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1911 – 1911 Eastern North America heat wave killed between 380 and 2,000 people. 1911 – 1911 United Kingdom heat wave was one of the most severe periods of heat to hit the country with temperatures around 36 °C (97 °F). The heat began in early July and didn't let up until mid-September where even in September temperatures were still up to ...
The 1911 Eastern North America heat wave was an 11-day severe heat wave that killed at least 380 people, though estimates have put the death toll as high as 2,000 people. [1] The heat wave began on July 4, 1911 and didn't cease until July 15. [2] In Nashua, New Hampshire, the temperature peaked at 106 °F (41 °C). In New York City 158 people ...
1901 eastern United States heat wave; 1911 Eastern North America heat wave; 1936 North American heat wave; 1980 United States heat wave; 1995 Chicago heat wave; 2000 Southern United States heat wave; 2001 eastern North America heat wave; 2006 North American heat wave; 2007 North American heat wave; 2011 North American heat wave; March 2012 ...
The 2021 Western North America heat wave was an extreme heat wave that affected much of Western North America from late June through mid-July 2021. [5] The heat wave affected Northern California, Idaho, Western Nevada, Oregon, and Washington in the United States, as well as British Columbia, and in its latter phase, Alberta, Manitoba, the Northwest Territories, Saskatchewan, and Yukon, all in ...
According to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the highest temperature ever recorded was 56.7 °C (134.1 °F) on 10 July 1913 in Furnace Creek (Greenland Ranch), California, United States, [12] but the validity of this record is challenged as possible problems with the reading have since been discovered.
The heat wave appeared due to an exceptionally strong ridge centered over the area, whose strength was linked to the effects of climate change. [ 18 ] [ 19 ] It resulted in some of the highest temperatures ever recorded in the region, [ 20 ] including the highest temperature ever measured in Canada at 49.6 °C (121.3 °F). [ 21 ]
1911 United Kingdom heat wave; 1976 British Isles heat wave; 2010 Northern Hemisphere heat waves; 2013 British Isles heat wave; 2018 British Isles heat wave; 2021 British Isles heat wave; 2021 heat waves; 2022 heat waves; Heat wave (disambiguation) List of heat waves; European drought (disambiguation)
L. W. Seecamp Co. was started as a pistol smithing company in 1973 by Ludwig (Louis) Wilhelm Seecamp who trained as a gunsmith in pre-World War II Germany. Seecamp immigrated to the US in 1959 and was a gun designer for shotgun maker O.F. Mossberg. He also specialized in double-action conversions for the 1911 Colt.45. [3]