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Show ABOUT THE WEATHER. Recent hot spells in various sections of the country naturally have revived comparisons of heat with conditions of former years. In the United States the hottest spot on an average is a place in Death Valley, Calif., named oddly enough Greenland Ranch, where on July 10, 1910, the temperature rose to 134 degrees. The record for cold in this country is held by Miles City, Mont., where the mercury sank to 65 below zero in 1888. Higher and lower temperatures have been recorded in Africa and Siberia, Si-beria, respectively, although Death Valley's high mark is within two degrees of the world's record, 136 degrees at Aziza, Tripoli, in 1921. Some interesting cases of excessive j-ainfall and snowfall have been noted by the United States weather bureau. The hardest rain ever recorded was at Ophid's Camp, in California, where an inch of rain, equivalent to 115 tons of water per acre, fell in one minute on April 0, 1920. At Porlo Bello, Panama, Pan-ama, 2.47 inches of rain fell in three minutes on May 1, 1908. The heaviest , snowfall ever to occur at a place equipped for accurate observation was 25 inches in 24 hour3 at Washington, D. C, in January, 1922. : The most equable and pleasant cli-! cli-! mate in the United States, and per-. : haps in the world, is enjoyed by Key j West, Fla., where the temperature has 'never gone above 100, nor below 41 above zero. Its average for January ! is 70 and for July is 84. Even in the heat of summer this island city is relatively rel-atively cool, being fanned by breezes from the Gulf of Mexico, which sel-,dom sel-,dom fail when they are needed. |