<![CDATA[99 Years Ago Today : Worst Heatwave In History – 134 Degrees In California]]>During the week of July 8 through July 14, 1913,  high temperatures averaged 129 degrees at Greenland Ranch, California.  On July 10 the temperature reached 134 degrees.

docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/mwr/050/mwr-050-01-0010.pdf

August, 1913 also had the hottest daytime temperatures in Oklahoma history, with an average high temperature of 106.4 at Oklahoma City for the month.

Meeker Oklahoma USHCN Temperatures
Month    Year   Average Max   Mean   Average Min
August   1913         106.4   89.5          72.2
August   1936         105.8   90.1          73.7
July     2011         101.9   89.0          75.6

Experts tell us that 100 degree temperatures in 2012 would be impossible without global warming.

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