Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 143, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 June 1913 — SPELL OF TORRID WEATHER HITS US [ARTICLE]

SPELL OF TORRID WEATHER HITS US

Government Thermometer at St Joseph’s College Registered 98 at 1 O’clock Today. Today is a scorcher. The government thermometer at St. Joseph’s college registered 98 in the shade at 1 o’clock this Monday afternoon. People were fairly sweltering, notwithstanding the fact that there waa a good breeze. The torrid spell began Saturday and it was very hot that night, the lowest mark registered at the government station being 79 degrees, Which is some hot for night temperature Sunday the mercury climbed up to 91 and it was generally believed that the extreme heat had been reached as dense clouds to the south showed that rain was falling in that direction, while other clouds from the west seemed to indicate that we were going to have some rain here, but the sky finally cleared, although the temperature Sunday night was somewhat lower, reaching 65 degrees. Today the mercury began climbing early in the day and it had reached 98 degrees at 1 o’clock and may possibly reach even a higher point during the afternoon. One week ago today the mercury fell to the freezing point and heavy frosts occurred throughout the county. The winds that have blown yesterday and today have been for the most part very hot, some people saying that they were the hottest winds they had ever known in this country. The ground is getting quite dry and a rain would be welcomed, but the forecast for the next 24 hours is "continued hot and elear.”