The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-09-23
A SCORCHER.
Hot Wave Beats the Seasons
Record.
Seasons

Some Thermometer Records thatEcho the
Feelings of the People.
The people of this region experienced
some very unusual weather ON Satur-
day and Sunday. The heat was as OPP
pressive as on the hottest days of mid
summer. The mercury reached 1ol de-
Frank B. Moody's drug store at Wood
fords. Saturday. forenoon. Sunday noon
at G. B. Woodman's store in Westbrook,
the mercury under the awning indicated
1902 degrees.
These were of course extreme cases OF
thermometer readings; but they lndlcat-
ed pretty nearly what was suffered by
the people who came and went about
their business.
During Saturday there was quite an
exodus to the islands, and Oh Sunday the
electric cars both on the Portland line
and the Cape Elizabeth line were crowd
ed. An electric car is the coolest place
such day.
The hot wave wassscertainly with US.
In the early morning Saturday, the
mercury indicated Sc degrees. Tho mer-
curry then rapidly rose assembled the tube
until at noon so degrees was reached.
Between that time and pm, it had
touched SO degrees accordingSto the
weather bureau, and on the west side OF
Park street, in front of Park street block,
where the ca as of the. sun never reach,
the thermometer indicated go degrees.
The wind was steady from the west,
the skies cloudless.
At D. M, May Sth, the mercury reg
istered 81 degrees, and for the other three
days Il between May 18th and May 10th,
inclusive, it was rs, SO and SO degrees at
noon. On the 31st of May 50 degrees
was reached, 81 degrees June LIST, and
90 degrees June I'd. an awful hot Sun
day. That was the hottest second OF June
on record except June 2, 1892, when the
mercury registered 80 $40.
At night there was small tornado and
the mercury dropped to go degrees. On
the 18th of June 50 degrees was reached,
and on the 14th, "a degrees On Satur-
day, July 25th, So degrees was registered,
and the same figure was recorded Sun
day, the 21st. The 8th, 9th, 10th and
18th of August inIthe morning, the.mercu-
ry. was in the eighties, from so to S3..de-
grees. On the 18th of August it reached
so degrees, and on the 2Sth, 81 degrees,
which was the last time the heat attained
the so degree mark until Saturday last.
1t was hot on the wateraas we'll as on
land. People who came from Boston by
boat Saturday night say the water was
very smooth and the heat oppressive.
The electrics and horse cars were crowd
ed Saturday and Sunday with people try
ing to get breath of air, and the steam
ers carried big loads of passengers.
The heated term continued yesterday.
The mercury indicated rs degrees at 9
a. M, and 81 degrees at noon. The
weather bureau says we shall have the
warm weather day or two longer. but
the heat will diminish gradually. Sat
urday was the hottest September day
since SEPTEMBER 5, 1881 when the mer-
curry indicated "a degrees
People VINO tnouSnU oney suHoIou oh
Saturday and Sunday should listen to
what the engineer of the Enita says. The
hottest day in his engine room previous
to Saturday, the mercury stood at Ill
degrees above. But on Saturday it reached
116 degrees.
The temperature reached 90 degrees yes
terday, the hottest time of the day being
about $50. A slight breeze cooled the
air later in the day