WGN-TV Chief Meteorologist Tom Skilling and the WGN Weather Center staff provide daily coverage of weather in the Chicago area.

ASK TOM WHY: August 2006 Archives

The 1930's “Dust Bowl”

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Perpetual rainfall on Earth

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Hurricanes and Aruba in January/February

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Lightning inside tornadoes

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HURRICANES DO HIT HAWAII

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Weather update

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World's greatest annual rainfall

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SNOW IN JULY?

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MOONBOWS

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Heat Lightning

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Chicago's Summer of 1943

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CHICAGO’S HIGHEST TEMPERATURE

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Global warming cycles

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LONGEST STREAK OF 80°-PLUS HIGHS

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More rain on Thursdays?

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Distance of Mars from Earth

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17-Year Cicadas

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Earthquakes and weather

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THE HARVEST MOON

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Time zones

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NO ALL-DAY RAINS IN JULY/AUGUST

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Supercells

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Not always ‘cooler by the lake’

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July 2006 Cloudiness vs. Normal

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Scent of Rain

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IDEAL WEATHER LOCATIONS

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Lightning Strikes

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DRIEST MONTHS IN CHICAGO

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Lightning's effect on jet airplanes

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Lake Michigan upwelling drops shoreline temperatures

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Altitude of Clouds

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