Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-08-11
THIS Is THE HOTTEST DAY.
And No Immediate Relief Can BE Promised
ut the Weather Bureau.


COOL sHowRls MAY CONE BY rHuRspAY-wzAr
10 LEARNED OFFICIALLY OF TIE EXTENT or
THE HOT wAvE-rnE HIGHEST RECORD or
AUGUST HEAT.
rusty, battered, half-worn horseshoe lay on
the front steps Of the weather bureau today.
NO one ventured to disturb it, but this tendency
was not due TO a fear Of the heat that had
soaked into the metal No. What the folks
VINO passed it by hoped was that it would bring
good luck. 1t was q sort of composite
GOOD luck that they wanted. In the first place
they desired the weather clerk to be able to
see a cool wave ahead. and then they hoped
that he would have good luck in his predic-
uons. Weather is SO largely a matter of good
or bad luck that the horseshoe seemed to be a
very fitting ornament for Prof Harrington's
front door.
PROF. HARRrSaToN's PROVOKING GOODNESS.
Upstairs in the second floor Of the bureau
not exactly the upper drawer-the professor
sat. cool, calm, dignifed, with a PARKWAY look
in his eyes and a provoking amount of starch
sun remaining in his collar. He had .
right to be cool, for he sails tomcr-
row for Europe, and 1t is Of little
moment to him whether the sun keeps on boil
ing or shuts up shop. The professor is of the
may be the temperature or the prospects
IL. therefore. makes no difference to
him that he 10 going to Munich
Tor the purpose of talking weather in the in
ternatonal weather conference, and he will I'M
doaotedly be able to sit In that body and talk
poiyglot prophecy and smile to think Of the
sweiter he left behind him.
WHO Is HANDLING TIE WEATHER NAP.
1t is not the professor who is handling the
map just now. II IL . plessant-faced young
officer Of the signal corps. sort of heritage in
the predictions room, where he has worked
for long time. His name is Glassford,
and he Is all torn up in spirit
these days when he casts his telegraphic eye
over the country and sees nothing but sizzle
and melting. No doubt this parsonage who
just now IL embodied In the eve Of the suffer-
ing public as a mysterious individual with
all sorts OF satanic qualities, most
BETTING his station and his duties, but in
reality he has no such attributes. He uses a
pen and ink, he is rather bald and he can wear
pointed shoes without difficulty.
EXTENT OF THE HOT WAVE.
But there is one thing that he cannot do. He
is unable, with all Of his astuteness and his map
making abilities, to bring relief to this hot
place. Last night he came to q conclusion
He formulated it thus: The warm wave has
continued undated in the Ohio valley. the
lower lake region, the middle Atlantic states,
and has progressed over the states Of New Jer-
sey, New York and New England to southwest
Maine. Its most marked influences have been
thence northeast to Bar Harbor. This notable
rise in temperature is due to the east
erly drift Of the atmosphere about the
low barometer area to the north over
the St. Lawrence valley. At Toledo the highest
today was 96 degrees, equal to any previous
former record degrees; Baltimore, "a degrees,
within degree; Philadelphia. Sc degrees, within
2degrees; Norfolk, Lynchburg and Columbus, "a
degrees, within degrees of any past record;
Sandusky, "a degrees; Albany, 80 degrees,
within degrees: Boston, 80 degrees. within
degrees OF any former record.
The warm wave over northern Illinois, Mich
igan and Wisconsin has been cooled by a fall at
Chicago Of IA degrees Milwaukee. u degrees;
Keokuk, 10 degrees; Manistee, degrees; but at
st. Louis the temperature reached the same
figure as yesterday, 96 degrees.
There is no decided abatement of the warm
weather in prospect. except q temporary one
in the lower lake region and Ohio valley Tues
day. drop in temperature Of nearly twenty
degrees has occurred in Montana, and this
cool waves progress is not sufficiently definite
to forecast its reaching further than Iowa and
CURED in Louisiana. in the Allegheny noun
tain districts, northwestern Illinois and east
ern Nebraska.
The following heavy rainfall Tin inches) was
reported during the past twenty-four hours:
Notwithstanding, L79.
NO RELIEF LIKELY BEFORE THURSDAY.
The promise of delightful rain held out for
the far west had no local bearing, for when
Lieut.. Glassford swoke this morning and
glanced over his semi-daily crop of
fact. AND "a figures from M, other r. hot s
inscribed Is follows on large sheet Of paper
that scorchei and turned yellow as he wrote:
The area Of low pressure over northern Min
nesota and the northwest has merged with that
over the Csnadss and is now north o: Georgian
bay. This will continue the warm weather over
ward. whero very warm southwesterly winds
will prevail today. Wednesday will continue
to be oppressive in these states and the heat
promises to continue undated till Thursday.
unless local thunder storms should occur in
northern New York and northern New Eng
land to night. A high pressure area follows
over Dakota and Montana bringing a cool wave
which reached western Minnesota during the
night.
1t promises rapid advance and by Wednes-
day morning will likely reach Missouri and
Michigan. During Wednesday it should ad-
regions and the Ohio valley. Thursday it
should reach portions Of the Atlantic states
Showers have occurred in Louisiana, Arkan-
sas. Florida and on the coasts of Georgia and
South Carolina and rains in a narrow belt from
Lake Superior to Kansas, being most heavy in
northwestern Illinois and eastern Iowa Local
rains are likely from Missouri to Michigan and
over the lower lakes today.
The following heavy rainfall Tin inches) was
reported: Davenport, 1.02.
Thus it is to be seen that while the happy
time may be long, long, long on the way" it
is bound to come. 1t will not come in Lieut.
Glassford's humble opinion, much before to-
morrow, but it will be here this week without
fail
TODAY THE HOTTEST.
There have been records kept of the heat
furry, of course, whether the observers we're
warm or cool. 1t was found that on Sunday
the highest point reached by the official mer-
curry was ninety-two degrees. Yesterday the
game was continued, and the instrument went
the record 'two BETTER" climbing up to ninety
four. This morning it was estimated that the
maximum of today would be ninety-five.
That Is not very hot weather. that is to say,
comparatively spt aking- Washington has been
hotter several times There is nothing so de-
ceptlve az weather memory. A man can never
depend on his recollections in this line For
example, there WAS just as hot day as this in
June, but that is altogether cast into oblivion.
THE HIGHEST AUGUST RECORD.
The highest record that the weather bureau
has Of August heat in Washington is lOl de-
grees, and there is a large margin vet to be
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