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On this date 85 years ago, it was 109 degrees in Chicago – the hottest day on record there.

24 Jul 1934, 1 – Chicago Tribune at Newspapers.com

NOAA says it was only 105 degrees – they are pretty good at cooling the past.

Official Extreme Weather Records for Chicago, IL

Andy P just informed me on YouTube that Heartland Institute is paying me – a lot. They must have the wrong address though, because the checks never show up in my mailbox.

The good news though is that I just found out I have been blocked from posting comments on this blog.

Highlighting the similarities between climate science, and other forms of organized crime.

On this date in 1934, the low temperature at Unionville, Missouri was 84 degrees – two degrees warmer than their forecast maximum for today. It was the sixth hottest day on record in the Midwest, with an average afternoon temperature of 102.6 degrees. Unionville reached 110 degrees that day, and Mexico, Missouri was 114 degrees.

Every single station in Illinois was over 100 degrees that day, ranging from 102 degrees to 114 degrees.

ALEDO	        104
ANNA 2 NNE	107
AURORA	        106
CARLINVILLE	113
CHARLESTON	107
DANVILLE	106
DECATUR WTP	107
DIXON 1W	102
DU QUOIN 4 SE	111
GALVA	        104
HARRISBURG	108
HILLSBORO	108
HOOPESTON	108
JACKSONVILLE 2E	109
LA HARPE	108
LINCOLN	        104
MARENGO	        106
MCLEANSBORO	108
MINONK	        105
MONMOUTH	103
MORRISON	106
MT CARROLL	103
MT VERNON 3 NE	105
OLNEY 2S	102
OTTAWA 5SW	106
PALESTINE	105
PANA	        107
PARIS STP	107
PONTIAC	        106
RUSHVILLE	111
SPARTA 1 W	114
CHAMPAIGN 3S	103
WALNUT	        104
WHITE HALL 1 E	113
WINDSOR	        105

Heat like this is incomprehensible now. Illinois has only recorded one temperature over 100 degrees in the last six years. But Illinois did record their two coldest temperatures on record this year, -38F on January 31, and -36F on February 1.

24 Jul 1934, 1 – The Daily American at Newspapers.com

But now we have the heat index, and people paid billions of dollars to lie about the climate.

On this date in 2011, the average maximum temperature in the Northeastern US was 94.6F, making it the 24th hottest day on record in the Northeast. Fifty-two percent of stations in the Northeast were above 90F, and twenty-two percent were above 100F.

The hottest day this year was July 21, which averaged 91.5F and had no stations over 100F.  This year’s “record heat” was the 170th hottest day in the Northeast since 1895.

The Northeastern US has had 775 days over 100F since 1895, of which 595 occurred with CO2 below 350 PPM.

On this date in 1934, it was 101 degrees in Chicago and John Dillinger was killed. Hundreds of people were dying in the heat across the country, and Missouri was in the middle of eight consecutive days over 110F.

23 Jul 1934, Page 1 – Albuquerque Journal at Newspapers.com

Missouri has been over 110F on forty days since 1895.  The last time was 1980, and the other 39 days were more than 60 years ago. All were below 350 PPM CO2.

Date            Peak Missouri Temperature (F)
---------       ---      
7/10/1901	112
7/11/1901	110
7/12/1901	112
7/21/1901	110
7/22/1901	112
7/23/1901	111
7/24/1901	111
7/27/1930	110
7/28/1930	110
7/29/1930	113
7/13/1934	110
7/15/1934	110
7/18/1934	110
7/19/1934	111
7/20/1934	112
7/21/1934	112
7/22/1934	111
7/23/1934	111
7/24/1934	111
7/25/1934	112
7/26/1934	113
7/12/1936	110
7/13/1936	110
7/14/1936	111
7/15/1936	111
7/16/1936	112
7/17/1936	111
7/18/1936	118
7/19/1936	110
7/25/1936	110
7/26/1936	110
7/11/1938	110
7/12/1954	111
7/13/1954	112
7/14/1954	112
7/15/1954	115
7/18/1954	110
7/19/1954	112
7/31/1980	110

And eighty percent of the US was in drought.

All this was bad, but at least they didn’t have the dreaded heat index – which makes progressives uncomfortable walking between their air conditioned cars and air conditioned homes.

One night in 1872, the temperature in New York City never dropped below 80 degrees.

TimesMachine: Thursday July 19, 1900 – NYTimes.com

And this was without the 8°C Urban Heat Island now occurring in New York City.

NYC-2009_Rosenzweig_etal.pdf