The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-11
HOTTEST DAY OF THE YEAR.
First Time the Mercury Got Above 90 Her,
In 1897.

Eirst Time the Mercury Sot Above 90 Hero
In 1907.
Summer Is lingering in the lap OF autumn. She
may get up and act ~becomingiy to- night or to-
morrow. thus winning the compliments OF a per-
spiring multitude. Perhaps sho will finger a
little longer. Mr.. Dunn says the trorica fra
GRANGE o. her breast will b. smiled perhaps for
the last time this year. as she trips to tho south
ward this afternoon.
She broke Q record when she sat down in au-
tumn's lap. Il was pretty hot On Thursday, and
1t appeared hotter than II was because the aver
age humidity was 20 per cent Yesterday. while
the sun in q cloudless sky was blistering things
below, the humidity was about normal.
The average for the dsy was 63 per cent. A
moistureless heat in a shady place is bearable,
but out in exposed spots. where most folks work
and walk, 1t made the workers and the walkers
think that the day was the hottest OF the year.
And SO it was by two degrees. according to
the thermometer up in the sky, where Mr.. Dunn
has ozone on tap fresh from unpolluted foun-
tains. The neria! thermometer said that tho
temperature at 2:I5 o'clock yesterday was 81.
whereas the hottest previous day OF the year.
July 10, had only So to its credit.
Mr.. Dunn.s thermometer ID n faithful instru-
mSsnt. and 4 it had been Going duty down on the
less would have done ~justice 10 the subject from
he standpoint OF u terrestrial being. The side
walk thermometer proclaimed to tho passer
that he WAS walking about surrounded by a
temperature OF l0l'. Naturally the passers
felt a good deal warmer. and thought 1t about
time to go In and take a glass of soda.
IL has been surmised that that Is one OF the
reasons why drug stores have thermometers,
There were other places on the streets more ex-
posed to the sun that boasted thermometers
that registered l02' and 1O3'. Even with
the com parstiyely low humidity there was
much whiting OF collars. IL was the hottest Sep
tembcr day sincs 1871, except one day In 1894,
when the mercury reached 81 deRrees. This Is
the way the temperature Jumped and leapod 70
rung 9i:
700 A. M......7I'Iio:oo A. NJ. ss'rI,oO p. NJ. -. 80.
500 A. M..-7S'Ill:0 A. NJ. s8' 100 p. NJ. 90
$500 A. h.....77'll2:00 M.......s So 2;45 P. NJ. sl'
The torridity was general from the Mississippi
River TO tho Atlantic. Mr.. Dunn bases his be-
lief that We are going to get the last OF 1t to-day
on the a. proach OF a genuine cold wave. with
real frost in IL, that Is now west OF tho Missis.
sippi and leading in this direction. The prophet
speaks Of thes trosts In the proper language IT
a prophet. calling them "killing." Then he
adds the refreshing information that the tenn.
perature beyond the Mississippi is almost at the
freezing point.
There Is nothing In the present atmospheric
conditions around here to lead Mr.. Dunn TO
think that the impending frost wave will be de-
other hearts than those Of the icemon and the
soda fountain owners may rejoice before to.
morrow morning. There may be a cold time in
the old town tomorrow night. So get your
blankets ready.
Twenty-Five persons were overcome by the
heat In New York city yesterday. All Of the
hospitals that have ambulance services were
kept busy answer q hurry calls. and tho wards
Were oiled up before 3 O'Clock In the afternoon.