October 19 used to be a very warm day in the US, but temperatures plummeted after 1963 and never recovered.
Murdo, South Dakota reached 102 degrees on this date 70 years ago.
On this date in 1844, a storm surge on Lake Erie destroyed Buffalo, New York and killed 200 people.
30 Oct 1844, Page 1 – Lorain Republican at Newspapers.com
Imagine the hysteria if that happened now. Scientists would declare 100% certainty it was due to CO2, and demand immediate world communism.