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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1986
Page
2
Data show July 7 to July 13 weather figures with high and low temperatures and total precipitation for each county weather station. Readings cover all listed counties and compare weekly conditions across locations.
Masstock aims to build a multi thousand cow dairy in Georgia amid an unusually hot dry spell. Rainfall across 31 of 32 districts is at record lows since 1845, with groundwater deficits stacking onto crop losses and reduced milk production. Evaporation rates strip soil moisture daily. Farmers contend corn and soybeans suffer, beef herds shrink, and pastures run short. Dairy plants expect imports from Midwest and nearby states to bridge shortages as Wisconsin remains a last resort.
A sequence of archival entries lists daily records with codes TODAY H 102 1936 and L 43 1896 on July 17 followed by H 99 1964 L 45 1911 on July 18 and subsequent dates through July 22 H 104 1934 L 44 1934.
A long, deadly heat spell in July 1930 covered the Midwest with record highs. Wisconsin deaths topped 422 in 12 days, while crop losses reached hundreds of millions of bushels nationwide. Milk prices rose, WPA workers suffered in Milwaukee, and observers recall the blistering days as a defining, excruciating summer.
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