On July 11, 1954, Sedgwick, Colorado, reached 114 degrees, the hottest temperature ever recorded in Colorado.
Boulder was 104 degrees, during a string of four consecutive days over 100 degrees. It was the hottest temperature ever recorded in Boulder, and the only time Boulder had four days in a row over 100 degrees.
Nebraska was 116 degrees, Kansas was 115, Oklahoma 112, and Missouri 110 degrees.
Most of the US was in severe or extreme drought.
Later that summer, New England was hit by two major hurricanes, which were the last major hurricanes to hit New England. Followed by hurricane Hazel, which was the deadliest hurricane to ever hit Canada. Hazel created a storm surge on Lake Ontario which killed more than 100 people in Toronto.
Something changed after 1954 and the likelihood of hot weather plummeted in the US. A couple of hot summers occurred in 1980 and 1988, but for the most part, US summers have been much cooler since 1954.
Meanwhile, the press continues to lie about the heat – like they do about everything else.
Huge amounts of moisture are streaming into the southwest, with lots of rain and temperatures forecast well below normal for the next couple of weeks.
Weather Street: Clouds and Precipitation Forecast Movie
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And back in 1954 we had no SUV’s and Al Bore was still a rich and privlaged little spoiled brat there was no Greenpeace,No NRDC,No EDF and No Friends of the Earth nit-wits the Audubon Society cared about Birds and the Sierra Club was still a bunch of Mixed Nuts like they are today
7 years old in 54 and living in Niagara Falls. All I remember is a huge tree down in the schoolyard. Then there was the Blizzard of 77. Wowzers!!
The point is that in 70 years during global warming those are the only two extreme weather events in memory. The sky is falling. The sky is falling!!!