Excessive Heat in Grundy, Illinois

Excessive Heat June 22, 2009 – June 25, 2009 · Grundy, Illinois

Death

What the National Weather Service wrote

A maintenance caretaker was found dead next to his tractor. He was mowing grass at a soccer field on Old Pine Bluff Road.

The wider storm

Temperatures climbed to near 90 on June 22nd and into the middle 90s on June 23rd, 24th and 25th with afternoon heat indices in the upper 90s. Overnight low temperatures ranged from the lower to middle 70s.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 185676. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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