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Chicago Sun-Times

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Brett Chase

Summer heat hits Southwest Chicago hardest, new climate study finds

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Maria Caripa holds her 1-year-old daughter outside a Near North police station on one of the hottest days of the year last August. (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times)

If you’ve ever wondered why some parts of Chicago are hotter than others, the city is working on some answers.

One day in late July — at that point, the hottest day of the year — 100 volunteers drove around the city to take heat measurements.

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