This Week in Odessa History

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From The Odessa Record

September 3, 1915

Long hot spell broken. With a change in the wind to the southwest last Monday evening, the longest spell of hot weather ever known in this country was brought to an end. Monday’s high temperature was 92, and it followed temperatures of 102 on Sunday and 101 on Saturday. On Tuesday, the highest point reached was 76, and it was a most welcome change to everyone. The hot spell covered a period of exactly 31 days, startling on the 31st of July and ending on the 30th of August. The average high temperature for the entire period of four weeks an...