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D11633-1
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- 1941-07-17 (Creation)
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(1919-1980)
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On July 17, 1941, Ed Kinderbeck, ice handler at Tacoma Ice Company, cools-off on a block of ice as the temperature in Tacoma reaches 94.2 degrees. Slight relief came in the evening with a tremendous lightning show and thunderstorm accompanied by large, lukewarm rain drops. The following day, Tacoma set a new all-time record for the hottest seven days in Tacoma's recorded weather history since late July and August of 1898. (T. Times, 7/18/1941, pp. 1 & 3).
Weather; Heat--Tacoma--1940-1950; Temperature--1940-1950; Ice--Tacoma; Kinderbeck, Ed; Tacoma Ice Co. (Tacoma);