The Titanic sank on April 14, 1912, largely due to the weather in 1910 and 1911.  The warmest March on record in the US occurred in March 1910

The US went into severe drought for seventeen months.

This led to the largest wildfire in US history during August 1910

“On August 20 hurricane-force winds swept through the region and fanned embers and low flames back to life all across the Northern Rockies. There was no stopping or containing the fire; one could only hope to avoid it. Trains raced to evacuate towns just ahead of the flames. Forester Edward G. Stahl recalled that flames hundreds of feet high were “fanned by a tornadic wind so violent that the flames flattened out ahead, swooping to earth in great darting curves, truly a veritable red demon from hell.” In the same instant that towns and timber alike perished, heroes were made, legends were born, and history changed forever.”

The 1910 Fires – Forest History Society

There was a worldwide heatwave in 1911 which led to unprecedented Arctic melting, Temperatures in Greenland reached 94F, and an “enormous crop” of icebergs were set adrift.

Sep 17, 1911, page 6 – The Atlanta Constitution at Newspapers.com

Glaciers were disappearing in Switzerland.

18 May 1911 – GRAVE NEWS ABOUT GLACIERS. – Trove

40,000 people in France died from the heat

In 1911, Paris was already suffocating under the heatwave – Le Parisien

New England had their worst heatwave.

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

There were many record warm days and nights during 1911

In 1912, the sinking of the Titanic was blamed on excess icebergs caused by the warm weather of the previous two years.

May 08, 1912, page 9 – Courier-Post at Newspapers.com

TimesMachine: May 5, 1912 – NYTimes.com

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