On this date in 1934, it was 101 degrees in Chicago and John Dillinger was killed. Hundreds of people were dying in the heat across the country, and Missouri was in the middle of eight consecutive days over 110F.
23 Jul 1934, Page 1 – Albuquerque Journal at Newspapers.com
Missouri has been over 110F on forty days since 1895. The last time was 1980, and the other 39 days were more than 60 years ago. All were below 350 PPM CO2.
Date Peak Missouri Temperature (F) --------- --- 7/10/1901 112 7/11/1901 110 7/12/1901 112 7/21/1901 110 7/22/1901 112 7/23/1901 111 7/24/1901 111 7/27/1930 110 7/28/1930 110 7/29/1930 113 7/13/1934 110 7/15/1934 110 7/18/1934 110 7/19/1934 111 7/20/1934 112 7/21/1934 112 7/22/1934 111 7/23/1934 111 7/24/1934 111 7/25/1934 112 7/26/1934 113 7/12/1936 110 7/13/1936 110 7/14/1936 111 7/15/1936 111 7/16/1936 112 7/17/1936 111 7/18/1936 118 7/19/1936 110 7/25/1936 110 7/26/1936 110 7/11/1938 110 7/12/1954 111 7/13/1954 112 7/14/1954 112 7/15/1954 115 7/18/1954 110 7/19/1954 112 7/31/1980 110
And eighty percent of the US was in drought.
All this was bad, but at least they didn’t have the dreaded heat index – which makes progressives uncomfortable walking between their air conditioned cars and air conditioned homes.
