HOW HOT WAS IT?
he summer of 1936 was considered one of the warmest on record. The extremely hot July was the hottest on record. The archives of the National Weather Service show that during the period of July 4, 1936 to July 17, 1936, daytime temperatures in Burlington, Iowa, averaged over 106 degrees, with temperatures of 111 degrees on July 14-15. My mother, Marcella Vittetoe, kept a daily diary of her life here in Washington, Iowa. Excerpts
