Windy City
Although Chicago is known as the Windy City, it is in fact less windy than many other major American cities. Average wind speeds range from 8 miles per hour (13 km/h) in late summer to 12 miles per hour (19 km/h) in spring months. The "Windy City" moniker is actually believed to be a reference to the boostering politicians of Chicago from the 1800s. The phrase may have also been created by Chicago tourism boosters promoting the city, cooled off by breezes from Lake Michigan, as an ideal summer destination.
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Famous quotes containing the words windy and/or city:
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Woe to the windy masons at my shelter?
Love’s house, they answer, and the tower death
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—Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)
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