I am nostalgic for the days before the great global warming and climate change panic. Yesterday in Springfield, Illinois it was forecasted to be 97 degrees, but it only hit 92.  The record high for this day was 104 in 1934.  It is a shame that it has only been colder for 84 straight years.  In reverence to Michael Mann and others we should adjust the 1930s temperatures down because they just don't match the agenda. The record-high temperature in Springfield was 112 on July 14, 1954, and it was over 100 for 29 days in 1954 during the 1945-1976 global cooling period. 1936 heat wave culminated 75 years ago today; 50 deaths resulted It's July.  It's Illinois.  It's hot.  It's normal. But 75 years ago, summer 1936 was anything but normal for Springfield and the rest of the Midwest. Four of Springfield's 10 hottest days ever came during July 1936, including a then-all-time high of...(Read Full Post)