EMagazine imagines "unusually long spells of 110+ degree days in Chicago or Washington, D.C"

The Freak Weather That Won’t Be Denied |EMagazine.com

Despite everything we have yet to discover about the consequences of our high carbon dioxide lifestyle, we’re bound to notice drastic changes in the weather: freak storms, record setting droughts and unusually long spells of 110+ degree days in Chicago or Washington, D.C.

Climate of Chicago - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The highest official temperature ever recorded is 107 °F (42 °C) also on July 24, 1934.

Monthly Weather Averages and Records for Washington, DC

The highest recorded temperature was 106°F in July of 1930.