Myth: Heatwaves in the US were much worse in the 1930s

In the 1930s, the United States experienced a series of heatwaves that were much more severe than anything experienced today. Hence, the notion that climate change is making things worse is simply wrong. 

Fact:

Once again, this myth contains an element of truth. The worst heat waves the United States has experienced were in 1930, 1931, 1934 and 1936, but there were specific reasons why these were so bad. This was the era of the ‘dust bowl’, when extreme drought, exacerbated by poor land management, resulted in an environmental disaster in America’s west. Outside of those four years, the frequency and extent of heatwaves in the US over the last two decades is greater than at any other time since 1895.