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, with a high near 86. West wind 5 to 10 mph.
Night: Patchy fog after 5am. Mostly clear, with a low around 58. West wind 0 to 10 mph.
Day: Patchy fog before 11am. Sunny, with a high near 85. West wind 0 to 10 mph.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 59. Southwest wind 0 to 5 mph.
Day: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 84. Southwest wind 0 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 5am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 65. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Day: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms between 11am and 5pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 87.
Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 62.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 82.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 56.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 80.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 54.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 76.
Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 53.
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
Riverside is a city in and the county seat of Riverside County, California, United States. It is named for its location beside the Santa Ana River in Southern California. It is the most populous city in the Inland Empire and Riverside County, 12th-most populous city in California, and 61st-most populous city in the U.S. with a population of 314,998 at the 2020 census. The Riverside–San Bernardino metropolitan area at 4.74 million residents is the 12th-largest metropolitan area in the nation. Riverside is about 50 miles (80 km) east of downtown Los Angeles and is also part of the Greater Los Angeles area.
Riverside was founded in the early 1870s. It is the birthplace of the California citrus industry and home of the Mission Inn, the nation's largest Mission Revival Style building. It is also home to the Riverside National Cemetery and the Eastern Division of the Federal District Court for the Central District of California.
The University of California, Riverside, is in the northeastern part of the city. The university hosts the Riverside Sports Complex. Other attractions in Riverside include the Fox Performing Arts Center, Museum of Riverside, which houses exhibits and artifacts of local history, The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture, the California Museum of Photography, the California Citrus State Historic Park, Castle Park, and the Parent Washington Navel Orange Tree, the last of California's two original navel orange trees.
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