Show i 1 I Mercury Rises to Degrees Record Neared II TAT WHILE BILE the calendar proclaimed proclaimed pro pro- V V claimed summer nearly at atan atan atan an end the thermometer toc toro took violent issue with it yesterday by registering degrees the degrees the highest temperature of the year This was within one degree of the record highest mark ever r reached by the mercury during during- August since the cs establishment b of the weather ther bureau here in 1874 The previous high mark for forthe forthe or orthe the summer was 98 degrees recorded recorded re re- corded June 24 and July 10 Examination of records in the theoffice theoffice theoffice office of J. J Cecil Alter government government government govern govern- ment meteorologist disclosed the fact filet that the mercury has reached the century mark only five times in August these being in 1881 1885 1886 1890 and 1892 Not in more than a qU quarter of ofa a century has temperature played such pranks at the tag end of summer as it did cUd yesterday yes yes- The mean temperature yesterday yesterday yes yes- W was C 85 which was near the seasons season's top figures a mean of 86 occurring last June 28 and means means of 85 on June 27 and July 23 4 |