Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-07-28

temperature ranged from 30 to 100 degrees
in Montana. the Dakotas and Kansas.
During Monday the temperature rose
above 100 degrees in South Dakota and
reached 106 degrees at Huron.
On Tuesday the warm wave extended over
the Ohio valley and the southwestern lake
degrees in those districts, and causing a
maximum of 100 degrees at Hannibal and
Davenport.
BY Wednesday the warm wave reached
the middle Atlantic states and New York,
where the heat has become more intense
each day, the maximum having ranged
above 30 degrees.
During Tuesday the temperature fell
about ten degrees in the Dakotas. but was
followed Wednesday by marked rise in
temperature. which carried the maximum
above 100 degrees in the Dakotas, Nebraska
and Kansas.
The warm wave attained it's greatest in
tensity in that region Thursday, when the
highest temperatures on record for July
Wee registered at stations in Iowa, Ne
braSka and South Dakota. The highest
temperature reached on the 2Gth was los
degrees at Huron, which was four degrees
higher than previously recorded at that sta
ton in any July.
The highest temperatures ever reported
for July were also noted at Omaha, 1O6 de-
grees; Yankton, 106 degrees: Sioux City, Jog
degrees, and Davenport. 100 degrees. This
lake region on Friday carrying the maxi
mum to 100 degrees at Marquette and La
Crosse. and 9s degrees at Saint Paul, Green
Bay, Alpena and Rochester.
Today the warm wave will produce ex-
ceptionaly high temperatures in the middle
Atlantic and New England states, after
which the heat will be somewhat less in
tense, although no marked fall in tempera-
ture is anticipated.
Causes of the Intense Heat.
The warm waves or periods of intense
heat over the central and eastern districts
of the United States are produced by low
barometric pressure in the north and north
west and high pressure over the south
eastern states. When, as in the pr, sent
instance, an area of low barometer remains
nearly stationary in the northwest for a
period of several days and the high area
occupies the southeastern states
the attendant circulation of winds carries
northwari the heat of the southern ATTITUDES.
the earth's surface is dried and heated by
the warm wind and damaging drought re-
suits. The present warm wave has been
almost entirely unattended by rain and the
outlook Is not favor2 BILE for an immediate
of the dry. heated conditions
which cover the greater part Of the centra,
ana northern districts east of the Rocky
After that the only thing reu,ipir, for
Washingtonians to do is to philosonbiza
and swelter, if they are possessed of tenn
peraments that permit such a gentle course
or TO swelter and do the other thing if
system will be probably allowable for il
would be a pretty severe recording angel
VINO would keep tab other than on the
venial side of the ledger against the in
dlviduals who are forced into expletives
about this kind of weather.
Hottest Day Yet.
NEW YORK, July 2s.-The United States
weather bureau reports today as being the
hottest for U:is city thus far this year
At 123O pm. the thermometer registered
$50 degrees. --..
PHILADELPHIA. July 2S-Today will
probably be the hottest of the year in this
city. At l pm. the thermometer on the
rtof OF ehe Federal building registered 81
degrees. and the observer was of the opin-
lon that IL would rise TO 9S before night
The humidity was at a very high figure
numerous cases Of heat prostrations are
reported.
Variations of the Thermometer
The following were the thermometric read
ings ut 2 O'clock at the places given:
Drew's Drug Store. Connecticut avenue
and L street, 90. Scheller & Stevens, 9th
street and Pennsylvania avenue, 30. Acker
4 Kenner, Pennsylvania avenue near 18th
street, a. H. c. Easterday. New Jersey
avenue and G street, SO. F. Petrola 7th
street and Pennsylvania avenue southeast,
81 Jas. j. Eppley. 18th and Stough:on
streets, 96.