Imperial Valley press., 1913-09-19

Complete reports are now at hand
from many localities that suffered
from the heat of Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday.
The San Diego Union thus tells of
the temperature there Wednesday:
"Never since the United States
weather bureau service was estab-
I lished in San Diego, forty-two years
ago, has the thermometer in this city
climbed to the height it attained yes
terday afternoon. At 1:30 o'clock it
touched the zenith when the instru-
ment on top of the Federal building,
sheltered from the rays Of the sun,
registered no degrees. Down in the
streets of the city 110 degrees would
have been welcomed as cool.
The condition, however, was great
ly nitigated by the extreme dryness
Of the atmosphere. During the hot
test part Of the day the relative hu-
midity was but per cent, so that the
! extreme heat was much less felt than
would have been the case under Or
dinary circumstances. the wind from
the desert was almost uncomfortably
dry, but it lowered the humidity and
helped keep the city fairly comfort
able. San Diego was the dryest city
in the country yesterday, according
to official reports.
From the southeast and east there
rushed upon the city burning dry
wind that shriveled the skin, baked
the face and drove to shelter all who
were not called out upon the most
urgent business.
The downtown streets Of the city
were practically deserted all the aft
ernoon, and those who were out
sought shelter in the hall ways Of
buildings, or anywhere in the vicinity
of an electric fan. The streets of the
business section were like baking
ovens, and up each, drew in a STEADY
draught, the burning wind of the des-
ert.
RIVERSIDE.
With the government thermometer
reaching the height of 112 today, the
record for torridity in Riverside as
far back as the memory or records
of anybody here extend were broken
today. ExCouncilman L. C. Waite
who has lived here continuously fo,
forty-three years and has kept care
full tab on climatic conditions, has nc
record of any time during that long
period Of niger temperature of 10
which was reached two years ago. AL
though theer was a general complaint
Of unpleasantifess, no prostrations are
reported
BAKERSFIELD.
After nearly a month Of very cool
weather for this part of the country
Bakersfield was visited by heat wave
today that sent the mercury up to 1Os
degrees. The official minimum tenn.
perature here today was rs degrees
while the maximum was 103. The of.
fetal figures were given out by the
weather bureau here tonight.
OXNARD
The maximum temperature record
ed here today on the official thermo.
meter Of the American Beet Sugar
company was ITO degrees. This tem-
perature prevailed over Ventura
county. The temperature at sunrise
was IA. The east wind came with
the sun. The air at times was burn,
>ing hot: On the east side of thu
county, near the forest fires, the tenn.
perature was higher. There were ne
prostrations from the heat. The WORK.
ers in the American beet sugar fac
tory suffered considerably.
POMONA
The official temperature showed &
minimum of 100 degrees, reached
shortly before 2 o'clock today. Th'
minimum was 62 degrees, reached
during the early hours of the morn
ing. Thermometers in the busines.
district registered as high as 115 il
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