Bernie Sanders just had his 75th birthday this week. But had he been born 10 years earlier he would have experienced this. Two thirds of the US was over 90 degrees on September 10, 1931 and Minnesota reached 108 degrees.
September 10, 1931 temperatures: FORESTBURG 4 NNE SD 109 MILAN 1 NW MN 108 GANN VALLEY 4NW SD 107 ABERDEEN SD 107 MORRIS WC EXP STN MN 106 NEW ULM 2 SE MN 106 COTTONWOOD 2 E SD 106 KENNEBEC SD 106 MELLETTE 4 W SD 106 MURDO SD 106