Heat, Cook
- When
- August 16, 10:00 AM CST to August 17, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cook forecast zone
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- GOVT OFFICIAL
Heat in Illinois, August 16 to 17, 1999
Two heat related deaths occurred in the Chicago metropolitan area over a 36 hour period with maximum daytime heat indices in the upper 80s and nighttime heat indices in the upper 70s.
The toll
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS LOT wrote it up.
Two heat related deaths occurred in the Chicago metropolitan area over a 36 hour period with maximum daytime heat indices in the upper 80s and nighttime heat indices in the upper 70s.
Event by event
2 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
Heat, Will
- When
- August 16, 10:00 AM CST to August 17, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Will forecast zone
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- GOVT OFFICIAL
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heat, Cook | 1999-08-16 | 55 | Male | Permanent Home | Direct |
| Heat, Will | 1999-08-17 | 53 | Male | Permanent Home | Direct |
What these are
- Heat
- Heat below excessive heat criteria that still caused deaths, injuries or significant impacts.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Texas, August 16, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Florida, August 16, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Minnesota, August 16, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Arizona, August 16, 1999
- Waterspout in Florida, August 16, 1999
- Hail in South Carolina, August 16, 1999
- Waterspout in Florida, August 16, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Florida, August 16, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Florida, August 16, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Florida, August 16, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Florida, August 16, 1999
- Funnel Cloud in Florida, August 16, 1999
More
Every storm in Illinois in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Illinois, August 1999
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5714288, 5714289.