We dug up photos of Fort Worth’s notorious 1980 heat wave in Star-Telegram vault
Summer 1980 was such a scorcher, people made T-shirts — “I survived the 1980 Texas heat wave.”
It was 100+ degrees all of July. But the hottest days were June 26-27, when temps hit 113. Luckily, it cooled to 112 the next day.
These newly digitized photo negatives are seen for the first time since they published in the Star-Telegram newspaper more than 40 years ago. Enjoy!
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