According to your link it knows what I said is known about that globally localized heat wave. Thank you for the confirmation.
Such an arsehole
Spring and summer of 1934 brought by far the hottest weather, the most severe drought and the worst
dust storms the country east of the Rocky Mountains has ever experienced in its climatological history.
By late August, 24 states with a population of more than 27 millions had been seriously affected. Never before had there been so little rain over so wide a territory throughout
the growing season. Like the depression, the drought made itself felt as an international disaster. The list of
countries in the line-up reads almost
like a roster of the world's best
farm lands.
Extent of drought zone.—Roughly
speaking, the drought zone extends from the interior of Russia across Germany and the Danube Basin,
across France, the North Atlantic Ocean, the United States, and Canada. Within this vast zone there
were damp spots, but as a whole it was deficient in moisture. In a measure, Argentina and Australia have
somewhat the same story to tell.
Unusually high spring and summer temperatures. — "The excess above normal temperature in many
places was nearly twice as great as that for the previous warmest summer of record.
New high temperatures were recorded early, and the
number of days with 100° F or over was exceptional at a large number of his article is based on observations of
the writer on several journeys through the
drought area during the past five vears, the
most recent being in October, 1934, and on
material received from several sources by the
EDITOR of the BULLETIN.