On August 23, 1936 seven states were over 110F, twenty-four were over 100F and forty states were over 90F.
California 114, Kansas 111, Missouri 111, Texas 111, Arizona 110, Oklahoma 110, South Dakota 110
Arkansas 106, Illinois 106, Iowa 106, Nebraska 106, Utah 106, Indiana 104, Kentucky 104, Nevada 104, Tennessee 103, Virginia 103, Colorado 102, Ohio 101, Louisiana 100, Michigan 100, Mississippi 100, Pennsylvania 100, West Virginia 100
Minnesota 99, New Mexico 99, Wyoming 99, Delaware 98, New Jersey 98, Alabama 97, Georgia 97, Maryland 97, North Carolina 97, Florida 96, South Carolina 96, Montana 95, New York 94, Wisconsin 94, Idaho 93, North Dakota 91
“Transcontinental travel has been seriously affected during the past several weeks,” the national motoring body’s midsummer touring report declared. “During the Spring and early ‘Summer months travel between the Atlantic and Pacific seaboards was at fan all-time record level, but went into a harp decline when great portions of the major transcontinental route were beset with dust storms and temperatures ranging between 100 and 114 degrees.”
Washington Dc Washington Evening Star, Aug 23, 1936, p. 56
“100-degree readings in August were not abnormal, with readings in 1930 and 1932 showing 102 degrees”
Publication: Coshocton Tribune
Location: Coshocton, Ohio, United States Of America
Issue Date: August 22, 1936
Coshocton Tribune, Aug 22, 1936, p. 1
Coshocton and other nearby locations have not reached 100F during August for more than 65 years.
Coshocton has not reached 100F during any month since 1988, when CO2 was below 350 PPM.
Ohio has not recorded a 100 degree temperature in the last ten years,
