Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-02
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This is nota guessing contest but
Is the man who asks as he grins
fendishly: Is 1t hot enough for you?'
an opslmist. an idiot or a winning can
didatc for membership in the Gimlet
club?
At 10 O'clock this morning, on Main.
and First South streets, one citizen ask
cd another:
We'll, is It hot enough for you?"
Citizen No. gave: No. a look OF:
disgust and as he raced up the street
bawled; IN N-N-o-o-o. Youc @lS1a!!
blank fool! Tin freezing to death.
Can't yol, see.:,,,';
Has it occurred to you what the tent
perature OF your head was yesterday
or today as you walked along the sunny
side or Main street for a block or So?
Well, IL was ITO, or more A test was
made. but, unfortunately,t the thermomc-
tel. carried In the hat had a limit of only
ITO. After walk OF a block the In
strnnent registered Ito and the OPP
orator Immediately soaked the ther-t
lnomcter-in n glass of cold watcr--for
fear of an explosion. How much far
ther the mercury would have clincd
is lglLs W
AN INDUSTRIOUS THERMOMETERS.
AT 10 o'clock this morning an .un-
official thermometer on Main and First
South street registered los, but of
course the instrument was hanging in
IL place where the rays of the sun
struck il. Between First and Second
South on Main, on the shady side. the
record vas ST. AT noon the First South
instrument showed an even 100. At
Liberty park it waste In the shade,
but on Third avenue and II streets 1t
was o. while onSA and Second avenue
! 1T was So in the house.
| Yes. it's hot enough, al
Yesterday twas almost a record
breaker. Instead OF the real hot spell
coming at O'Clock as Is usual, 1t was
delayed two hours At 8 O'clock the
weather bureau found the temperature
to be 10i and, according to the records
| 1t has only been equalled three times
and beaten once.
On Aug. G, 1875, June IS, 1900 ana
July is, 1901, the mercury climbed to
1901, On July 80. 1889, It was 1o2. The
fact that the percentage Of humidity
was low accountst for the lack of pros
trations.
Visits We're made this morning to
several offices on the west side of the
street but little or no accurate infor.
ma ton could be obtained as to the tenn.
perature for the rea son that practically
every office man had an electric fan
working over time. Blacksmith shops,
boiler rooms and sich places refused
to be bothered, or threatened. with
thermometers. x
Tracl, laying gangs on the street rail-
way system apparently didn't care
whether it was 100 or $50, but they
were careful not TIC monkey with metal
unless provided with gloves.
The hottest day on record was July
so, 1883, when the maximum reached
was 102 degrees The record was the
same as yesterday, Aug. 6, 1875, June IS.
1900, and July is. 1901, AS the predic-
ton for tomorrow is fair. the chances
are that 101 degrees will be slightly
improved upon. Last night was SO
hot that sleep was almost impossible.
Yesterday was a hot day all oyer the
country. the temperature at Yuma
reaching 10 in the shade. while at
Phoenix it was 10S, at Miles City, Mont.
1t was 1O4. and at Independence. Mo,
it was n fiat 100,
Low barometic pressure extends
over the Plateau, Upper Lake region
and along the Atlantic coast, producing
showers or Thunderstorm over por-
-3tions of Arizona. New Mexico, mid
die Canada, Montana. Upper Lake re-
gion Tennessee, Gulf and Atlantic
states. Over the British Northwest
territory and middle west the air pres
sure is high. The maximum temper
ature was over 100 degrees over por-
lions or Utah. Arizona and Montana.