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.