Evening star., 1901-07-22
THE SAME WEATHER FORAlL
CLEAR SKIES AND HOT AIR EVERY
WHERE PREVALENT.
Records of the Weather Bureau Con-
tinue to Be BrOken-New Sec
tiOns Heard From.

The same weather story could be written
In any part of the United States today
except the Pacific coast, and If it properly
emphasized the fact that the weather was
unbearably hot 1t would receive the hearty
Endorsement Of any editor and be printed
under scare" head.
Washington Is no worse off than other
places and residents of this city have only
to read the record being made by the mer
curry in the cities of the north and west
to feel thankful for a maximum Of only
90 degrees, which was recorded at 1:30
o'clock this afternoon at the weather bu-
reau.
A half hour afterward the mercury had
fallen degrees. AT the same time down
town, however 90 was recorded The min
tmum temperature since yesterday was re-
corded at o'clock this morning, when "
degrees was the record.
A General Hot Wave.
In speaking of the general weather con-
dltfons of the country for yesterday and
today, weather bureau officials say that a
hot wave of unusual. and, In many places,
record-breaking intensity, is again preva-
lent over the central western part Of the
country and is spreading westward and
northward. The central west reported ex-
traordinarily high temperatures to the
temperature line. 100 degrees, today in
cluded the states and territories of Ne
braska Kansas, Oklahoma, Iowa, Missouri,
ONO Indiana and Illinois. Last night at
Chlcago at o'clock the temperature was
1oo degrees. exceeding by several degrees
anything ever before recorded at that time
of the day
A serious feature is the showing made in
tne states OF Iowa, Missouri and Kansas
where the temperatures have been 90 de-
grees or over for period of over a month
For eighteen days Of this time the ther-
mometer at Kansas City registered 100 de-
grees or more. Weather bureau officials do
not care to make any prediction as to the
prospects of relief. They say that none as
yet is in sight The seriousness of the situ-
alton to the crops Is increased by the lack
OF rain, none having fallen in the corn belt
for three Gays and there apparently being
no prospects. The rain which gave partial
rellef to the corn belt during the last week
was not by any means general In character,
put succession of thunder showers, afford
Ing temporary relief to the, over-parched
ground and grain. The relative high bar
ometer in the southeast section of the coun-
try shows a persistent continuation of warm
southerly winds and there appears to be no
prospect of change until the appearance of
a high barometer in the northwest, where a
low pressure now has full swing. Such re-
lief of local character as is held out in
the meantime, 1t Is stated will be due to
local thunder showers, which always accom-
pany periods of protracted heat. Some rains
have fallen in the past twenty-four hours in
the south Atlantic states. the gulf states
and in the extreme southwest, notably in
northern Arizona, where rain has fallen
since yesterday morning.
Contrasted with the remainder of the
country the Pacific coast is enjoying
period of cool weather, San Francisco re-
porting a temperature tonight of SO de-
grees as the result of cooling breezes from
the ocean.
Some of the maximum temperatures Off
ri IN cd To fny how
day are the following, although they ara
in instances lower than those recorded by
the local thermometers: Atlanta. Ca. 90;
Boston. 80; Chicago: l02; Cincinnati, 100;
Moines. Iowa. 1o4 Helena, Mont. "a; In
dianapolis, 100; jacksonville Fla, IS; Kan
sas City, Mo-, 1o4; Little Rock. 9G; Mem
phis, 9S; New Orleans, 90; New York. 80:
burg, "a; Salt Lake. 9s: St. Louis. 1903; ST.
Paul. 9s; Springfield. ILL.,, 1O6; Vichsburg,
Miss, 50; Washington. D. c.. 30.
No Relief in Sight.
The early morning reports from the mid
die Mississippi valley stations OF the wealth
er bureau did not indicate any relief for
the people Of that drouth and heat-stricken
region.
At st. Louis the thermometer at O. clock
registered SO degrees. degrees higher than
than at the same hour yesterday: at Kan
SdS Slty 81 degrees were 1ndlcated, two de-
grees higher than yesterday: at Spring
field. ILL.,. 81 degrees, six higher than yes
terday: at Omaha, "a degrees, two higher,
and at Austin, Texas. 81 degrees, an in
crease of eight. The weather was clear
throughout the region. and not even thun-
der storms were indicated there. There
was fall In the temperature at Chicago.
and the prospect Is for cooler weather on
the great lakes and later through New Eng
land. The weather forecasts say there is
no sign of relief Tor the people of the Mis-
sissippi valley.