2 P. M. -- Thermometer north side of house, 95°; in river where one foot deep, one rod from shore, 82°.
H. D. Thoreau, Journal, June 30, 1855
Thermometer north side of house, 95°. See June 30, 1851 (“The day has been so oppressively warm that some workmen have lain by at noon, and the haymakers are mowing now in the early twilight.”); June 30, 1853 (“Hot weather”); June 21, 1856 (”Very hot day, as was yesterday, -— 98° at 2 P. M., 99° at 3, and 128° in sun”); June 25, 1858 (“Hotter than yesterday and, like it, muggy or close. So hazy can see no mountains. In many spots in the road and by edge of rye-fields the reflected heat is almost suffocating. 93° at 1 P. M. ”); July 12, 1859 ("Another hot day. 96° at mid-afternoon.");June 29, 1860 ("At 6 P.M. 91°, the hottest yet."). Compare June 30, 1857 (“The coolness continues”); June 30, 1859 ("Cooler, with a northerly wind.”)
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