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Show JUST (LITTLE WAR! IIS SJLTLIE CITY Heat, However, Is Nothing as Compared With Conditions Condi-tions in East. Although the mercury climbed up one degrco higher yesterday than on July -I, fifteen cities are ahead of Salt Lake for tho prize hot day. While the temperature tempera-ture reached 8S degrees yesterday, against 87 for the day before, at the United States observation station on the top of tho Boston building, tho ther-mogianh ther-mogianh in tho kiosk In front of the federal building registered 03 degrees. The highest temperature was reached at 2 o'clock and the mercury steadilv fell after that until last night, ahortlv before midnight, It had fallen to 70 degrees. The highest temperature In ihls month since 187-t was 102 degrees. The lowest temperature on the night of the Fourth was 6 degrees. The mean temperature tem-perature yestcirdav was 76 degrees and the normal was 71 degrees. The accumulated accu-mulated deilciency of temperatuve since the first of the month is "7 degrees and the accumulated excess since tho beginning begin-ning of the year Is 111 degrees. The relative humidity at r. o'clock vesterdav morning was -10 per co.nl and the relative humidity at 6 o'clock last nlghl was 21 per cent. There was no precipitation up to fi o'clock last night. The sun will rise at 5.01! o'clock Ibis morning and will set at S:C: p. m. The hol weather continued in the east. Temperature of 101 obtained again yesterday yes-terday In Kansas City. The hottest weather recorded yesterday was at Des Moliios. with ltlfi degrees. The maximum maxi-mum temperatures in other of the larger cities are Chicauo. 102: Dodge Cltv. 102; Phoenix, 10; Oklahoma. 101; Washington. Washing-ton. 3S; New York and North Plane. 02; Winnoniucca. 91; Boise. !I0; Grand Junction. 00; .Huron. 90: Jacksonville, 90. Temperatures In other sections of the country than those mentioned Tall below 90 degrees. The mercury, however. Is steadily climbing up at Duluth. Durango. Grand Junction, Portland and Spokane. The temperature Is rapidly falling at .Huron. Moorhead. Rapid City, SSt. Louis. St. Paul nnd Williston. |