The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-06-27
BREAKS THE RECORD.
Yesterday One Of Those Slot
Enough for You Days
THE THERMOMETER READ o..
On June -, 1893, tho Voluntary OBJ
server Recorded o., but This Beats
the Regular Bureau Record.



The man Is not dead There are not
many occasions when. in this Puget sound
country. the ears OF mankind ars beaten
against BY the threadhare question about
the weather. which in ether regions, adds
70 the torments OF Il sweitering June day.
But IL was different yesterday. Down
town on the thronged streets the sun beat
down on the brick and stone and made
ovens OF the office buildings. There was
no cooling shade" II was nearly as hot
in the shielded corners as il was out in
the glare OF the sun Seattle people are
not used 10 IL.
II never did see IL - - hot" said Be
rian. a. he wandered into = foam dis
pensary.
Coats were discarded and men who came
down TO their work In bright. newly
starched shirts and collars. went into
their haberdasher's and bought new ones
before the noon day hour. Women in cool
looking white dresses did not look cool
themselves. One could hear the sixz-z-z
OF the soda water fountain continuously
and OF course there was a little cold beer
sold
II was a hot day. The weather man
says that at ) o'clock yesterday after
noon the thermometer read 20. the highest
on record. with the possible exception OF
one day in lSs2, when the voluntary OBJ
server recorded 81 The heat waves even
affected the "wheel-girls'' and their
brothers. although once in q while q gilt
tering bike would sail down over the hot
bricks. q red-faced rider -grasping the hot
handle bars.
But with the setting OF the sun came
comfort A cooling breeze come from the
Olympics, clouds began 10 gather beneath
ths blue OF the sky. once or twice a few
drops OF rain fell. and later in the night
the lightning played above and the deep
roll and roar OF thunder could be heard
For today decidedly cooler weather and
occasional showers are predicted.
Observer George y. Salisbury said last
night:
THE thermometer during the present
warm spell has reached a higher point
than at any previous time since the Seat
tie weather bureau station was eSiab-
lished. May ]. 1888. At p. n. the Their
momerer read SO, the highest on record.
with the possible exception OF issa. when
the voluntary observer recorded 81 on
June Is. This. however. may not have
been as warm day as today. for al
though the voluntary observer used stand
ard thermometers. and without doubt read
them correctly. IL is very possible that
the exposure OF the instruments was dif-
ferent, making it impossible to compare
the two records. 1t Is found TO be the
rule, generally. that the instrument ex-
posures OF voluntary observers are more
open to the sun. or have poorer circula-
ton than the exposures OF weather ou-
reau stations. and the instruments indi-
cate higher temperatures.
THE highest temperature In 1888 was
81, on August 81 The highest In 1884 was
IS, on July l3. and hourly readings from
a. m. 10 p. m. were as follows: %. g.
G, IS, y, as, 50, 50. 81, s.. IS. IS. IS, 81.
'"The highest temperature in $50 was
IA ~ L. x
m. to 6 D. m, were as follows: IS. 90, e..
60, g.. II, "a So, S.. 81. IS, so. 81. s..
The hourly readings today. 5 q m. TO
D. m, were: co. 60. 81. g.. g.. 10. ~ IS.
so. 81. IS, 81. 50. 80.
THE present warm spell began several
DAYS ago IN California and has worked
up the coast. against northerly winds
blowing off from an area OF high atmos-
pheric pressure over Washington ana
British Columbia Already reports from
the southwest give reason for thinking
that tomorrow viii be mpch cooler"