The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-06-26
HUMIDITY IS THE TROUBLE.
Moisture's High Percentage In
creases Discomfort
More Warmth Coming, but South
erly Winds May Help Some.
Hourly Heat Record.

-Ae hottest previous sjunc IS was In 1875. when
the temperature reached 0. degrees.
A fog. which fer density AMI duration
presented an unusual phenomenon for
this season OF the year. settled upon the
nelghboring Atlantic coast this morning.
and was not wholly dissipated until near
noon.
Traffic on both rivers and the harbDr
awoke with whistles atune. and the
blaics. toots. yeips and ki-yis that rose
from the water blended in one grand
Wagn erian paean TO the g.ory of a eau
tious commerce. that must have been a
surprise to even the Saengcrfestsrs,
who have some pretty large views of
choral possibilities,
In the last hours of the night the light
OF Sandy Hook was as far from the
ANXIOUS ey of the home-bound skipper
in the oflirg as the light of Is or the
light the COW kicked over in Chicayc.
The fog came In the height of London
fashion, in a mislit suit OF rray-brown
twecds that neither light nor ar could
penetrate. but that held the heat In II
way that would have been "A comfort In
january.
With it all. the hot wave was de-
scending on the heels Of the cool wave
that had brought respite through the
was not yet very warm, 1t felt about
as uncomfortable as the arch-cnemy
My predictions are verified. as usu-
al" said Weather Forecaster Dunn, rs
| he sat perspirnE at his desk this morn
ing; II said it would be scorcher,
and we have 1t. l rather fancy. The
high. but the humidity is supplying all
he Deficiencies of its colleague, the
So, which is fourteen degrees in excess
of the normal. and that is why we
bic fog and high percentage of humidity
is the sudden advent OF the warm cur.
| rcnts into the COO area that has pre-
vailed about here since Sunday morning
! and that is always prime cause foi
fogs. tempests and other mcteorol 'gica
freaks. In the present instance the lab
oratory has turned out fog inst ad o
a storm, and the heavy atmosphere IL
making the warmth doubly unbearablc.
1.-THE reports received Mt S A. NJ. show
that It was generally fair Throughout
lake regions and the South Atlanti
States. In the latter quarter the rail-
was particularly heavy. At Wilmington
N c.. 1.Oi inches fell; at Charlotte, Va.
l.S0; at Augusta, Ga, l.66 and at Charles
The fog covers this and the New Eng
land coast and prevails in all probabil
ity out at sea off these points. The ten
, pcrature throughout this. vicinity has in
; creased from to 10 degrees, and. a
| usual, Philadelphia is the hottest plac
in the country outside of the Guif States
, Throughout all the country. this morn
ing the temperature ranges from Y to
"At 3 A. NJ. the temperature here wa
2 70; at Philadelphia. 50; Boston; 70; But
: faio, "A: Chicago 6S; Indianapolis, 70; 81
3 Louis. 70; Jacksonville: rs: New Orleans
q; Denver 60; San Franc,sSo. 80; s.
: IS; Louisville, rs: Portland Ore. "a; A
bany. p; Galveston. g; Key West,
!, and Helena, Mont. As.
q 1.-The hottest place in the United State
was Key West. and the coolest Helena
= Mont"
q The forecast for southeastern NeN
York, including Long Island: also north
\ ern New Jersey and Connecticut, for, tn
? thirty-six hougs ending at s. p. N
4 Wednesday Is generally fair to-day an
u Wednesday: slightly warmer; wind
mostly southerly.
Mary DUFFY, seventeen years old. Of
Jackson street, was overcome by tn
heat while working at Cannon stree
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