1979 - The first killer tornado of record in October in Connecticut destroyed sixteen vintage aircraft at the Bradley Air Museum in Windsor Locks. The tornado damaged more than one hundred homes causing 200 million dollars damage. Three persons were killed, and 500 others were injured.
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Night: Mostly clear. Low around 65, with temperatures rising to around 67 overnight. South southwest wind around 5 mph.
Day: Sunny. High near 87, with temperatures falling to around 84 in the afternoon. South southwest wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 63. South wind 5 to 10 mph.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 84. South wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 64. South southwest wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Day: A chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 84. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 7pm and 1am, then showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 59.
Day: Showers and thunderstorms likely before 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 68.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 50.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 66.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 45.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 68.
Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 48.
Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 72.
Fri's High Temperature
103 at Gila Bend, AZ and 3 Miles East Southeast Of Casa Grande, AZ
Fri's Low Temperature
23 at Angel Fire, NM
Olympia Fields is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 4,718 as of the 2020 census. It is a southern suburb of Chicago. The municipality grew up around the prestigious Olympia Fields Country Club, originally established in 1915.
Olympia Fields is noteworthy as one of the wealthiest and best educated, majority African-American communities in the United States. The village's zip code (60461) is one of three majority African American communities which rank among the top five percent in the U.S. for median household income and share of adults with college degrees, and Olympia Fields also has the highest black homeownership rate in the country among majority-black municipalities.
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