Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 August 1901 — Extreme Heat Sweeps Spain. [ARTICLE]

Extreme Heat Sweeps Spain.

“The shade temperature in Madrid Tuesday was 108 degrees,Fahrenheit,” says a dispatch to the Daily Express, London, from the Spanish capital. “The heat was so overpowering Monday that parliament had to be closed hastily. In Seville, Cordova and Cadiz the shade temperature was 125 degrees.”