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Daily Precipitation in Chicago, 1940 (Inches)

Source: United States Weather Bureau, Chicago

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Note: "T," trace, indicates less than .C05 inch of rain or melted snow.

Monthly and Annual Precipitation at Chicago (Inches)

Source: United States Weather Bureau, Chicago
(The normals are based on the average from 1871 to date)
Aug. Sept.

Year

1928.

1929.

1930.

1931.

1932.

1933.

1934

0.84

1935.

2.34

1936.

1 64

1937.

1938.

6.78

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Jan. Feb.
Mar. Apr. May June July
0.73 1.57 1.50 2.34 1.59 6.97 2.95
5.03 1.87 2.74 4.00 2.63
3.93 0.54 5.23 4.79 2.29 4.96 2.18 3.49 3.03 3.06 1.47 1.84
2.23 1.42 2.82 2.30 2.16 2.49 2.63 1.17 1.29 2.81 1.75 0.27
0.57 0.76 3.33 1.75 5.08 4.78 2.68 5.67 5.14 2.62 4.63 2.28
2.20 1,21 3.10 0.58 2.89 4.79 4.67 3.08 1.12
3.52 2.24 2.46
2.32 1.22 4.05 2.61 '5.03 3.44 2.70 1.14 3.78 3.64 0.68 1.39
0.52 1.21 1.32 0.67 2.24 0.42 3.41 4.03 2.32 3.87
1.59 3.48 1.77 7.09 5.03 3.05 3.56 3.28
1.33 1.00 2.54 2.08 1.03 0.22 4.29
2.29
0.63 1.20 4.61 1.64 5.02
2.02 2.11 3.51 2.20 3.98
2.22 1.98 2.96 3.22 3.66
1.25 0.89 2.41 3.17 5.16

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1.90 2.14 2.58 2.78 3.54 3.30

26.78 32.46

Chicago Winds, Per Cent of Time Each Direction, 1940

Source: United States Weather Bureau, Chicago

5.29 0.77 0.95
2.74 1.47
0.49 1.79
1.29 3.95 0.31 3.26 2.36 1.38
3.33 3.21 3.14 2.53 2.37 2.04

1.18

32.89

0.95 0.90

27.51

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Altitudes in Chicago

Source: Chicago Municipal Reference Library

Chicago is one of the few great cities of the world which is built directly on a lake front. It is located at the southwest corner of Lake Michigan (lat. 41° 50', long. 87° 38' W.), somewhat less than half-way from the equator to the north pole, on a crescent-shaped plain gradually rising from the level of the lake.

The following street intersections are the highest street corners in Chicago. Six are located in the southern part of the city in the Beverly and Morgan Park community areas; the others in the northwest part of the city in the Norwood Park, Montclare, and Belmont-Cragin community areas:

Oakley Avenue and 103rd Street.
Western Avenue and 87th Street.
Seeley Avenue and 95th Street..
Hoyne Avenue and 91st Street
Damen Avenue and 103rd Street.

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Harlem Avenue and Nina Avenue.
Harlem Ave. and Norwood Park Ave. 68.623
Devon Avenue and Harlem Avenue... 67.111
Western Avenue and 110th Place
66.894

Dickens Avenue and Newland Avenue. 66.875
Harlem Avenue and Grand Avenue.. 66.843
Grand Ave. and Narragansett Ave... 66.723
Above Lake Michigan.

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Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Dec.

Annual

Normal

Address

1200 Belden Av. 850 Irving Park Rd. 411 Dickens Av.. 4058 Melrose St 5015 N. Paulina St.. 3420 Van Buren St..

3807 Washington Blvd. 9435 Langley Av.. 669 Irving Park Rd...

236 W. Washington St. 5024 Indiana Av....

1352 N. LaSalle St.

939 N. LaSalle St..

2700 W. 69th St.. 5800 Stony Island Av. 836 Wellington Av

7531 Stony Island Av.

1402 W. Monroe St..

Chicago Hospitals and Their Capacities

Name of Hospital

Alexian Brothers.
American...

Augustana.
Belmont.

Source: Chicago Board of Health

Bethany Home & Hosp.
Bethany Sanit. & Hosp.
Billings, Albert Merritt 950 E. 59th St...
Burns, Robert.
Burnside..
Burrows.

Chicago Eye, Ear, Nose
& Throat.
Chicago Home for Girls
Chicago Home for In-
curables..
Chicago..

Chicago Lying-In.
Chicago Memorial.
Chicago Osteopathic.
Children's Memorial.
Clark, Percival Lemon,
Foundat'n for Health
Research..
Columbus
Crittenden, Florence,
Anchorage.
Danish American.
Douglas Park.
Edgewater.
Edgewater Rest Home
Englewood
Evangelical, of Chicago
Fairview Sanitarium
Frances Juvenile Home
Franklin Blvd.
Garfield Park
Grant..

Halco Institute.
Henrotin.
Holy Cross.
Illinois Central.
Illinois Masonic
Jackson Park.
Jefferson Park.

5535 Ellis Av.. 811 E. 49th St. 5841 Maryland Av 660 Cleveland Park. 5250 Ellis Av.. 707 Fullerton Pkwy.

2637 Prairie Av..... 2548 Lakeview Av.

2615 Indiana Av.. 1621 N. Kostner Av.. 1900 S. Kedzie Av. 5700 N. Ashland Av.. 5400 Sheridan Road.. 6001 S. Green St.. 5421 Morgan St. 2840 Prairie Av... 5141 Michigan Av. 3240 Franklin Blvd 3821 Washington Blvd. 551 Grant PI

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2646 Calumet Av.

55

valescent Home.

1522 A. Albany Av..

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5145 N. California Av.

185

Kenner.

716 Wellington Av.

40

University....

432 S. Wolcott Av.

100

Lake Park Sanitarium..3256 Lake Park Av.

20

Walther Memorial.

1116 N. Kedzie Av.

200

Lewis Memorial

Washington Blvd..

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Loretto, The

645 S. Central Av.

137

Wesley Memorial..

2449 S. Dearborn St.

247

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Religious Denominations in Metropolitan Chicago

Source: Executive Secretary of the Chicago Church Federation Metropolitan Chicago, according to a survey made by the Chicago Church Federation, has nearly 2,000 churches with members and adherents in excess of 3,000,000. About 2,500,000 of these are divided equally between Roman Catholic Church and the Protestant denominations and miscellaneous sects, or about 1,250,000 each. There are approximately 300,000 Jewish adherents in the Metropolitan Area. There are about 380 Catholic churches and the Protestant organizations possess more than 1500 buildings. A summary of active members and churches for most of the Protestant denominaions in Chicago follows: No. of Churches

Denomination

Baptist..

Baptist-Colored.

Christian Reformed

Church of the Brethren.

Active
Membership

Ministers

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Chief Manufacturing Industries, Chicago Area, 1939

Source: United States Bureau of the Census

(The industrial area of Chicago, as defined by the Census Bureau, comprises Cook, Du Page, Kane, Lake and Will counties in Illinois and Lake county in Indiana.)

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23,669,215

3.923.237

2,572,435

3,263,047

27,568,398

98,642,347

14,156,976

15,607,904

73,086,206

1,852,906

87.469,764

36.127,215

8,030,339

26,406,571

11,817,112

7,644,280

11,291,573

4.187,436

3,552,726

8,113,474

5,778,158

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33,899,814

5,477,969

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