There have been 11,500 summer days since 1895. July 18, 1936 was the hottest and the only one which averaged 100 degrees (99.6F) in the western US.
It was also the hottest July 18 across the entire country.
Three states reached 118 degrees (Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma) nine states were over 110 degrees, and twenty seven states were over 100 degrees.
States over 100F (38C) on July 18. 1936.
State Temperature (F) Kansas 118 Missouri 118 Oklahoma 118 Arizona 113 Arkansas 113 Nebraska 113 Montana 111 California 110 South Dakota 110 Idaho 109 North Dakota 109 Texas 109 Utah 109 Colorado 108 Minnesota 107 Nevada 107 Iowa 105 Wyoming 105 Washington 104 Illinois 103 New York 103 Mississippi 102 Virginia 102 New Mexico 101 Oregon 101 Ohio 100 Wisconsin 100
Meanwhile, the Denver Post says the Denver Airport could reach 100 degrees tomorrow, which they say would be near an all-time record and would be due to global warming.
One hundred degrees actually happens almost every year at the Denver airport, and is five degrees cooler than the 105 degrees downtown Denver reported on August 8, 1878. A record that has never been beaten, despite the fact that the airport site is three to five degrees warmer than downtown.
The breathtaking level of ignorance and stupidity among climate reporters, seems to know no bounds.
