Children and adults play in a fire hydrant as temperatures reach the mid to high 90s, with afternoon heat indexes between 100 and 110 degrees in Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood on July 23, 2025. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)
Heat waves bring hot weather and humid conditions to Chicago area.
Jonah and Lucy Puentes from California play in the fountains at Gallagher Way during the heat advisory at Wrigley Field, July 23, 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)People fly kites at Palmisano Park after sunset as temperatures reach the mid to high 90s, with afternoon heat indexes between 100 and 110 degrees on July 23, 2025, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)
Kevin Mayorquin, 10, plays in a fire hydrant as temperatures reach the mid to high 90s in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood on July 23, 2025. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)Angela Colman buys a snow cone from Gods Favor Deliverance Ministries Chicago church as temperatures reach the mid to high 90s, with afternoon heat indexes between 100 and 110 degrees in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood on July 23, 2025. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)Kids seeking autographs wait for players on Waveland Avenue after a Cubs game at Wrigley Field, July 23, 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)
Chicago Cubs shortstop Dansby Swanson wipes his face with a towel during the fifth inning against the Kansas City Royals at Wrigley Field, July 23, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)A person sits under an umbrella at the Margaret T. Burroughs Beach on Chicago's South Side on July 23, 2025. The National Weather Service placed a heat advisory in effect from 10 a.m. Wednesday to 10 p.m. Thursday. A cold front is expected to arrive at the end of the week, which could aid in creating conditions for thunderstorms. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)A man cools off in a sprinkler outside a Chicago firehouse across from Wrigley Field after the Kansas City Royals beat the Chicago Cubs 8-4 on July 23, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)
Treasure Ogden, 8, right, and her cousin Mario Stogner, 15, buy ice cream from an ice cream van as temperatures reach the mid to high 90s, with afternoon heat indexes between 100 and 110 degrees in the Englewood neighborhood on July 23, 2025. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)People play catch with a football in Lake Michigan at Oakwood Beach in Chicago on July, 23, 2025, as the temperature hovers in the mid-90s. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune)Charlie Sokol, 5, plays in the fountain in Gallagher Way before the Cubs host the Royals at Wrigley Field, July 23, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)
Royall Reed, 8, runs into the water at the Margaret T. Burroughs Beach on July 23, 2025. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)Lily Sokol, 3, plays in the fountain in Gallagher Way before the Chicago Cubs game against the Kansas City Royals at Wrigley Field on July 23, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)Anthony Holmes caries his 5-year-old granddaughter Andriana in a fire hydrant as temperatures reach the mid to high 90s, with afternoon heat indexes between 100 and 110 degrees in the Englewood neighborhood on July 23, 2025. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)
A person lays on the Margaret T. Burroughs Beach under a tent on July 23, 2025. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)People enjoy the fountain at River Esplanade Park on the Chicago River on July, 23, 2025, as the temperature hovers in the mid-90s. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune)Gods Favor Deliverance Ministries Chicago church apostle Aaron K. Walker serves Ben a pickle as temperatures reach the mid to high 90s, with afternoon heat indexes between 100 and 110 degrees in the Englewood neighborhood on July 23, 2025. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)
A person sits at the Margaret T. Burroughs Beach as several birds drink water from Lake Michigan on July 23, 2025. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)Aug. Chen, a high school student from Honolulu, tosses a Nerf football with friends on the Main Quad at the University of Chicago on July, 23, 2025, as the temperature hovers in the mid-90s. Chen is in Chicago for summer classes in psychology. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune)People cool off in a sprinkler outside a Chicago firehouse across from Wrigley Field after the Kansas City Royals beat the Chicago Cubs 8-4 on July 23, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)
Children play in a fire hydrant as temperatures reach the mid to high 90s, with afternoon heat indexes between 100 and 110 degrees in the Englewood neighborhood on July 23, 2025. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)Debra Green, of Calumet City, cools off at Mario's Italian Lemonade stand on Taylor Street in Chicago as the temperatures hover in the upper 90s on June 23, 2025. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune)Kids splash in Crown Fountain at Millennium Park on June 23, 2025, as the heat wave continues. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)
People cool off in Lake Michigan near 57th Street as the temperature hovers in the upper 90s on June 23, 2025. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune)
A pedestrian avoids the sun along Michigan Avenue with temperatures rising in the morning on June 23, 2025, as the heat wave continues. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)Tony Clark keeps his dogs Demarco and Javier cool in the spray of a fountain while playing on June 22, 2025, in Garfield Park while the heat index soared above 100 degrees for the second straight day. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)
Hundreds of people enjoy the summer heat at Oak Street Beach on June 22, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/Chicago Tribune)Javier Gonzalez cools off in a fountain before umpiring baseball games on June 22, 2025, in Humboldt Park. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)Faith, 8, and Fabian Stallworth, 11, splash around in Lake Michigan on June 22, 2025, at 63rd Street Beach. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)
Christa Ward gets an ice cream while enjoying the summer heat at North Avenue Beach on June 22, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/Chicago Tribune)Trey Shuey leaps into the water while hanging out at the pier near North Avenue Beach on June 22, 2025. Shuey, who lives in Ohio, was visiting friends in Chicago for the weekend. (Audrey Richardson/Chicago Tribune)People eat and shop the vendor stalls on June 22, 2025, at the Logan Square Farmers’ Market while the heat index soared above 100 degrees for the second straight day. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)
