text: So it would appear the temperatures that NOAA now declare for 1934 are no more than a theoretical reconstruction. But without the transparency to show how this has been done, how can we have any confidence that it has been done properly. There is a potential discrepancy of 0.6F in Virginia; if this is extended across the whole country, it would destroy the claim that this July was the hottest month on record as July 1936 was only 0.13F cooler on NOAAs record. Indeed this would only the 5th warmest July in the CONUS.