Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-18
MORE WARM WEATHER
THERMOMETER REACHED SO TO
DAY AND MAY GO HIGHER.
Yesterday Was Pretty Hot, but Might
Have Been Worse-Many
Leave Town.

There Is no Immediate prospect OF ces-
sation of the sweltering weather Washing
tonians have been enduring for several
days. The maximum temperature here yes
terday was 81 degrees, and the condltlons
were decidedly tropical because of the alb
sence of cooling air currents. This torrlolty
resulted in causing great exodus OF cltl-
zens, their wives. mothers. sisters. daugh-
tiers and other relatives to nearby resorts
and to cool suburban places, where they
could enjoy the shade of trees, spring water
and other country warm weather comforts
The heat continued throughout the nlght'
and the street cars were crowded with per
sons seeking the air currents produced ny
the rapidly moving vehicles
The maximum temprature here at noon
today was degrees, but snappy nortn
west breeze somewhat reduced the S.s,
comfort which prevailed yesterday. Still
the records of the weather bureau sho"
that for a period of thirteen years the
washington temperature was higher thah
that of yesterday. Seventeen years ago ",
day this city endured a screening uhoel q
temperature of 1oS degrees anu ne ,idala of
trat1ons were numerous. In the Hiuuie "
July 1900, this city endured speH Oh not
weather during which the maximum tenn,
nerature reached 80 degrees and renamed
above 80 seven days In successor. ootner
prof Alfred ]. Henry of the weather
bureau said this afternoon when askeo IL
the reported hot wave In the vicinity -.
chicago would move in this d1rectlon that
there was no particularly not wave tllV,
The conditions in this locality are similar
to those in and about Chicago. festeroaS
was the warmest day in the year TOT WASH
inpt0n and the atmosphere here, as IN Chi-
cago began to heat up IN the early A'o'A
ing.
Cool and Pleasant.
"Why." said the professor, as ne siaiiceu
over one of the daily weather maps up "
the present time this has been a coihpai
tively cool and pleasant month LOT WASH
,nrton. the temperature having aVeraseu
two degrees day below the norma, .h
first marked warm weather OF the hoil.a.
occurred in the Missouri valley on last
Saturday, and the temperatures yes.el t,s;
were 40 or above in the m1ddIe MississiPp
valley northern Illinois ana IN lew ~ dc
ties in the southwest In the eastern us
tricts unusually warm weather prevailed
Yesterday and continues without lhtell
tion. except in eastern New YORK ana eas,,
ern Pennsylvania, where heaVS '"-'i' ie'
last night. , .., p,.,e
Henry. 'points to continuation OF warm
weather for several days at ieast' ~ ne
weather bureau, however, does no' an an. -,
pate record breaking neat III any P"i' VI
the United States"
At this point the ting a-ling-hng OF inc
telephone bell interrupted the professor,
and he stopped long enough 10 lhloiih so me
overhea ted person at the other end or the
line that the immediate chances Tor mum
der storms in this locality are not COCO.
1.-THE hottest part of the United states
this morning" he continued, addressing the
reporter. was the District of Columbia
and portions of Virginia and MarElano
adjoining the District. AT CLOCK tills
morning the temperature in Washington
was 81 degrees. and that was the highest
recorded at any point in this country. Inc
Temperature here at . o'clock this Vlornlns
was "a which is above the average, ana
sura Indication that the remainder or the
day will be warm and oppressive. IT go.
warm early yesterday morning and stayed
warm" ..,,u. !, cut
caoo registered 100 and heat prostrationS
and fatalities were numerous.
The downtown temperature, as registered
i II, a M. IS; IL noon, 90; 2 pm, o.