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: Rain showers likely and patchy fog before 3pm. Mostly cloudy. High near 68, with temperatures falling to around 60 in the afternoon. Northwest wind around 9 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 40. Northwest wind around 8 mph.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 56. Northwest wind around 9 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.
Night: Areas of frost after 1am. Clear, with a low around 29. Northwest wind 1 to 6 mph.
Day: Areas of frost before 9am. Sunny, with a high near 61. West wind around 5 mph.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 39. Southwest wind around 5 mph.
Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 67. Southwest wind around 3 mph.
Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 45. Southeast wind around 3 mph.
Day: A slight chance of rain showers after 7am. Partly sunny, with a high near 61. Northeast wind 5 to 8 mph.
Night: A chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 46. Northeast wind around 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Day: A chance of rain showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 60. Northeast wind around 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Night: A chance of rain showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 44. Northeast wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Day: A slight chance of rain showers before 11am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 64. North wind around 6 mph.
Night: A slight chance of rain showers after 4am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 45. North wind around 5 mph.
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
Middlesex County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,632,002, making it the most populous county in both Massachusetts and New England and the 20th most populous county in the United States. This makes the county the most populous county on the East Coast outside of New York or Florida. Middlesex County is one of two U.S. counties (along with Santa Clara County, California) to be amongst the top 25 counties with the highest household income and the 25 most populated counties. It is included in the Census Bureau's Boston–Cambridge–Newton, MA–NH Metropolitan Statistical Area. As part of the 2020 United States census, the Commonwealth's mean center of population for that year was geo-centered in Middlesex County, in the town of Natick (this is not to be confused with the geographic center of Massachusetts, which is in Rutland, Worcester County).
On July 11, 1997, Massachusetts abolished the executive government of Middlesex County primarily due to the county's insolvency. Middlesex County continues to exist as a geographic boundary and is used primarily as district jurisdictions within the court system and for other administrative purposes; for example, as an election district. The National Weather Service weather alerts (such as severe thunderstorm warning) continue to localize based on Massachusetts's counties.
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