“St. Louis’ Heat Record Broken.
Sr. Louis, Mo., July 8 (1897) —St. Louis broke the country’s heat record this morning with a temperature of 83 degrees at 7 o’clock. Four hours later it was 96. On the streets it has averaged 102 degrees. At midnight it was 90 degrees. This is the tenth day of intense heat in St. Louis and the effects are beginning to show. Sleep indoors has been almost impossible. Five deaths and five prostrations are reported.”
08 Jul 1897, 1 – The Emporia Gazette at Newspapers.com
“HEAT AND DEATH
Five Fatalities Reported In New York City To-day.
INFANTS THE CHIEF VICTIMS
CHICAGO BREAKS THE RECORD IN HEAT PROSTRATIONS FOR ONE DAY—EIGHT SUCCUMB IN CINCINNATI—TOORROW PROMISES TO BE THE HOTTEST DAY OF THE YEAR—NO CASES IN BROOKLYN.
The continued seige of hot weather of the past few days was marked to-day by @ number of fatalities and prostrations that are believed to have been directly due to the heat. In this city, however, no cases of either prostration or death from this cause had been reported up to a late hour this afternoon, but in New ‘York City the following sudden deaths were recorded in the Coroner’s office:
Joseph Bergen, six months old 8-Avenue C; Bertha Schultz, seven months old, 80 Avenue B; Charles Regelman, six weeks. old, 369 East Nineteenth street; Aloise T. Mafin, eight years old, 418 East Seventy- third street, and Martha” Tucker, fifty years old, 218 Hast 103d street”
08 Jul 1897, 1 – The Standard Union at Newspapers.com
The five hottest July 8’s in the US were 1936, 1930, 1921, 1897 and 1937.
Forty states were over 90F, sixteen were over 100F and two were over 110F.
AZ 114 AR 110
CO 109 IN 109 NE 108 TX 108 KS 107 IL 106 MS 103 OK 103 SD 103 WI 102 IA 101 KY 101 MO 101 ND 100
ME 99 OH 99 TN 99 UT 99 MA 98 MI 98 WV 98 LA 97 AL 96 MN 96 NM 96 NY 96 WY 96 GA 95 SC 95 VA 95 NV 94 FL 93 MT 93 PA 93 NH 92 CA 91 NJ 91 VT 90
