On this date in 1976, a heatwave sent temperatures to record highs—107°F in Wahpeton and 105°F in Fargo-Moorhead—while high humidity strained power use and severe storms caused damage across parts of North Dakota and Minnesota.

Here is the complete story as it appeared in the paper that day:

While Fargo won the dubious title of the nation’s hot spot with a temperature of 106 degrees Wednesday, Wahpeton, N.D., 41 miles south of Fargo, sizzled Thursday with the distinction of 107 degrees, a national record for that date.

Oh it was a little warm in Fargo-Moorhead, too, with 105 degrees recorded by the National Weather Service at 3:40 p.m. Thursday, a local record for that date.

The weather service said humidity Thursday remained uncomfortably high at 30 to 35 percent. A meager rain shower

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