New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-12
COOLER WEATHER COMING.
MEAN TEMPERATURE THE
HIGHEST THIS SEASON.
SLIGHT SHOWER BROUGHT SOME RELIEF IN
THE EVENING-A STORM on ITS WAY

EASTWARD.
The hottest day Of the year MP to date came
yesterday. The highest temperature recorded
~ the Weather Bureau was not so high as was
registered the first of last week. but the official
mean tenn craturc for the day was highest yc''er-
day. and the street thermometers testified that
the record for 1893 WIS broken.
Mr. Dunn, who enjoys the Official temperature
on the top Of the Equitable Building which l.
swept by all the brcczcs that blow said that it
was not 50 fcIrlully hot. Several cities were
worse Oh than NewYork, and as for South Da
kota, the hottest place in the United States yes
trrday, wh"r" the mercury climbed TO 102 de-
arces in the shadc-why, Ncw-York was a re-
lrigrrator compared to it. The highest official
temperature recorded for this city was IS de-
Grccs, between and p. M; the lowest
II DEGREES at =. m: thc mean temperature was
about 20 d"crccS
AIoat one onc-hundrcdth of an inch of rain
fell during the evening. The shower
local ore. and soon passed off. he official in
dica'ions ''c that to-day will be fair and cooler
storm wac central over the Dakotas last evening
II moving cast and bringing cool weather
with It,
Those who had TO live in the unofficial at
mo-phcre Of the streets yesterday found living
exceedingly uncomfortable. The nearly vertical
rays of the sun pouring upon th" pavcmcnis and
the walls of the houses during the middle of
the day turned them into storchouscS of the
solar heat and kept the temperature rising long
after the shadows had fallen across the streets
The breeze which famed the official Thermometer
WAS turned aside 10y the tall buildings and only
itful gusts were to be- felt below Tn. unofficial
temperature was that in which people had 10
live. and that extremely high. The Early
morning gave warning of what WAS TO be 'N-
DcctrI. lie Thermometer at I'rTNS pndrnnlcN
registered - degrees al 3 "a. BY a. NJ IL
p. H. % degrees was registered, and n0twithstand-
ing the declining sun the hours Of the late after
noon saw II rise u % degrees Indicated AZ
o'clock. The corresponding registration for June
II, lS9!, WAS as follows: ) II. IN, 90 degrees;
Il. m. ol degrees; a M, b6 degrees; - H.,
- degrees: 3 80 p IN. - degrees; p m, 20
degrees. Thus at o'clock last evening II was
30 degrees hotter than on June II last ycar at
the same hour and was about o degrees hotter
in the shade in the streets than on top OF the
Equitable Building.
The high temperature continued until ait'r y
o'clock. when 81 degrees wax registered ~ P"rTyr
Between and 10 rho slight shower cooled In"
air and waterrd the dry and heated pavem"nt'
and roofs In an hour after the shower the TEN
pcraturc had IA Zen o degrees and the late even
ing comparatively cool.
The city parks crowded all day with propl"
eager 10 get breath of fresh air in the open
places and 10 enjoy the cooling effect Of the green
leaves. Ii perhaps fortunate that IN" un-
usual h"at came Sunday. when business was
suspended and all could devote themselves ~
greater degree than usual 10 making tlcui-cly;s
and their families a. comfortable az possible