What Milwaukee looks like when temperatures hit 100 degrees (or hotter)

Milwaukee heads to the beach (specifically, South Shore Beach) to escape the heat on July 24, 1934. That day, Milwaukee recorded its hottest-ever temperature: 105 degrees.

The front page of the July 24, 1934 edition of the Milwaukee Journal highlighted the record-setting heat that hit the city that day, when the thermometer reached 105 degrees. The previous record was 104.3 degrees, established on June 1 of that year.

Thousands of Milwaukeeans pack Bradford Beach on June 19, 1953, when temperatures downtown reached 100 degrees. (The day's official high was 99 degrees.)

Kids try to beat the sweltering 101-degree heat on June 21, 1988, in Milwaukee, with help from an open fire hydrant at North 16th Street and West Meinecke Avenue. The summer of 1988 was Milwaukee's hottest on record at the time, peaking at 103 degrees on Aug. 1.

In the summer of 1988, Milwaukee had a record six days that were 100 degrees or hotter. To mark the occasion, Patrick Hughes, a graphic design artist, designed and produced an "I Survived the Hot Hot Summer of '88" T-shirt for his business, Hughes Graphics. This photo was published in the Oct. 27, 1988, Milwaukee Journal.

Umpires Roger Blackman, left, and Ed Jessen, right, pour water over their heads and take their hats off between innings of the Wauwatosa East / West Allis Central varsity baseball game at McCoy Field in Brookfield on July 5, 2012. The game-time temperature was 100 degrees; that day, Milwaukee recorded a high of 103 degrees.

A group of riders passes a sprinkler set up at the corner of South 68th Street and West Rogers Street during the West Allis Cheese Wheel Classic on June 21, 2022. Temperatures hit 100 in Milwaukee that day — the first 100-degree day in Milwaukee in a decade.