Armagh Observatory reports that this week has been one of the hottest on record in Armagh, with exceptional maximum temperatures. The highest temperature, recorded on Tuesday 18th July, was 29.9 degrees Celsius (85.8 degrees Fahrenheit). ... On Monday 17th the maximum was 29.5 C, on Tuesday 18th it was 29.9 C, while on Wednesday 19th the mercury reached 29.6 C. The highest temperature ever recorded in Armagh was 30.3 degrees Celsius (86.5 degrees Fahrenheit) which occurred on 10th July 1934. ...

The first character in each record (line) of formatted output defines a carriage control character to the lineprinter, often called ASA-character, for a previous name of the US Standardization Organization ANSI. ... When using VAX/VMS for output first on a file, which is to be printed later on paper, it is advisable to use the extension .DAT . ... You use the compiler switch -vms f77 -vms prog.f and get the control characters removed from the screen output. ...