On July 25, 1934 Iowa set their official high temperature record of 118 degrees. The average maximum temperature around the US that day was 95 degrees, with 54% of the US above 95 degrees, and 34% of the US above 100 degrees.
US July 20 afternoon temperatures have plummeted since the 1930’s.
Eighty percent of the US was in severe or extreme drought that month.
via The Deplorable Climate Science Blog
July 21, 2018 at 03:32AM
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