JULY	2-3	1904
8	62.8	JULY	3-4	1915
9	63.3	JULY	20-21	1912
	63.3	JULY	2-3	1932

	New Record Low Max for July 27th	Old Record
Chicago	65°	69° (1981)
Rockford	65°	67° (1981)

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