Mercury Hovers Around 20 Below Early Saturday
The season’s most severe cold wave held Southern Illinois in its grip Saturday following a stormy night which covered the entire southern tip of the state with a blanket of snow and mercury tumbled down to eighteen below zero. Continue reading
The July 1980 United States heat wave was a period of intense heat and drought that wreaked havoc on much of the Midwestern United States and Southern Plains throughout the summer of 1980. It is among the most devastating natural disasters in terms of deaths and destruction in U.S. history, claiming at least 1,700 lives and because of the massive drought, agricultural damage reached $20 billion dollars. It is among the billion-dollar weather disasters listed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Continue reading