New-York daily tribune., 1856-09-02

THE WEATHER.
The third heated term Of the Summer, Just ended,
commenced on the nth of July and ended on the ith
of August. Its duration was "a days, or twice the
length of the heated term which ended on the 9Th of
july, and Fix times the length OF that which terminated
Oh the 22d of June. That ending the fh of August
had maximum temperature here of 100 degrees, and
in England and France il closed with the ordinary
temperature for that part OF the world of 90 degrees.
At the West in lows s close was preceded by an
aerclite and in California closed by earthquake.
Two met eorites attended it-viz the 18th July at
Leicester Mass and on the l7th az Charleston S. C..
The heated term which closed on the 9Th of July
closed by an aeroite seen from great portion of
the States of Tennessee and Mississippi All three of
tie heated terms commenced, continued aud
closed by lightning.
The RAIN which fell in August ult. at my place of OBJ
servatiop, measured and ll.l00 inches. 10 le52
and 33lO0 inches Ct rain fell in August and in August
lsi3 Is and 76-l00 inches fell With these two excep
tons the rsn which feel the last month exceeds that of
any other month of August for period Of 81 consecu
tive YEAR,.
Dung August alt. the minimum temperature or
eight days was below GO de grees-viz 22d, 81; 23d
90 25th So; Goth, AZ; 9th, So 2sth, So 30tb 80;
and lst So and five other cays was at 90 degrees.
On seventeen days the maximum ranged from 20 to 81
degrees averaging little less than - degrees for the
seventeen days.
There is an erroneous impression in the public mind
in reference TO the temperature Of the weather during
tho eyalence Of yellow fever. IL is known TO make
It's appc siance in hot Tedther and terminates when
frost comes. have compared the temperature Of the
atmosphere, and courses OF the wild, with the New
York yellow fever record and hud that the geeatest
number Of new cases occur when the wind is northery
spd the temperature low. For example, in 1903, in
August If that year. the greatest number OF cases on
any one day was On tn 23i-twenty-elght-the "lhd
roth ard the air clear temperature at !. a. M, t3
deg p. IN. 10 deg. In September, the hrft hall oi
the moItb the greatest number OF cases was on the
ed-twenty. nine; wind north all day temperature az
am, 81 deg: 3 pm. 7s deg. Onthe 9th, 9TH and eth
the cases averaged twenty seven each day tempera-
ture at q. m g. deg, 80 deg, 81 deg; at D. p. m,
- deg, o. deg Gs deg; wind n W. 6th, IN, and on
sth till evening when changed to n K. In the last
half of September 23d forty new cases wind north
ell cay; temperature at a. n., 63 deg; p. m, ~
deg; 10 p. III, SO deg. On the 26th, fifty Fix new
cases. at a. IA, wind south and foggyi temperature
65 deg. at p M, so deg, rain, wind north; lOP.
m. IS deg, wind n. w. On the 9th there were
foity ysix new cases; temperature at 8 a. m, So deg?
which is lower than AZ deg at day-break wind N. w
and W. the remainder of the day, with the tempera-
ture from 81 to 81 deg In the Ts half OF October Of
that year the greatest number of new cases was on
the 5th-foty one; wind west morning aud afternoon
and n. W. il the evening; temperature a. a. m 0o
deg. 3p. H., &c deg l0p. M, 50 deg. On the 7th
there thirty y-one new cases; wind NV at am,
s. w. at p. M, W. at 10 P. m.i temperature at Z
n. m., AZ deg; p. IN, s. dee.i 10 p. m, o. deg.
On the 10th the wind south all day; temperature
at a. m., 81 deg; 3 p. m e. deg; thirty-one new
cases rain most of the night. In the second half OF
the month, ll7th twentyfOur cases 18th, thirteen;
and 10th, sixteen cases; wind NJ ". a oil the three
days; temperature 18th, at a. m, IS deg. 3. p H.,
81 deg; l0p. m, i5 deg. 18th. at a. M, 81 deg. $;
10 p M, 40 deg and lqih, a. m, so deg; 3 p M,
"a deg. lop m, AZ deg. People moved into the
cry on the 10Th. gale of wind blew all night, ct
l7th. No new osses reported after 23d, giving hve
day after the temperature had fallen to 81 deg for tie
disease to rpen after being taken. Deaths by yellow
fever Continued to till the 3d Of November, of
persons who had been lorg i'll.
This statsment accords with the records of all the
other yellow fever years, Of which they ia crest
detail.
make this statement to remove a Misrepresentation
in tie public mind to the difference which the rre-
sent cool weather expected to exercise upon the SICK
ness at Fort Hamilton and that vicinity, and to guard
people against returning there. l.. MER.M.
BROOKLYN Hight, Sept. 1 1856.