On August 11, 1944 twenty-two states were over 100F and every state except North Dakota was above 90F. It was 101F at Burlington, Vermont – the hottest temperature ever recorded there.
AZ 116, CA 116
KS 108, OK 107, UT 107, NV 106, TX 105, NJ 103, IL 102, KY 102, MO 102, NE 102, NY 102, MA 101, OH 101, OR 101, SD 101, VT 101, VA 101, IN 100, MN 100, NH 100
AR 99, ME 99, MI 99, NM 99, PA 99, WV 99, WI 99, WA 98, CT 97, ID 97, LA 97, SC 97, TN 97, CO 96, FL 96, IA 96, MS 96, NC 96, AL 95, GA 95, MD 95, RI 94, WY 93, DE 92, MT 92
The US was pushing back the Germans in France and Russia had hundreds of thousands of Nazis trapped in the Baltic States.