1994 Event 26.9 degrees C in Prestebakke Norway (Norwegian April high temp record) 1990 Event 95.5 degrees F (35.3 degrees C) in De Bilt Netherlands (highest Aug temp in Neth) 1989 Event Japanese scientist achieve -271.8 degrees C, coldest temp ever recorded 1983 Event Dutch July avg temp is 20.1 degrees C; warmest July since 1852 1980 Event Willie Jones hospitalized for heat stroke with record 46.5 degrees C temp 1969 Event Temp Commissioner Bowie Kuhn elected for 7-year term by unanimous vote 1957 Event Due to lack of funds, Saturday mail delivery in U.S. is temp halted 1943 Event Lead, South Dakota, temp is 52 degrees F, while 1.5 miles away Deadwood SD records -16 degrees F 1933 Event Temp reaches 136 degrees F (57.8 degrees C) at San Luis Potosi, Mexico (world record) 1916 Event Temp falls from 44 degrees F (7 degrees C) to -56 degrees F (49 degrees C) night of 23-24, Browning, Montana 1907 Event Lowest temp ever in 48 U.S. states for June, 2 degrees F in Tamarack California 1891 Event 61 degrees F, highest temp for July 1891, in Baltimore and Philadelphia 1810 Event Overnight temp at Portsmouth, New Hampshire drops 50 degrees F (10 degrees C) 1786 Event Earliest 32 degrees F (0 degrees C) recorded temp in New York City 1701 Birthday Anders Celsius, Sweden, scientist/inventor, centigrade temp scale 1580 Birthday Jean Baptiste van Helmont, Belgian chemist, found boiling pt temp
