On July 9, 1876 it was 102 degrees in New York City during a protracted term of intensely hot weather. But no one was hysterical about the weather, like they get about 95 degree weather now.
TimesMachine: Monday July 10, 1876 – NYTimes.com
The New York Times was also lamenting the massacre of the hero General Custer – another part of history which they have since re-written.
