Confined to England as well, apparently:
“ENGLISH HEAT WAVE
Worst August For 19 Years
The shade temperature at three o’clock to-day was 92. This has been the hottest August since 1911, when a record temperature of 100 was reached at Greenwich”
~29 Aug 1930 http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/2326586?
And to South Africa – my family’s livestock died from lack of fodder and water and our farm was, in the end, sold. The drought and heat there lasted almost ten years …
In the good days of the 30s the United States engulfed the entire globe or the Chicken Little Brigade is telling Fairy Tales. Take your pick!
I will take door number two!
Confined to England as well, apparently:
“ENGLISH HEAT WAVE
Worst August For 19 Years
The shade temperature at three o’clock to-day was 92. This has been the hottest August since 1911, when a record temperature of 100 was reached at Greenwich”
~29 Aug 1930
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/2326586?
And to South Africa – my family’s livestock died from lack of fodder and water and our farm was, in the end, sold. The drought and heat there lasted almost ten years …
In the good days of the 30s the United States engulfed the entire globe or the Chicken Little Brigade is telling Fairy Tales. Take your pick!
I will take door number two!