Boats pass by in the Playpen, a popular area for boaters in the summertime, located between Oak Street Beach and Navy Pier, near Oak Street Beach on June 22, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/Chicago Tribune)Emerson DeCamp, 10, leaps in the water at the pier near North Avenue Beach on June 22, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/Chicago Tribune)Tony Clark keeps his dog Demarco cool in the spray of a fountain while playing fetch on June 22, 2025, in Garfield Park while the heat index soared above 100 degrees for the second straight day. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)
Boats in the Playpen, a popular area for boaters in the summertime, located between Oak Street Beach and Navy Pier, near Oak Street Beach on June 22, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/Chicago Tribune)People relax on the sand and wade into the Lake Michigan water on June 22, 2025, at 57th Street Beach. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)Masiah Stallworth, 4, cools off in Lake Michigan on June 22, 2025, at 63rd Street Beach. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)
A lifeguard monitors the water near Oak Street Beach on June 22, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/Chicago Tribune)Boats in the Playpen, a popular area for boaters in the summertime, located between Oak Street Beach and Navy Pier, near Oak Street Beach on June 22, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/Chicago Tribune)Isaiah Curiel cools off with a water bottle while playing baseball on June 22, 2025, in Humboldt Park. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)
Lifeguards push a boat into Lake Michigan on on June 22, 2025, at 63rd Street Beach. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)Emerson DeCamp, 10, right, dives in the water at the pier near North Avenue Beach with family and friends on June 22, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/Chicago Tribune)People relax on the sand and wade into the Lake Michigan water on June 22, 2025, at 57th Street Beach while the heat index soared above 100 degrees for the second straight day. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)
A person sells ice cream at North Avenue Beach on June 22, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/Chicago Tribune)Angeline Jacquez, center, reacts as her mother, Minka Rios, holds the 2-year-old under a stream of water as families cool off at the McKinley Park pool on Chicago’s Southwest side on June 21, 2025. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)Madison Peppa, left, and Eryk Fundakowski get splashed by their friend Stewart Turner after they jumped off the pier at Montrose Beach on June 21, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/Chicago Tribune)
Vendor Lavar Jackson pulls a watermelon from his truck for a customer on the corner of Fullerton and Western on June 21, 2025. Temperatures reached into the mid 90s on Saturday, June 21, 2025. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)A crowd packs the McKinley Park pool on Chicago’s Southwest side as temperatures reach into the mid 90’s on June 21, 2025. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)Lewis Moore, 9, left, jumps off the pier at Montrose Beach, alongside his sister, Cora Moore, 7, on June 21, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/Chicago Tribune)
Lifeguards work the kiddie pool at McKinley Park on Chicago’s Southwest side as temperatures reach into the mid 90’s on June 21, 2025. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)Diego Santos meditates by the pier at Montrose Beach on June 21, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/Chicago Tribune)John Drexel, right, and his son, Aidan Drexel, 18, wait in the shade beside a mural of downtown Chicago and the lakefront located along Western Avenue on the Southwest side on June 21, 2025. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)
Maggie McDonough, center, jumps off the pier at Montrose Beach on June 21, 2025. Chicago has an Extreme Heat Warning in effect through the weekend. (Audrey Richardson/Chicago Tribune)Jamitra Fulleord, left, fans herself to cool off while talking with Juan Carlos Lares, right, as the two wait with others for the McKinley Park pool to reopen after a scheduled 15 minute break on Chicago’s Southwest side on June 21, 2025. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)Joe Kraft lays in a donut float after jumping off the pier at Montrose Beach on June 21, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/Chicago Tribune)
A young woman moves through the deep end while cooling off at the McKinley Park pool on Chicago’s Southwest side on June 21, 2025. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)Joseph Perez reacts as water pours over the 6-year-old as families cool off at the McKinley Park pool on Chicago’s Southwest side on June 21, 2025. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)Madison Peppa, left, and Eryk Fundakowski get splashed by their friend Stewart Turner after they jumped off the pier at Montrose Beach on June 21, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/Chicago Tribune)
A child touches a storefront window while walking with her family on East Randolph Street on the first day of summer, June 20, 2025, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)Judah Kruger, right, 4, looks on as his sister Amelia, 6, takes a swing at a ball while learning baseball with their father, Jordan Kruger, in Chicago’s Humboldt Park on June 19, 2025. Temperatures are forecast to reach into the 90’s this weekend and in to next week. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)Co-workers Mayowa Obafemi, left, and Yemi Akindele say goodbye after work in the setting sun outside the Chicago Cultural Center on the first day of summer on June 20, 2025. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)
River the dog sits in an oversized Chicago-themed chair in Humboldt Park as his owner, Andy Deleon, gives him a pet on the head on June 19, 2025. Temperatures are forecast to reach into the 90’s this weekend and into next week. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)People walk past a puddle at the Daley Center, formed by rain earlier in the day, on the first day of summer on June 20, 2025, in Chicago. Already warm temperatures are forecast to reach into the 90’s this weekend and into next week. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)
