Me too...but I hear tell.
The only thing I have heard about 1952, is that the drought of the 50s was basically just beginning.
Sort of like now, but we didn't have the "global warming" theories on the front page of the papers or headline news of the "few" B&W TV sets.
56 & 57 were so dry, all the stock tanks in our county either dried up or had less than one foot of water.