The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1901-07-25
40 Relief FROM THE
HEAT is IN SIGHT
National Weather Observer Cannot
Discover Any Promise Of
Change.
AN Unparalleled HOT SPELL.
In tho Central West There Have Bsen,
Thirty-six Days of 0O-Degree or
Over weather-Yesterday
Was the Climax.
Unparalleled HOT SPELL.

Washington, July 23.-The weather
bureau yesterday issued the following
bulletin:
Practically the entire country was
covered by the hot wave yesterday ex-
cept the immediate Pacific coast and in
the states of Missouri, Iowa and Illinois
nearly all previous high records were
exceeded. The maximum temperature
line of 100 degrees encircles the entire
great corn belt. At Davenport and Du-
buuue. Ia. and at Springfield, ILL.,, the
ma Nimum tempera ture OF 106 was 2
degrees above the highest previous rec
ord. While at st. Louis the maximum of
106 degrees has been equalled but once
before, on August IL, 1881. At Chicago
the maximum of 102 degrees equals the
previous high record of July 10 of the
present year.
In the states of Iowa, Missouri and
Kansas the duration Of the present
heated term is without precedent, there
having been practically no interrupt
ton to temperatures of 80 degrees or
over since June 18, period Of thirty
four days On eighteen days of this
period the maximum temperature at
Kansas City was 100 degrees or more.
There is as yet no indication Of any
the corn belt for the past three days;
and none IS in sight. It is Of course prob
able that scattered local thunder
storms, which are always accompani-
ments Of protracted periods Of heat,
may fall at times, but no hope can be
entertained at this time of any general
rains or permanent relief.
/ H. c. Frankenfield,
Forecast Ofiicial.''
Washington, July pa hot wave OF
unusual and in many places record
breaking intensity is again prevalent
over the central western part CT the
country, and is spreading eastward and
northward.
The central west reported extraordi-
narily high temperatures to the wealth
er bureau yesterday. The maximum
temperature line of 100 degrees Satur-
day included the states and territories
of Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Iowa.
Missouri, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois.
Yesterday in Chicago, at O'clock.
the temperature was 100 degrees, exs
ceedfng by several degrees anything.
ever before recorded at that time Of
the day. A serious feature Is the show
ing made In the states of Iowa, Mis-
souri, and Kansas, where the tempera-,
lures have been 80 degrees or over for a,
! period of over a month. For eighteen
days of this time the thermometer at
Kansas City registered 100 degrees or
nara 80 ~. ~ ~ 1.
$500 ~ naas as prsulcllon as 70 me
plospec.s u IehsI. Lney say tha1 none
t as y s,t,. - "a slsh.; me seriousness OF
~ NC ts slsuaeion 70 Ine crops rs increased
having fallen in the corn belt for three
n urosna ana mere apparently pelng no.
/ p Pro Inc ram which gave a. par.
dlar nentl 20 me staIes OF the corn Delt
u,aans ennan past M a.ea was not ny any
nas sns s 81 IN enaraeter. but sue
norarv u rei laerstorans aaoroea esI
| ppo n a 70 me over pafen e.s1
! s sa ana gram. me relative q nigh
th aloimeser "a q, the soutneast section OF
a4; I County, SHOWS a persistent contlnu-
] thara ~ Marln soutneriy vines. ana
ehan,a 81 ~, pe no. prospect o. d
ha rn1g ! a.ei y, me ne appearance OF nlgn