The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-02
Mercury Climbs to So. 2
Degrees, and May Go
Higher To-Day.
CITY Willis UNDER
GREAT HEAT WAVE
Comes Suddenly From South,
Smashing Records and Causing
Intense Suffering-Little Re
lief Felt During Evening
Hours-New York 81
Degrees Cooler.

DescenGins with suddenness ,hst
caught the city wholly unpTepared.
tropical hot wave baked the streets
OF Richmond yesterday. subjec,ins. the
oity TO VIVA, many believe TO nave
been the most uncomfortable day rec
olded IN a score 81 years II maze
itself felt the moment one ventured
~ ON cover into the open streets ana
perFnested starched linen and jempers
win the thogoughuess possessed only
by sNorc hing air pocket fresh f,om
the 7akery around the equator
On wind blown Chimborazo the GOV
eminent weather station recorded
maximum temperature Of Esq degrees.
which puts yesterday down In the
annals % the local bureau as the not
toat september on record Il vas
exactly iiz degrees hotter than sep
tember one year ago
mometer rose "a - while on septen-
per j, - the year 81 the spanish
American War, The .-cord which was
the hiEhest FOR that day up to ina,
time. reached and unprecedented Sep
iember height OF ~ Yesterdays rec
ord topped this by az der-ees. reach
Ing height which is Nkely 20 stand
IN class hy itself for generations
LItu- Drop by Night,
For dsy Of continuous. unvsryinE
heat Yesterday stood alone In the roc
o is fine local weather bureau AS
carly as O'Clock In the morning the
thernometer rose above 60. ~ the
noon hour the mercury rose in the
ipoe TO o. reaching the nigh mark
shortly after o'clock At e62 At
o'clock there had been 4 drop OF three
degrees, the temperature remaining
steady one or two degrees above the
90 marx all tho afternoon. The KIOSK
IN Capitol square recorded 4 maximum
street temperature OF log.
Not until night came was there any
relief Tho shadows brought faint
breeze and fitting clouds, which al
o'clock, when the last Official observa-
lion was made. had pulled the mer-
curry down to Sc Throughout most %
the night there was little variation
from this agure. while several times
tho temperature rose above 1t
six-mile wind blowing from the
South got busy later in the night and
helped TO relieve the city. but coinci-
dent with II tho clouds disappeared.
scattering all hopes Of rain and prom
islng another scoroher for today.
Generally fair and continued warm.
came over the wires from Warrington
late last night. as the Virginia fore
cast for to-day and tomorrow. TN
less the weather man has missed II
badly. to-day will write record ali
It's own.
Recalls September, 1000
The tropical opening OF the present
month recalls the period Of September
4-l3. 1900. which stands on the books
as the warmest September period ever
recorded in Virginia. September Of
that year opened with the thermolne-
Ter modestly al 81 BY Sep,.mbsr
tho temperature had climbed to 90
Two days later IL attained sS-the
high mark for that month The rec
ord was repeated two times during the
aame period.
The hottest September day on rec
ord in the local bureau was September
s. 1899. when the official thermome-
ter registered 100 Yesterdays ngura
lacked only 5S degrees Of that rec
ord. Unless unexpected showers ar
rive 10 stave II of, the heat wave will
probably rise one or two degrees
closer TO the century mark to-day
South Was Chief sufcrer.
While Richmond was having its
troubles there were sister cites in
the South Yesterday which Jared
equally as bad and in one or two tn.
stances worse Charleston stood alone
on the Southern roll call with an Of
fetal temperature Of 100. The south
Carolina metropolis was the nations
particular sizzle- point and sweltsred
Under scorchine sun which not even
the cooling breezes from across Fort
ress Moultrie could discourage.
Jacksonville and Raleigh both re-
turned temperatures of 9s degrees.
Savannah, Kansas CITY and Richmond
took third place I'm the national
weather average with records Of as
Atlanta. Montgomery. Louisville. OK
lahoma. st. Louis Tampa and Chicago
all reported heat records OF "a NV
Orleans reported ~ ana Norfolk and
Washington. d. G.. Registered 90.
Amons the nations cool spots were
New York ts4. Spokane (s2). san
Francisco (6e) and Duluth $50
Yesterdays extreme heat drove the
people to the city and suburban
parks In hordes The accessibility OF
these resorts from practically every
section of the city was regarded as
responsible in part for the absence OF
prostrations. Many cases of this
kind were reported from different
sections OF the country yesterday. but
none from Richmond