What is 1936 North American heat wave?
The '''1936 North American heat wave''' was the most severe [[heat wave]] in [[United States]] history.<ref>{{cite web|title=Brutal July Heat a New US Record|publisher=CNN|date=August 8, 2012|url=http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/08/us/temperature-record/index.html|access-date=November 28, 2016}}</ref> It happened in the middle of the [[Great Depression]] and the [[Dust Bowl]] of the 1930s. The heat wave began in late June. It created great human suffering. It also caused [[drought]] in the [[Midwest]] and [[Great Plains]]. The lack of moisture, along with heat, destroyed huge numbers of crops. This heat wave set records in many states, including [[Iowa]], [[Minnesota]] and [[Illinois]]. In some states, the 1936 records were not broken until 2012.<ref>{{cite news|title=The Heat Wave of the 1930s|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/capitalweathergang/2010/06/the_heat_waves_of_the_1930s.html|access-date=November 28, 2016|archive-date=July 30, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160730030958/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/capitalweathergang/2010/06/the_heat_waves_of_the_1930s.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> In [[Ohio]], the temperature reached {{convert|110|°F}}, almost tying the 1934 temperature record there. More than 5,000 people in the United States died from this heat wave. The heat also affected [[Canada]]. ==References== <references/> [[Category:Droughts]] [[Category:1936 in North America]] [[Category:1930s in the United States]] {{weather-stub}}