This week in 1959 temperatures in England reached 100F (38C.)
“09 Jul 1959, Thu – Page 17
LONDON (AP) — A record- breaking heat wave spread over Europe Wednesday.
Temperatures in some southern British resorts topped 100 degrees and the rest of the county sweltered in the 80s and 90s.
Eighty girls fainted in a British TV plant. A London biscuit factory sent home its staff because all the chocolate melted on the production lines.
~ In Continental Europe the heat wave of the past two weeks is getting hotter and drought threatens the harvest.
In West Germany, people deserted the towns for the country- side and coast.
Cognac was the hottest town in France, 9.8. Paris had 92.5.
Northern Italy reported two highway accidents caused by heat exhaustion affecting drivers.
In Denmark, farmers brooded over the worst drought in 70 years.”
09 Jul 1959, 17 – San Angelo Standard-Times at Newspapers.com
h/t Don Penim
