, 1879-07-26
SIGNAL-EERVICE.

THEIR PECULIAR WEATHER. 0DtHnYATIQNB.
TIN TRIBUNE some dara ngo criticised tho
Government weather reports as deceptive and
ENTHUSIASTICALLY, declaring, among other things,
that the system Of t4ermal measurement was
all wronE, observations being taken nt the
highest attainablc points instead OF Within a
few feet Of the surface Of the Garth whero man
and beast live, move. and have their being. In
stances were given showing the disagree
lnent between the local nnil Government re-
ports, md this variance Tus explained by tho
statement that the former indicated the average
tenpcraturc Of tic sladc during tt,e heat Of tho
dag, whilp the Iattcr chrontcled tho temperature
between 10 and 19 o'clock at night Mt hight
Of about 104 feet above tic surtace Of the earth.
A. comparison VAS also instituted between the
Chicago und Madison reports for Tuesday, July
15. 10:1B p. m, when the Government machines
here registered 90 degrees Though tho
actual living temperature was about
g2) nnd those ut Madison chrontcled
Il degrees, tie Inference being, from the COM
,,ar!son that, while Chicago people wore swcter-
linz, te more fortnnate denizcna Of Madison
rcre enjoying delightfully."- cool day. As
matter ut tnct, 1t WIS much warmer ut Mallsou
during the day than here, bit Madison rot the
hours earlier that night than Chicago, and hence
The reported difference. It Whs suggested In
fs connection Tint, II the reports wcre to be Of
nny Interest or value tt1 making comparisons,
observations should be takcn Mt ray IL o'clock
in tEe forenoon in ordinary shade, anil within a
few feet OF tlle earths surface.
III View OF the possibility of an fncrcasc In tho
Temperature about this time, and for tue ptlr-
rose Of seeing whether tta alleged necessary
reform was IN sny danger OF being undcrtnkcu
reporter cu'lcu yesterday AFTERNOON upon
Mls, John q, LYNCH, THE OBSERVER
at The United statcs Signal Scryice offices In
the ton stnry Of thu Major Is!uck. an called hla
attention to tlIo potnts nauc in the urtlce re-
fcrred to against ten. Myers system OF weatll-
er.5eporrt!nG,; r, Mr; Lynch justified Tho syssm
If the observations were taken on tl'o
ground III 4 city like Chicago, ho
eaid,. they would not be uniform
M ia,s rs,os hsl s st
| tho day, whilo the sun was up. n!lu Mt night
radiation went on, tho sidewalks mt! The built.
/ tnek holding tho heat. What thu scryIce sought
TO do wus to yet Us uniform n hent with the in
Gtfunept8 ut every pnlnt ~ WaH possible, Atll tU
accomplish Luis It has 1een found necessary 10
tnkH observations ut srne distance atove the
carths auriace, although they ware not by any
lneans taken At the highest attaihaa'!o points.
In tic shatic Ut thu sun outside nf his Office.
| window, Hns about a!1tY-utne and half feet
above tho curb, ntld ths hight hero would eor.
respond pretty coselJ-as tlue'l SO ~ possible
| WIFI Ill4t VI ]A1 htAtLnuhs
any of the papers wanted u sidewalks onserYa
uon with the Government instrument NJ al,'
particular hour of The day thry could hive Il
Tor the Here asking, though whom slry rot |,
they nust understand that II wasn't scientific
| or worth anythInE, 30 FAR as comparisons wert
concerned with reports Of observations irulE
other PLACES, wLero the conditions about Tx
surface Ut tic earth might 1e different. AMI
Us for taking observations at l0:lS y. ILL.,, or Il
y. H., by Washington time, Instead Of II o'clocl
In the day, rs suggested, tue prcsont rTactir,
was necessary fur tbs reason that, the litter th'
observations before the morning papers went t.
presE, tho batter could tho buroa1l ut Washing
ton, With all the latest data In hand, judge d
the indications for thu next twcuty-foAr hours