Images: Tuesday Hot Weather in the Suburbs
Mic Miyamoto of Buffalo Grove spreads wood chips landscaping the Chicago Japanese Mission Church in Arlington Heights on perhaps the hottest day of the year. Miyamoto wears what a typical Japanese farmer would wear long sleaves and gloves and a white towel around the head to prevent sunburn.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
Michael Rosales of Hoffman Estates is training for the Chicago Marathon, and trains regularly along the bike path at Busse West. He runs carrying plenty of water and hydrates constantly in this late summer heat.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
Berkeley Wenger works for her step-dads company patching tennis and basketball courts as her summer job. Normally shes a senior at the University of Arizona and lives out there. The heat doesnt bother her because shes used to it. Todays temperatures here are very much the same as they are in Arizona this time of year she says. Today shes working on the basketball courts at Olympic Park in Schaumburg.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
Michael Rosales of Hoffman Estates is training for the Chicago Marathon, and trains regularly along the bike path at Busse West. He runs carrying plenty of water and hydrates constantly in this late summer heat.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
Berkeley Wenger works for her step-dads company patching tennis and basketball courts as her summer job. Normally shes a senior at the University of Arizona and lives out there. The heat doesnt bother her because shes used to it. Todays temperatures here are very much the same as they are in Arizona this time of year she says. Today shes working on the basketball courts at Olympic Park in Schaumburg.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
Peter Zob of Hoffman Estates stays cool while hosing down some of his garage shelves. After seeing his kids off to school, he just started this latest task and will go inside as soon as he finishes, not staying out any longer than he has to in this late summer heat.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
Peter Zob of Hoffman Estates stays cool while hosing down some of his garage shelves. After seeing his kids off to school, he just started this latest task and will go inside as soon as he finishes, not staying out any longer than he has to in this late summer heat.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
Tom Peltier of Gurnee trains for an upcoming event on wheeled skis at Independence Grove Forest Preserve as temperatures remained in the 90s Tuesday near Libertyville.
Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
Christopher Moore of Maywood wipes the sweat from his face while fishing at Spring Lake in Aurora Tuesday.
Paul Michna/pmichna@dailyherald.com
Masa Sun of Naperville,22, rests in the shade of the halfpipe at the skate park along the River Walk Tuesday afternoon.
Paul Michna/pmichna@dailyherald.com
Dylan Siebert, 5, cools off during the unseasonable hot weather, at the Water Spray Park in Lombard on Tuesday.
Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
Madeline Deeke, 4, cools off from the heat and fills her bucket at the Water Spray Park in Lombard on Tuesday.
Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
Thompson Middle School students grab bottles of water from icy buckets in the hallway on their way out for an early dismissal Tuesday in St. Charles.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
Thompson Middle School social studies teacher Tim Maddie passes out bottle of water to his seventh-grade class while they take a test Tuesday in St. Charles.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
Fans, water and lights off were among the ways that Thompson Middle School teachers and students tried to keep cool without air conditioning and temperatures expected to hit the mid-90s Tuesday in St. Charles.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
Thompson Middle School social studies teacher Chris Ashline slipped off his flip-flops and sat by the door as he taught class Tuesday in St. Charles. Its the first time in my 10 years of teaching here that Ive worn shorts, Ashline said.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
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