. . . "July 8 and 13, 1936" . "a notorious Plains heat wave" . "extremely similar dry conditions eighty-five years prior" . . "July 8\u201314, 1936" . . . . . . . "most severe heat wave on record" . "summer of 1936" . "July 14, 1936" . "major heat wave" . "1936 North American heat wave" . . . "that summer's severe heat and drought" . "a record heatwave" . "1936 North American heat wave" . "severe summer heat wave hits" . . "most deadly heatwave in the history of the United States" . "July 5, 1936" . "July 1936" . "August 12, 1936" . "July 1936 heat wave" . "worst heat wave" . "1936" . "July 6, 1936" . . "July 25, 1936" . .