Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-08-06
The Hot Spell.
INTENSE HEAT IN THE WEST-A COLD wAv
SAID TO BE COMING THIS WAY

The Hot Spell.
INTENSE HEAT IN THE wEsT-A COLD WAVE
SAID TO BE COMING THIS WAY.
The wires bring the comforting announcement
that cool wave is on its way hither from Man
itOba. This may be Vennor's cold wave, which
which has been delayed in the northwest. Re
ports from every part of the country indicate
that the heat yesterday was intense and that
there was great suffering, especially in the west
At Danville, Ill. yesterday, according to press
reports, the thermometer registered 10S deg.
the highest recorded in the country. At Fau-
burg. Ill.,, the record was JOG deg; Sandwich.
ILL.,, 10S deg; McGregor, Iowa, los deg: Bloom
Michigan City, 100 deg; La Sale, ILL.,, Jog deg:
st. Joseph. No, 100 deg; Chatworth. ILL.,. lO6
deg. South Haven, Mich, 90 deg; Racine, Wis,
l02 deg. 1t was reported throughout the west
as ast the hottest day ever known In many places
outdoor work was entirely suspended. Cases of
stnstr0ke were numerous. The thermometer
in New York city yesterday at $50 o'clock D. m
reached 81 deg, its highest point for the day.
There were 80 cases of sunstrOke yesterday in
New York and vicinity. six of which proved
fatal. special bulletin issued by the chief
signal officer says:
"A cold wave has entered Dakota and Minne-
sofa. Elsewhere in the northern states the tenn
perature averages more than ten degrees above
the mean. The following maximum tempera-
lures were reported yesterday: Fort Gibson, 1O1
deg. Corscana and Shreveport. 100 deg; st.
Louis and Washington, 80 deg; Omaha. Des
M0ines, Keokuk and DennisOn. SO deg; Louis
vile, W deg; LeavenwOrth. Dubuque La Crosse
and Indianapolis, 96 deg. Light sOutherly winds
generally prevail. The cold wave in the north
west will extend to-day with rain over Tennes-
see and the Ohio valley, and probably on Sum
day over the middle states and New England
THIS MORNINGS RECORD.
The daily bulletin issued from the signal
office this morning gave the following record of
at n q
ton, SC, registered IS; Savannah, Ca, S2 AL
bany, NY, Indianapolis Ind, Burlington. Vt.
Portland. Oregon, Chicago, ILL.,, Eastport, Me-,
and Little Rock, Ark, registered 81; Fort Glib
son, II, Galveston, Tex, Jacksonville. Fla,
Leavenworth, KAN, Sandusky, O.. and Shreve-
port, La, 50 deg. It was coolest at San Fran
cisco, where the thermometer registered 81 deg
and the inhabitants breakfasted with the win
dows shut At Baltimore it was 70, Boston "a,
cape "a Henry, NJ, q, Montreal r. New Orleans
ST. Louis 79, Washington DC, 70.
FACTS FROM THE SIGNAL OFFICE
THE STAR reporter wiped his brow at the sig
nal Office this morning, and inquired for facts
about the weather. The officer in charge of in
dications, taking the reporter to room filled
with weather maps, opened fire at once. "The
maximum temperature here yesterday" said the
officer, was 100 deg. That was at pm. The
temperature at II am. yesterday was SO deg,
and at II o'clock to-day was 80 deg.,-one de-
gree higher than yesterday"
The: eporter inquired for an explanation of
the tact that, notwithstanding the high record
OF the thermometer, the suffering from the heat
was not as great as during the July hot SPELL
There is SO much haze in the atmosphere" said
the officer. "It is a sort Of cloud and acts like
an umbrella. 1t prevents the radiation of heat
from the pavements and buildings. Then the
relative humidity is lOwer.''
was there any special region to which the
heat was confined yesterday inquired the re-
porter
''The belt extended from Missouri and Iowa,
east to the middle Atlantic states said the Off
Ger, consulting one of the innumerable maps.
The temperature was very high. At Mil
Waukee it was 81 deg. above the mean for the
month. Here it was II deg. above the mean.
All through the south the temperature was
lower. All the southern states We're cooler than
the northern states. This was due to the rains
Though the hurricane there few days ago is
dlssipated it has left rains
THE COMING COLD WAVE.
"Where is this cold wave?" asked the re-
porter.
"Here," said the officer, spreading his hand
over several states st is already felt in the
northwest, the upper lake region and the pro-
vince Of Ontario. Tomorrow morning it will
be here, with rains probably. 1t will envelop
the New England and middle Atlantic states'
HOTTEST DAY FOR YEARS.
"The temperature of yesterday" continued
the officer as the reporter closed his note book,
twas the highest for the present year. NV i'm
preston is that it was the highest for August for
years-in fact since the service was established.
The fact that the sensible temperature is not so
great is due to the haze and the relative hui
midity.''
The reporter then visited the upper regions of
the Signal Office where Sergeant PenrOd pre-
sides over the work of collecting data. In re-
sponse to a request for some comparative
figures, tables were furnished by which it
was shown that the hottest day for the past
three summers was the 18th of July, 1S79-1O2.
Yesterdays maximum exceeded the highest
temperature known in August for seven years,
including the present year.
''People forget what they suffered in past
years. said a signal sergeant. ''They think
every year is hotter than any year ever known
before. don't suppose anybody will remember
that day in 1879, when it was 8 degrees hotter
than yesterday"
COMPARATIVE TABLE.
The following table shows the maximum
temperatures for July and August for the past
seven wears: