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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
700 AM CDT Wed Jul 10 2024

...ON THIS DATE IN WEATHER HISTORY...

In 1936, the hideous heat of the Dust Bowl Era invaded
the Eastern United States when Martinsburg West Virginia
was torched by a temperature of 112 degrees; Phoenixville
Pennsylvania by a feverish 111; Runyon New Jersey at 110;
while Cumberland and Frederick Maryland both reached 109.
These temperatures set all time record highs for each
state.

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In 1926, lightning struck an ammunition magazine in
Northern New Jersey, igniting a red ball of fire that, in
turn, triggered a series of explosions.  The explosions
destroyed every building within a half mile radius and
sent debris airborne that landed as far as 22 MILES AWAY.
The explosions caused around $70 million damage and
injured 16.  In 1913, Furnace Creek Ranch, located in
Death Valley California, was definitely a furnace when it
reached a broiling 134 degrees.  This was not only a
national record, but a world record as well.  The all
time record high temperatures in Kansas history are both
121 degrees, set in Fredonia on July 18, 1936, and in
Alton on July 24, 1936.

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