Monday, July 30, 2012

How Hot Were The Dirty Thirties?

Extremely hot (h/t Big Picture Agriculture):

Location Number of
100-degree
days in 2012
Hottest temperature
this year
Last time it
was warmer
Top 5 years with
highs >=100 degrees
Charleston 12 days 105° on June 29 and July 6 July 19, 1954 (107°) 1936 (26 days)
1914 (25 days)
1933 (23 days)
1934 (21 days)
1930 (20 days)
Decatur 5 days 102° on July 6 Aug. 18, 1988 (104°) 1936 (26 days)
1934 (23 days)
1913 and 1931 (17 days)
1930 (16 days)
1916 (14 days)
Jacksonville 9 days 105° on July 8 July 20, 1954 (107°) 1936 (36 days)
1934 (29 days)
1954 (18 days)
1930 (16 days)
1913 and 1931 (15 days)
Lincoln 6 days 102° on July 6 and 7 Aug. 21, 1983 (104°) 1936 (26 days)
1934 (19 days)
1916 (16 days)
1913 and 1930 (12 days)
1931 and 1954 (11 days)
Normal 12 days

(tied for 5th most
in a calendar year)
107° on July 8 July 15, 1936 (114°) 1936 (22 days)
1916 (20 days)
1934 (17 days)
1931 (15 days)
1894 (12 days)
Olney 15 days

(tied for 4th most
in a calendar year)
105° on June 29 and July 6 Sep. 2, 1953 (106°) 1936 (39 days)
1914 and 1930 (24 days)
1954 (19 days)
1901 (15 days)
1931 (14 days)
Palestine 14 days 105° on July 7 Aug. 18, 1988 (107°) 1954 (30 days)
1936 (27 days)
1930 and 1988 (26 days)
1953 (23 days)
1913, 1933, 1934 (15 days)
Paris 11 days 105° on June 29 July 18, 1954 (107°) 1936 (31 days)
1913 (21 days)
1934 (14 days)
1930 (13 days)
1896 and 1988 (12 days)
Peoria 8 days 104° on July 7 and 23 June 25, 1988 (105°) 1936 (23 days)
1934 (18 days)
1887 (11 days)
1983 (10 days)
1912, 1930, 1931, 1988 (9 days)
Springfield 10 days

(tied for 3rd most in
a calendar year)
104° on July 6 and 7 July 13, 1966 (106°) 1936 (29 days)
1934 (18 days)
1931 (10 days)
1954 (9 days)
1966 (8 days)
Urbana 9 days

(3rd most in
a calendar year)
103° on July 6 and 7 July 14, 1954 (109°) 1936 (15 days)
1934 (11 days)
1954 (8 days)
1930 (7 days)
1988 (5 days)
I can't imagine how bad 1936 was.  As much time as we spend in the air conditioning today, consider that many parts of rural Illinois probably didn't have electricity.   And in Normal, it was 114 degrees one day that year?  Sheez, that's crazy.

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