1934–35 North American drought

These droughts and excessive heat spells were parts of the Dust Bowl and concurrent with the Great Depression in the United States.

Multiple U.S. states set heat and dryness records in many regions; these included Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, Kansas, Arkansas, Kentucky, Wisconsin, Ohio, Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico, Utah, Texas, Nebraska, and Louisiana.

[2] There were also dust storms in 1934 and 1935 in the southern Great Plains, the Midwest, Great Lakes States and even the East Coast of the U.S.[3] Many studies indicate that the drought spells might have been caused when tractors and farm machinery were introduced the previous decade.

[4] Several states, however, were worse affected when the 1936 North American heat waves and drought spells developed that year and reset records across those areas.

[2] The drought might have covered between 70% and 86% percent of North America according to research studies, multiples of which set the coverage closer to the latter.