The deadly heat wave of July 1936…

...in the middle of one of the hottest summers on record…in the middle of one of the hottest decades ever* - Paul Dorian

• The heat wave experienced in 1936 began in late June, reached a peak in July, and didn’t really come to an end until September. 

Many of the all-time high temperature records that were set in the 1930’s in numerous cities and states still stand today...