Images: Hot weather hits the suburbs.
As temperatures soared near 100 degrees, fifth grader Daphne Orenstein places a bottle full of ice trying to keep cool during Field Day Tuesday at Woodland Intermediate School in Gurnee.
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Anna Takach, 4, of St. Charles stays cool in Tuesdays sweltering heat at the Moore Park Sprayground in Geneva.
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The hottest Brandon Kolaski, 39, of Prospect Heights has ever been was about 10-15 years ago at the Taste of Chicago when temperatures were well over a hundred degrees so this isnt too bad he said. The water is warm and feels good he says as he and his son Rocky, 4, catch some waves at Big Surf Wave Pool in Mt. Prospect.
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Noe Pizana, 24 of Elgin, works on a roof in Des Plaines Tuesday as temperatures headed to the upper 90 degree range. He says the shingles get so hot that you need gloves on to handle them.
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Ed Perrault of Naperville walks along Washington Street in Naperville past a sign with a temperature reading of 101 degrees.
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A silhouetted swimmer jumps off the high dive into the cooling waters at Centennial Park in Naperville.
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As temperatures soared near 100 degrees, fifth grade teacher Anna Torres sprays water on her students trying to keep them cool during Field Day Tuesday at Woodland Intermediate School in Gurnee.
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Swimmers enjoy the cooling waters at Centennial Park in Naperville.
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Jill Evans and Katie Lerche cover Joel Biere with sand at Centennial Beach in Naperville.
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Seven-year-old Clemon McCullough of Elgin lets out a roar as he plays in the splash park in Elgin.
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Brianna Hagstrom of Elgin with her two-year-old son Elijah at the splash park in Elgin on Tuesday.
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Walking home from Thomas Middle School in a wizard hat and beard is apparently not-so-hot Clayton Smith, 13, of Arlington Heights who was using the wind to stay cool.
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