CHICAGO — An excessive heat warning for the city has been called off after thunder storms helped keep extreme heat at bay Friday afternoon, according to the National Weather Service.
Forecasters were predicting this to be the hottest weekend of the year and called for heat indexes to reach well into the 100s of degrees. It was supposed to feel as hot as 110 degrees by Friday afternoon, but temperatures were closer to 90 with a heat index hovering around 100.
The National Weather Service canceled the excessive heat warning around noon. It was expected to last until 7 p.m. Friday, according to the National Weather Service.
You can thank the rain for the cool down: Many places in the city got more than 1 inch of rain on Thursday night, Accuweather meteorologist Elliot Abrams said, and some of the sun's energy "will go into evaporating that water instead of adding heat."
It will still be dangerously hot, however. The National Weather Service said temperatures will remain in the lower 90s Friday, with temperatures near the lake hovering in the high 80s.
Temperatures will peak in the low 90s on Saturday, Sunday and Monday, Abrams said, not falling until the city gets a "little relief" with a high of in the mid 80s on Tuesday.
After a more bearable conditions thru early aftn, heat & humidity building for mid-late aftn. Shore turning cooler. pic.twitter.com/GwhQzdGRlN
— NWS Chicago (@NWSChicago) July 22, 2016
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