Regardless of what you think about the theories of global warming, this summer has been a scorcher.

Hot. Humid. Sultry. Whatever you want to call it, we’ve been sweating through sweltering days and nights all summer long.

So, to lift your spirits, we delved into the archives (checking under “blizzard” wasn’t too hard) and found these photos from 1988, when The Reporter was looking back 100 years to the Great Blizzard of 1888 (people in 1888 may not have thought the blizzard was too great).

An accompanying story to these photos even highlighted Lottie Oberholtzer of Towamencin, who had been born on March 12, 1888, when snow drifts blocked the first-floor doors and windows of her house.

The account noted that the doctor who delivered her had to enter the house through a second-story window.

The snow began falling on March 11, 1888, and fell for three days with 60 mph winds, creating 10- to 20-foot drifts.

One photo today was courtesy of the Bucks County Historical Society’s Spruance Library, and shows a scene from Doylestown.

Mayor John Donnelly, to the left of the mule team, is shown in front of the National Bank at Court and Main streets, Doylestown.

The other photo is a scene shot on Main Street in Souderton after the blizzard

Now, do you feel cooler?