Officially --Today is the City's Hottest Day in 10 years

At 2:52 p.m. this afternoon the thermometer at O'Hare Airport reached 102º making today the hottest day in the city since the mercury peaked at 104º on July 13, 1995 during Chicago's tragic killer heat wave. That same day Midway Airport broiled at 106º. Midway observer Frank Wachowski reports a high so far today of 104º recorded at 2:40 p.m. equalling the 104º high reached there on July 30, 1999.

Steve Kahn WGN-TV/Chicago Tribune Meteorologist