1954 - A deluge of 6.72 inches of rain in 48 hours flooded the Chicago River, causing ten million dollars damage in the Chicago area.
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Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 40. Southeast wind around 5 mph.
Day: Patchy fog between 7am and 9am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 70. North wind 2 to 7 mph.
Night: A chance of rain showers after 8pm. Cloudy, with a low around 54. Northeast wind 3 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Day: Rain showers likely. Cloudy, with a high near 62. Northeast wind 8 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Night: Rain showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 51. North wind 8 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Day: Rain showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 62. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Night: A chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 49. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Day: A slight chance of rain showers before 8am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 70.
Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 47.
Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 70.
Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 44.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 63.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 40.
Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 65.
Fri's High Temperature
100 at Death Valley, CA and Stovepipe Wells, CA
Fri's Low Temperature
17 at 32 Miles West Southwest Of Bynum, MT
Purgitsville is an unincorporated community in Hampshire County in the U.S. state of West Virginia. According to the 2000 census, the ZCTA for Purgitsville had a population of 813. Purgitsville is located on U.S. Highway 220/West Virginia Route 28 at its intersection with Huffman Road (West Virginia Secondary Route 220/3) south of Junction. An elementary school, Mill Creek Elementary, was open here until 1993 when it was consolidated with Romney Elementary.
The community was named after William Purgit, an early settler. In 1863, McNeill's Rangers were ambushed near the village by the Ringgold Cavalry, a Union force, but escaped with no fatalities.
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