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On July 26, 1934, thirty states (including Alaska) were over 100 degrees.  The only state which didn’t make it above 90 degrees was Rhode Island. Many people died, and Dayton, Ohio never cooled below 80 degrees over a two day period.

26 Jul 1934, 1 – The Dayton Herald at Newspapers.com

But 1934 wasn’t hottest July 26 – 1930, 1931, 1936, 1939, 1952 and 1914 were all hotter.

There hasn’t been a really hot July 26 in over 60 years, and weather as hot as the 1930’s is inconceivable now.

On July 14, 1915 – Juneau, Alaska was 90 degrees.

14 Jul 1915, Page 1 – Harrisburg Telegraph at Newspapers.com

But the press is certain that 90 degrees in southern Alaska is a sign of the apocalypse. They scan the globe for one localized hot temperature to prove that weather is climate.

The Portsmouth Times – Google News Archive Search

Sixty years ago, the New York Times predicted an ice-free Arctic and ships sailing over the North Pole within a generation.

TimesMachine: October 19, 1958 – NYTimes.com

Fifty years ago, they predicted an ice-free Arctic by 1989, with catastrophic shifts in the climate.

Expert Says Arctic Ocean Will Soon Be an Open Sea – Catastrophic Shifts in Climate Feared

It is now July, and there are no ships traversing the Arctic. Perhaps the ship captains forgot to read the New York Times.

MarineTraffic: Global Ship Tracking Intelligence | AIS Marine Traffic

On this date in 1911, there were 100 degree temperatures from California to New England. It was 105 degrees in Massachusetts, and thirty states were over 100 degrees. Six states were over 110 degrees. Every state except Rhode Island was over 90 degrees.

July 11th afternoon temperatures have declined in the US since the 19th century, and weather as hot as 1911 is incomprehensible now.

July 5th, 2012 was very hot – though much cooler than 1911.  Scientists were certain that the hot weather of 2012 was due to global warming.

This is certainly what I and many other climate scientists have been warning about

• Jonathan Overpeck July 4th, 2012

04 Jul 2012, Page A11 – Asbury Park Press at Newspapers.com

Yet the National Climate Assessment shows that the heatwave of 2012 was nowhere near as hot as many which occurred when CO2 was below 350 PPM.

Temperature Changes in the United States – Climate Science Special Report

“It doesn’t matter how beautiful your theory is …. If it doesn’t agree with experiment, it’s wrong.” –

Richard P. Feynman

“Scientists say” that global warming alarm is an ideological lie based on the subjugation of science to politics.

One hundred Italian scientists have been ignored – ItaliaOggi.it

Atmospheric CO2 has been rising exponentially for the past 60 years, and climate treaties have zero impact on it.

ESRL Global Monitoring Division – Global Greenhouse Gas Reference Network

Coal, oil and natural gas usage are all increasing exponentially.

CO? and other Greenhouse Gas Emissions – Our World in Data

As CO2 has risen, agricultural productivity has increased with it.

Yields and Land Use in Agriculture – Our World in Data

Hunger has declined sharply.

Hunger and Undernourishment – Our World in Data

Poverty has declined sharply.

The short history of global living conditions and why it matters that we know it – Our World in Data

Illiteracy has declined sharply.

Global Rise of Education – Our World in Data

Life expectancy has increased sharply.

Life Expectancy – Our World in Data

And as CO2 has risen, deaths from natural disasters have plummeted.

Global natural disaster death rates – Our World in Data

And NASA shows that Earth is getting greener, as a result of the increase in CO2.

Carbon Dioxide Fertilization Greening Earth, Study Finds | NASA

Meanwhile, the Washington Post says the world will end in 12 years.

Ocasio-Cortez says the world will end in 12 years. She is absolutely right. – The Washington Post

And the New York Times says it is time to panic.

NYT Opinion on Twitter: “Panic might seem counterproductive,

The climate change industry is a massive scam. It serves no purpose – and is based entirely on lies.

Forty years ago, Steven Schneider at NCAR predicted 15-25 feet of sea level rise, starting before the year 2000.

08 Jan 1979, Page 3 – The Palm Beach Post at Newspapers.com

One year earlier, he discussed melting the polar ice caps to prevent a new ice age.

Four years before that, he said global cooling was going to starve us to death – and was upset that President Nixon wouldn’t listen to him.

12 Jun 1974, Page 20 – at Newspapers.com

The Genesis Strategy – The New York Times

The US has had some some July 4ths, but none hotter than July 4, 1911. Thirty states were over 100 degrees, and all but one (Rhode Island) was over 90F.

This graph shows the maximum temperature in each state on July 4th, 1911.

These 12 states had their hottest July 4th on that day : Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. It was 104F at Boston, and dozens of people died in the heat.

05 Jul 1911, 1 – The Baltimore Sun at Newspapers.com

There was also a 70 day long heatwave in Paris that summer which killed more than 40,000 people.  Compared to no reported heatwave related deaths in France this year.

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

Another very hot July 4 was in 1936. Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota had their hottest July 4ths on that date.

The heat was more intense in 1936 than 1911, with six states over 110F, and twenty-one states over 100F.

Alaska was hot on July 4th. 1936 – with Nome reaching 84 degrees.

Lots of people also blew themselves up with fireworks that day.

05 Jul 1936, 1 – The Sunday News at Newspapers.com

Nome has only exceeded that temperature only once, on August 1, 1977.

Nome, AK Climate

There was a huge high pressure ridge over the western US in 1977, which brought record warmth and drought to the west, and record cold to the east.

National Geographic Magazine Archive

It snowed in Miami that year, and Alaska was warmer than Florida.

20 Jan 1977, Page 3 – Valley News

19 Jan 1977, Page 20 – The Town Talk at Newspapers.com

Jerry Brown declared a drought disaster in California.

TimesMachine: March 8, 1977 – NYTimes.com

The Times-News – Google News Archive Search

Scientists blamed the global cooling and drought on sunspots.

International Team of Specialists Finds No End in Sight to 30?Year Cooling Trend in Northern Hemisphere – The New York Times

Science News March 1, 1975

DENVER, Feb. 21, 1977  — A group of solar physicists and climatologists told a national science convention today that the bizarre weather of the last year might have been caused in part by abnormal activity on the surface of the sun.

the scientists said that all available evidence pointed to another year or two of cold winters in the Eastern and Central states and drought in the Western United States.

TimesMachine: February 22, 1977 – NYTimes.com

This was shortly after England’s hottest and driest summer.

Schenectady Gazette – Google News Archive Search

There was no snow in Vail at Christmas that winter.

Ocala Star-Banner – Google News Archive Search

This year people are skiing in Colorado on July 4th.

Webcams | Arapahoe Basin Ski & Snowboard Area

July 4th maximum temperatures have declined in the US since the 19th century,

The five hottest July 4ths were 1911, 1936, 1937, 1934 and 1901 – all more than 80 years ago.

And it isn’t just on July 4th.  According to the National Climate Assessment, the intensity and duration of heatwaves has plummeted in the US.

Temperature Changes in the United States – Climate Science Special Report

Ignoring all evidence, and relying instead on superstition, propaganda and hearsay -America’s leading medical groups have declared a climate change emergency.

America’s Leading Medical Groups Declare ‘Public Health Emergency’ Over Climate Change

The first of three videos for Independence Day weekend.