1898 Heat Fires And Typhoon

The US was much hotter in 1898 than 2021.

26 Aug 1898, 4 – The Morning News at Newspapers.com

04 Jul 1898, 10 – The Baltimore Sun at Newspapers.com

04 Sep 1898, Page 9 – Democrat and Chronicle at Newspapers.com

08 Sep 1898, Page 6 – The Argos Reflector at Newspapers.com

Oregon recorded their record temperature of 119F twice during the summer of 1898. This years’s “record” heatwave topped out at 118F.

What is the hottest temperature ever recorded? | kgw.com

01 Apr 1898, Page 6 – Deseret News at Newspapers.com

12 Jan 1898, Page 1 – Arkansas Democrat at Newspapers.com

12 Jan 1898 – TYPHOON AND TIDAL WAVE IN THE PHILLIPINES. – Trove

The New York Times
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1898

THE WEST INDIAN STORM

Results in the Island of St. Vincent Worse Than Reported.

WHOLE COUNTRY SWEPT BARE
|Distress of the People Described as « Exceeding That Caused by the Great Famine in India.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Nov. 2.—The results of calm investigation have proved conclusively that so far from being exaggerated the first reports of the destruction wrought by the cyclone at St. Vincent were rather short of the actual facts. The island was literally swept absolutely bare of vegetation, the experience of 1780 being repeated, but the full extent of the devastation was not at first realized, owing to the difficulty of communication through the destruction of the roads and the coastal shipping.

TimesMachine: November 13, 1898 – NYTimes.com

Late Victorian Holocausts: El Niño Famines and the Making of the Third World , Davis, Mike – Amazon.com

12 Feb 1898 – TERRIBLE BUSH FIRES. – Trove

12 Feb 1898 – NEW ZEALAND. – Trove

12 Feb 1898 – THE TASMANIAN BUSH FIRES. – Trove

12 Feb 1898 – A SCHOONER WRECKED. FLOOD AND FIRE. – Trove

12 Feb 1898 – HEAVY RAINS. – Trove

12 Feb 1898 – MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. – Trove

Broken Hill Climate, Weather By Month, Average Temperature (Australia) – Weather Spark

12 Feb 1898 – VICTORIAN FIRES. – Trove

12 Feb 1898 – TASMANIAN BUSH FIRES. – Trove

11 Feb 1898 – NEW ZEALAND. – Trove

San Francisco Call 27 August 1898 — California Digital Newspaper Collection

25 Aug 1898 – FOREST FIRE IN FRANCE. – Trove

San Francisco Call 27 April 1898 — California Digital Newspaper Collection

03 Oct 1898 – FOREST FIRES IN AMERICA. – Trove

Los Angeles Herald 14 August 1898 — California Digital Newspaper Collection

08 Feb 1898 – THE FIRE FIEND. – Trove

San Francisco Call 27 April 1898 — California Digital Newspaper Collection

The Aspen Daily Times June 30, 1898 — Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection

Los Angeles Herald 23 July 1898 — California Digital Newspaper Collection

Los Angeles Herald 31 July 1898 — California Digital Newspaper Collection

Wildland Fire: History Timeline | U.S. National Park Service

22 Feb 1898, Page 3 – The Semi-Weekly Messenger at Newspapers.com

The massive fires of 1898 burned well into November, making the fire season at least nine months long.

“Reports from the western portion of Colorado continue to tell of the ravages of the forest fires which bid fair to devastate the greater part of the forests of the state.”

The Colorado Daily Chieftain October 1, 1898 — Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection

Fort Collins Courier October 6, 1898 — Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection

Herald Democrat October 2, 1898 — Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection

TimesMachine: September 30, 1898 – NYTimes.com

TimesMachine: October 3, 1898 – NYTimes.com

The Colorado Transcript November 9, 1898 — Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection

San Francisco Call 9 November 1898 — California Digital Newspaper Collection