The city of Gary is a part of the Lake County located near downtown Chicago. The city is just a few miles away from the location specified and lies in the northeast corner of the state. The area covered by this city is around 57.26 square meters. The weather is comfortable even if the summers are humid. The average temperature ranges around 29 degrees during the daytime. The winters are a bit cool with temperatures ranging from -11 to -2 degrees usually in the month of January and February. Gary is a Tornado prone city. This city is known for being the home for U. S. Steel Corporation. The city is named in the honor of the first chairman of this huge Steel corp. As per the census recorded in year 2006, the population residing in this city is around 10 million.