Today in Chicago History: Great Chicago Loop Flood cripples businesses

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on April 13, according to the Tribune’s archives.

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Weather records (from the National Weather Service, Chicago )

  • High temperature: 83 degrees (2023)
  • Low temperature: 21 degrees (1950)
  • Precipitation: 1.33 inches (1983)
  • Snowfall: 1.2 inches (1907)

1992: The Great Chicago Loop Flood paralyzed downtown — shutting down power and prompting an evacuation that would affect financial markets and bring business to a halt for days…

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