As long as we're repeating the "depression" How about the heat wave too

[Springer9]

The Heatwave of July 1936

The "Dust Bowl" years of 1930-36 brought some of the hottest summers on record to the United States, especially across the Plains, Upper Midwest and Great Lake States. For the Upper Mississippi River Valley, the first few weeks of July 1936 provided the hottest temperatures of that period, including many all-time record highs (Table 1).
The string of hot, dry days was also deadly. Nationally, around 5000 deaths were associated with the heat wave.
In La Crosse, WI, there were 14 consecutive days (July 5th-18th) where the high temperature was 90 degrees or greater, and 9 days that were at or above 100. Six record July temperatures set during this time still stand, including the hottest day on record with 108 on the 14th. The average high temperature for La Crosse during this stretch of extreme heat was 101.
Several factors led to the deadly heat of early July 1936:
A series of droughts effected the U.S. during the early 1930s. The lack of rain parched the earth and killed vegetation, especially across the Plains states.
Poor land management (farming techniques) across the Plains furthered the impact of the drought, with lush wheat fields becoming barren waste lands.
Without the vegetation and soil moisture, the Plains acted as a furnace. The climate of that region took on desert qualities, accentuating its capacity to produce heat.
A strong ridge of high pressure set up over the west coast and funneled the heat northward across the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes.

Looking at some of today's forecasts we could be setting up for a repeat.

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/arx/events/heatwave36.php

[PDJane]

1. Yes, no kidding.

It's 31°F, or 87°F here today. Too damn hot...and Texas is going to be between 28°C and 45°C. How do I know that? My son is heading to Texas next week; he was bitching and moaning about having to wear dress pants in that heat, and I don't blame him.

[Rex]

8. 100 degrees in the shade right now.

:(

[Cleita]

2. Didn't something similar like this happen in

Arizona last week? They called it a haboob or something like that.

[PDJane]

4. The haboob isn't a heat wave,

but a sandstorm.

[Cleita]

5. I know, but the OP brought up the dust bowls of the thirties and

I think the AZ storms were preceded by unusually high heat even by their standards.

[spin]

3. If history doesn't describe our economic situation as a depression ...

it will be called the Great Recession.

We have set some recent record high temperatures in northern Florida recently.

[Odin2005]

6. I overheard one of the old YMCA regulars here mention that he was born during that heat wave...

...when I was doing weights there yesterday. He was born in Western MN and it got to 114F the day he was born in 1936.

[starroute]

7. Do we get to have Okies again?

Grapes of Wrath time?

[kickysnana]

9. My grandparents and thousands of other families slept on the MN capital lawn

the summer of 1936 to try to get some breeze and sleep. The river and the downtown buildings created wind tunnels that wafted up the hill to the capital and cathedral.

Our state historical society is closed due to the state shut down so I have no photo but here is Nebraska that same year

http://blogs.woodtv.com/2010/07/13/the-heat-wave-of-1936/