Cold/Wind Chill in Cook, Illinois
Cold/Wind Chill January 5, 2015 · Cook, Illinois
What the National Weather Service wrote
An elderly man died in his garage from hypothermia due to cold exposure.
The wider storm
A swath of 4 to 7 inches of snow fell from eastern Iowa into east central Illinois. Observers in LaSalle County reported snow totals of 5.5 to 6.5 inches. High temperatures in the single digits and below zero lows resulted in at least one cold fatality in Cook County and one in Will County. An elderly man and elderly woman both died from cold exposure while in their garages. O'Hare reported a low temperature of -3F on January 5th.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 550199. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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