Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Oct. 10, according to the Tribune’s archives.

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Weather records (from the National Weather Service, Chicago )

High temperature: 86 degrees (1962)

Low temperature: 27 degrees (1964)

Precipitation: 3.94 inches (1954)

Snowfall: None

1871: As a gentle rain began to fall, the Great Chicago Fire burned itself out. There was nothing left to burn. The fire had reached all the way to the city’s northern border, which was then at Fullerton Avenue.

Almost 18,000 buildings were destroyed , much of the city was leveled, 90,000 people were homeless and about 300 people had died.

Flashback: As the city still smoldered from the Great Fire, the Tribune boldly proclaimed C

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