The summer of 1980 we had unbelievable record heat here. Several days of over 110 heat and over 60 days straight of over 100. That year, I was driving home from work at midnight (I was a directory assistance operator) and was looking forward to having the windows down because they kept the phone office so friggin' cold. It was still 98 degrees at midnight, I had to use the air conditioner. Now that's hot!
Hah, I think it was the summer of 82 when Elena blew in. Took the roof up on our mobile home. We had no electricity or water for two weeks. Talk about hot. We waited in the grocery parking lot for ice. It never went inside. We all bought it off the truck when the driver made his rounds.