Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-07-03
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HOTTEST REATH ERR KNOWN.

An Unprecedented season of ScOrch-
iag 1SeaI-HelieF VIII Come To-
morrow.
CHIuAao, june 2S.--Thera are no signs
yet OF the cold wave which has been
anxiously looked for and to-day promises
10 be more sultry than yesterday. The list
OF people stricken down yesterday numbers
nearly ~. Two men died and three
more In the hospital will not
live. The others are out Of danger.
Dispatches from many p ints In Illinois,
Indiana, Iowa and Wisconsin tell OF In
sufferab heat and many fatalities. At La
Sale, Illinois, yesterday, the mercury
reached 1929 In the shade. Three men
died from sunstroke, All outdoor work is
to be- abandoned.
At Galena three persons have died from
the effects OF the heat In the past two days
aud there lie q great deal Of sickness.
jacksonville reports 100 In the shade,
two men fatally stricken and many horses
dead.
At Joliet the Thermometer registered 1922
the highest point In "a years, A dozen
people were overcome and two OF them
died.
Ia Peoria 1919 in the shade was reached.
Two deaths occurred and several psople
were overcome. Danvllle. Freeport and
many other points report numerous pros
trations aud few fatalities.
A Burlington, Iowa, dispatch says: The
intense heat has democrat z9d business. The
mercury has gone as high as 1902 IL the
shade. Reports from surrounding villages
tell of number OF fatal cases OF sunetroke.
At Watertown. Wis.,, yesterday tbs temper
allure was 1Oie. Four people died from the
effects of the heat and many others are Ill.
WASHINGTON, June 28-Noon. Special
weather bulletin; The present period
OF continued high temperature in the
middle Mississippi valley is unprece-
dented for June.
Beginning with Tuegdsy June goth
when the temperature was 10o above the
normal or usual height it has gradually
risen until the 18th and 9th to nearly
20o above. The maximum temperatures
for the past eight days have exceeded the
highest ever known for an equal period
in June and have averaged as follows
viz: Cairo and Springfield. Illinois,
go; Keokuk 94o and st. Louis 95'.
Following are come maximum tempera.
! lures, with their relation to the highest
ever recorded by the siPual service in
June viz: Davenport, 9So on the 25tt
and Goth, g. above; Keokuk, 0So on the
25th and 9th, 90 above; Springfield, Ill.
96o on the 25th and 27th, - above; Cairo
96o on the 26th and 9Th, q above.
The cause OF this abnormal condition
has been the uniform high pressure IL
the gulf region with an almost stationary
low pressure area in the northwest
This distribution OF the atmosphere ha
caused steady flow of warm dry air T.
the northwArd. The inflow of sir ma
been too slow to induce rainfall snd tn
consequent clear sky has been favorable
to extreme radiation from the sun, whicl
has raised the temperature steadily with
out the usual relief from the passage Q
storms across the country.
Somewhat similar conditions prevsile'
over the eastern United States in May
1881, and in the middle MiBsissipl
valley In June Of 1874 and 1887. It is n
Indication of change in climate.
, A relief from these conditions may
expected by Sunday night. Unusuall
high temperatures have also occurre
during the past week in the south Altar
tic states. The maximum temperature {
> Washington on Friday was 100 whic
wGs 10 higher than ever before reoorde
, In June.