Twelve Years Ago it was a Very Hot Summer with Figures to Prove It The heat is an engrossing topic these days and many comparisons lite heard daily with a suspicion of the perennial gloating about this summer being the hottest in history, ete, etc. A correspondent, interested in statistics has supplied us with the following table showing that the year 1914, at least, reached heigtits of temperature.undreamt in the present summer's _philo. sophy. From this table it will be seen that during a period of 66 days of the summer, the temperature exceeded 90 degrees F. with 9 days under 90, Carrying com. ar'sons back still further the eorrespondent points out that only since records have been kept, (July 29, 30, 31, 1892) has the temperature in Shanghai ever reached 100 degrees or over for three days in succession.
The table summer of 191 follows, for the Sune 23 "to 30:~0.09. 94, 94, 93.8
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