Good morning.
It’s a hot Thursday for Whitewater, with a high of ninety-four, and a light wind, at five to ten miles per hour, in the morning.
On this day in 1984, Walter Mondale named Geraldine Ferraro his vice presidential running mate.
The Wisconsin Historical Society recalls that in 1995, Wisconsin and the Midwest faced scorching temperatures that year, too:
From July 12-15, 1995, the Midwest was subjected to a deadly outbreak of hot and humid weather responsible for 141 deaths in Wisconsin. According to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, this was the “greatest single event of weather-related deaths in Wisconsin history.” Most of the fatalities happened in the urban southeast counties of the state, and at one point several Milwaukee-area hospitals were unable to admit more patients.
Milwaukee Temperatures (from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel): July 12: Hi=91, Lo=65 July 13: Hi=103*, Lo=78 July 14: Hi=102, Lo=84 July 15: Hi=92, Lo=69 July 16: Hi=88, Lo=68 *Some communities reported highs as high as 108. Heat Index values were 120-130 degrees.
NOAA’s Natural Disaster Survey Report on the outbreak is available at http://www.weather.gov/os/assessments/pdfs/heat95.pdf [Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
Our recent heat wave seems at least as impressive in temperatures, although thankfully without so much harm.
Anglophiles will like today’s daily puzzle from Google: “Two people show up to your dinner party wearing coronets. One has 16 silver balls around its rim, the other only six. According to the British Peerage System, who gets the better seat?”