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The southeastern US had an unprecedented heatwave during September/October 1925 – peaking on September 7

States over 100 degrees on September 7, 1925

Tennessee	112
Mississippi	110
Arkansas	109
Kentucky	108
Louisiana	108
South Carolina	108
Texas	        108
Missouri	107
Alabama	        106
Illinois	106
Oklahoma	106
Arizona	        105
Georgia	        105
Kansas	        105
North Carolina	105
Indiana	        103
New Mexico	101
California	100

Paris had 17 days over 90F (32C) this summer, fourteen less than summer 1947 – and six less than summer 1911. The forecast for Paris is cold the next ten days.

But climate was determined by one hot day on July 25.

During the two month long heatwave of 1911, 40,000 people died in Paris and at least 1,000 died in Germany – as heat and drought ravaged the US.

En 1911, Paris suffoquait déjà sous la canicule – Le Parisien

11 Aug 1911 – TERRIBLE HEAT WAVE. – Trove

Thousands of deaths in Europe and America.

11 Aug 1911 – TERRIBLE HEAT WAVE. – Trove

January and February. 1911 brought record heat to the Southeast US.

02 Feb 1911, Page 1 – Fort Scott Daily Tribune and Fort Scott Daily Monitor at Newspapers.com

OK 93
TX 93
NM 87
KS 86
LA 86
MS 85
AR 84
MO 84
AZ 83
AL 81
FL 80
GA 79
TN 78
IL 76
SC 75
IN 74
KY 74
CA 72
WV 70

May, 1911 brought precedent 100 degree temperatures to Maine and Quebec. May 22, 1911 brought the hottest May temperatures ever recorded in Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire.

23 May 1911, Page 1 – Pittsburgh Daily Post at Newspapers.com

22 May 1911, Page 1 – The Sydney Morning Herald at Newspapers.com

This was followed by the hottest July 4th on record in the US, during a two week heatwave which killed thousands of people in New England. July 3rd, 1911 was the hottest day on record in New Hampshire.  July 4th, 1911 was the hottest day on record in Massachusetts and Vermont, and July 10, 1911 was the hottest day on record in Maine.

04 Jul 1911, Page 1 – The Scranton Republican

The 1911 Heat Wave Was So Deadly It Drove People Insane – New England Historical Society

05 Jul 1911, 1 – The Boston Globe at Newspapers.com

And Europe had a seventy day long heatwave which killed tens of thousands of people.

En 1911, Paris suffoquait déjà sous la canicule – Le Parisien

London was 100 degrees on August 9, 1911.

29 Aug 1930 – DEATHS REPORTED. – Trove

More than a thousand people died in Germany.

11 Aug 1911 – TERRIBLE HEAT WAVE. – Trove

12 Aug 1911 – WEATHER IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA. – Trove

Top 10 Deadliest Floods In The Known History Of The World – ValueWalk

Extreme Weather – Google Books

If climate science was an actual science, academics would want to understand the heat of 1911 – rather than try to make it disappear.

The U.S. coast is in an unprecedented hurricane drought — why this is terrifying – The Washington Post

Prior to 60 years ago, September was frequently a hot month in the US. But temperatures have plummeted.

On this date in 1947, it was 114 degrees in Kansas and there was a massive heatwave across much of the US.

03 Sep 1947, 1 – The Manhattan Mercury at Newspapers.com

The heatwave last for two weeks, until September 10.

On this date in 1925, most of the eastern US was over 100 degrees.

It was the hottest September day on record in parts of Canada.

03 Sep 1925, 1 – Star-Phoenix at Newspapers.com

The coolest September 3 was in 1974, but I didn’t know about it because it was over 100 degrees in Tempe.

all the vessels at Martinique were lost during the terrible hurricane there.

the mountain slopes were covered with forests; all the cultivation and all the forests in the path of the hurricane appear to have been swept away. The numerous sugar, coffee, cotton, and cocoa plantations, which have felt the force of the tornado, seem to have been utterly destroyed. Houses and barns, storehouses and stables, have been crushed out of existence

21 Aug 1891, Page 1 – Reading Times at Newspapers.com

On this date in 1925, most of the Eastern US was over 100 degrees.

04 Sep 1925, Page 1 – The St. Louis Star and Times at Newspapers.com

The heatwave peaked on September 7, and lasted for the entire month oi September.