17h 45min, jul 17, 1936 y - Heat Wave hits 12 more states

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Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.
-all these states broke or tied their record
temps with 12 at or above 110 degrees,
including 4 that broke 120
-it was also the deadliest heat wave in
history; killing 1,693 people
-another 3,500 people drowned while
trying to cool off