US heatwaves 1895-2020 Worst-ever in 1936 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1936_North_American_heat_wave … Obviously, doesn't fit the narrative, so very often data started in 1960, ignoring the 1930s, producing a convenient, upward trend (e.g. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/18/climate/heat-waves-in-the-age-of-climate-change-longer-more-frequent-and-more-dangerous.html …) Data from EPA/NOAA, https://www.epa.gov/climate-indicators/climate-change-indicators-heat-waves …pic.twitter.com/sPvxHDdS0H