...My parents had a big old water fan (swamp cooler) in the living room so that room was bearable but we had only little oscillating fans in the rest of the house. My wife had it worse. They had only a few box fans. Candles got so soft that they just bent over in the sconces.

69 days over 100 degrees in 1980 - 49 of those all in a row.

The next year was better as I moved into an air conditioned apartment.