The four hottest July 1st’s in the US occurred in 1931, 1901, 1913 and 1933
On July 1, 1913 seventeen states were over 100F (38C) and forty-one states were over 90F (32C.)
The following week California set the world’s record temperature of 134F (57C)
Easter week 1913 was likely the most most violent week in US weather history.
The True Story of Our National Calamity of Flood, Fire and Tornado … – Google Books
