The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-05
FOURTH Of JULY
IS HOT IN ZION
Heat, However, Does Not Com.
pare With Conditions
in East.
E
HUMIDITY MAKES
CONDITIONS WORSE
Thousands Go to Resorts
Where the Temperature
Is Lower.

"Whew. But hasn't 1t been scorch-
er?''
OF most everybody as the dusk OF even
ing came on yesterday. And IL was np-
parently with good reason. for although
the figures OF the weather apphratus do
not indicate that 1t was the hottest day
OF the yenr. they do show that II closely
approached being so, and also that Salt
Lake was one of thirteen cities In the
country where yesterdays maximum
temperature reached 80 degrees or above.
The hottest period OF the day was be-
tween and 3 G, clock in tho afternoon;
building registered 81 degrees. During
the same hour, the weather apparatus on
the top OF the Boston building registered
81 degrees. The figures shown by this
apparatus are always . or degrees be-
.ow those OF the kiosk. The officials say
that this is due TO the intensified heat
standing a short distance up Main street
these waves could be seen clearly,
ascending from the pavement down the
thoroughfare. Late In the afternoon the
and at o'clock stood at 7G degrees. The
lowest temperature the preceding night
was 81 degrees.
Warns Up Early.
AS early as o'clock yesterday morn
Ing the temperature was 54 degrees.
while the relative humidity stood at 40
per cent. Between that hour and noon
the lines traced by the kiosk needle
courSed steadily upward. This indication.
coupled with the high percentage OF hu-
mdity, gave bright promise of the Sc
verest hot spell OF the year. 10 date:
Residents we're spared the lcthargy and
unpleasantness attending such spells,
however. by n sudden change In humidity
AS the heat increased the precentage of
humidity rapidly decreased. AT o'clock
In the evening IL stood at IA per cent.
The average relative humidity for the
day was 2S.5 per cent, or about normal.
The barometric pressure increased from
25.46 TO 2652 per cent during the day.
Although the mean temperature of the
ing to the weather report, the heat was
felt keenly on account OF It's sudden rise
early In the afternoon. At the different
resorts In and around Salt Lake. where
thousands Of people sought to spend their
Fourth Of July holiday in shady hooks
and cool breezes. the heat was felt as
kcenly as In the city. AT Wandamere.
Lagoon and Saltar great muti,udcs
nursed comfort In the water. which was
ideal for bathing. Coats came off. brows
were wiped and II was realized that sum-
mer had evidently come with vim.
Many gave up their contemplated rccrea-
ton until the cooler shades OF evening
had fallen.
Hot in the East.
The high temperature was not confined
to Salt Lake and vicinity. AT Kansas
ceived last night. the highest temperature
was l0i degrees. This was the hottest
OF the larger cities In the country. Okla
homa ranked second. with maximum
temperature OF I02 degrees. while 100
degrees was registered at Chicago Des
Moines. Huron. Phoenix and st, Louis.
The next cities In order and degrees OF
maximum temperature follow: North
Platte and Dodge City. % degrees
Washington. d, G.. 90 degrees: ST: Paul
and New York City % degrees: Winnie
mucca. Rapid City and Jacksonville. 30
degrees. The lowest temperature in the
largest cities way registered at San Fran
cisco. where the highest figure during the
day was but IS degrees.
Coupled with the hot wave which seems
to have been more or less general, was
a decided lack of precipitation. The
weather bulletin shows that only ten of
the cilies included in the report expert
enced any rainfall. Al each OF these
places the precipitation was very slight,
being confined TO short showers. except
at Duluth and ST Paul. where "a OF an
inch was registered at each city.
Fair weather without much change In
temperature is forecasted for Salt Lake
and vicinity today, No sudden changes
in conditions are expected. which prac-
tically means that today may even prove
more of a "scorcher" than yesterday.