On this date in 1901, Nebraska and Oklahoma were over 110 degrees, twenty-three states were over 100 degrees, and all but three states were over 90 degrees. More than half of the US was over 95 degrees. Weather that hot is incomprehensible now. Click on the newspaper below for a larger image.
16 Jul 1901, Page 7 – The Semi-Weekly Times-Democrat at Newspapers.com
