On this date in 1934, it was over 110 degrees in Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Illinois. Iowa was 115 degrees and the corn crop was dead.
08 Aug 1934, 1 – The Courier at Newspapers.com
USHCN Temperatures over 110 degrees on August 8, 1934. The Midwest hasn’t reached 110F since CO2 went above 350 PPM in 1988, and no place in the Midwest has reached 100F this year.
NE ALBION 111 NE ASHLAND NO 2 112 NE AUBURN 5 ESE 111 NE BEAVER CITY 112 NE DAVID CITY 111 NE FAIRBURY 5S 110 NE FRANKLIN 110 NE GENEVA 110 NE GENOA 2 W 110 NE HASTINGS 4N 111 NE HEBRON 110 NE HOLDREGE 110 NE IMPERIAL 110 NE MADISON 111 NE MINDEN 113 NE OAKDALE 111 NE PAWNEE CITY 113 NE RED CLOUD 113 NE SAINT PAUL 111 NE TECUMSEH 1S 110 NE TEKAMAH 110 NE YORK 111 IA ALBIA 3 NNE 113 IA CLARINDA 114 IA FAIRFIELD 112 IA INDIANOLA 2W 113 IA MT AYR 110 MO FARMINGTON 112 MO JEFFERSON CITY 110 MO MEXICO 110 MO UNIONVILLE 114 IL JACKSONVILLE 2E 111 IL LA HARPE 111 IL RUSHVILLE 111 IL WHITE HALL 1 E 111 KS ATCHISON 110 KS ELLSWORTH 112 KS HAYS 1 S 112 KS HORTON 110 KS LAWRENCE 111 KS MANHATTAN 113 KS MCPHERSON 111 KS MINNEAPOLIS 111 KS NORTON 9SSE 112 KS OTTAWA 110 OK JEFFERSON 111 AR CONWAY 111 AR CORNING 113 AR NEWPORT 112 AR POCAHONTAS 1 110
