On this date in 1934, the low temperature at Unionville, Missouri was 84 degrees – two degrees warmer than their forecast maximum for today. It was the sixth hottest day on record in the Midwest, with an average afternoon temperature of 102.6 degrees. Unionville reached 110 degrees that day, and Mexico, Missouri was 114 degrees.
Every single station in Illinois was over 100 degrees that day, ranging from 102 degrees to 114 degrees.
ALEDO 104 ANNA 2 NNE 107 AURORA 106 CARLINVILLE 113 CHARLESTON 107 DANVILLE 106 DECATUR WTP 107 DIXON 1W 102 DU QUOIN 4 SE 111 GALVA 104 HARRISBURG 108 HILLSBORO 108 HOOPESTON 108 JACKSONVILLE 2E 109 LA HARPE 108 LINCOLN 104 MARENGO 106 MCLEANSBORO 108 MINONK 105 MONMOUTH 103 MORRISON 106 MT CARROLL 103 MT VERNON 3 NE 105 OLNEY 2S 102 OTTAWA 5SW 106 PALESTINE 105 PANA 107 PARIS STP 107 PONTIAC 106 RUSHVILLE 111 SPARTA 1 W 114 CHAMPAIGN 3S 103 WALNUT 104 WHITE HALL 1 E 113 WINDSOR 105
Heat like this is incomprehensible now. Illinois has only recorded one temperature over 100 degrees in the last six years. But Illinois did record their two coldest temperatures on record this year, -38F on January 31, and -36F on February 1.
24 Jul 1934, 1 – The Daily American at Newspapers.com
But now we have the heat index, and people paid billions of dollars to lie about the climate.
