Heat in Mclean, Illinois

A 59 year-old Bloomington woman died on June 7th as a result of extreme heat inside her home. The woman had pre-existing medical conditions that were made worse by the heat. Outside temperatures topped out in the lower to middle 90s: however, readings inside her un-air conditioned home likely rose well above 100 degrees.

A period of hot and humid conditions developed across central Illinois from June 6th through June 8th. Afternoon high temperatures each day reached the lower to middle 90s, while heat index values climbed to around 100 degrees. The hot conditions resulted in the deaths of a 59 year-old woman in Bloomington on June 7th, and a 19 month child in Noble on June 8th.