New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-07-25
A COLD JULY.
COLD JULY.
A COMPARISON WIN rur SAME MONTH IN olhh"
,v.,srpr NEGLECTED ITEM oF DuRtf1oN.

A
. c,,,p.ptsoS v,ru rur SAME MONTH IN OTHER
,EAps-rHE NEGLECTED ITEM or DURATION
IN. innnr ,oom Of the Meteorological ObServa-
tory in Central Park was 2 pleasa9i, po ,,b bo
"Wednesday about o'clock. was not enousn ~" w.
low hnt on that uppGino,t uoul III sscpt over
IN, ttncs in tho beautiful park aud came lhur"
with tho perfume of tho lndcus into nc @ ns' c
trty srpttrriug luu1a parets nnd Hehtlh w, HH,,
inI1 AFT Ttofsssut Daniel llRper Ito ta, '"Ii,
pn.rd aud comfortable, at hia u'.t ttfn"fa of
tttnAa calculations rntihg ofe, ,",, "a thn fonr
"p,t,' h,. thri ia eonine sprcoh Woo ihlo,nng
Mn toaklug that II was rtsl dlN,'' w ,f N,tL.
LueN A. audi tho, wanted thuao irHs q" 49, ,t,,
n.y., ~, H. '' tLe entInnoa Ota linhl - t'p"iltt
ths piniesbor looked up WIN t'.'"' ,at,,ns tnr
sadi pon,t AK ioi any M9'' s"u cam harrow up
os,nlss souls The weather has he'h eN'ess'N"f
comfortable. aud though IT IL war" quay '''''N
thr cool weather VIII continue. T.. ,-.l,.
~. im,t IT, Professor What want to know
rosoiye, Itsrlf into two questions How does lhls
comfortable weather compare WIN Inc pas tbosc
What ia the cause of ii !" y 10 answer thu'o
nuestions said the Profess we must get tne
mean temperature. the maximum ana minimum VI
TINS month, remembering INA, II 10 no SIngh ~"
So far the highest heat has been - thousn W.
dav viii be higher the lowest has been Of, ma
the mean 700. Now here we have chart showing
these data from s22, tho time When Iecorus VIZ" tt
first commenced in this state. This shows US thSt
tbe present month Is lower as regards us hlEnesI
heat than any recorded july. Its mean temper
allure of 20" is beaten by July 1897, whlch was
69l9J But when We come TO lowest Temperatures
we lind that it has frequently been exceeded us
record So In 1882 the minimum 'enPeia[ ~
of July was So IN so it was 81 IN lslo II was
+ T. also ia 1854 il was 52O, and In 1904 II wa
also so. These figures go to prove that
the weather during this present July mas Oeeh
abnormally comfortable. s--.oL,o s+a+o
Now as TO the cause of this comfortable state
of things havc less to say, because IL is OUT Oh NY
province. But a. am aware hat the puolIG lllHu
has a delight in attTibutlng abnormal Weatuel "
SIM spotS | NAV as well tell you tnat fIoIeeSoI
David P. Todd, of the Laurence Observatory; at
Amherst, declares that since May there nave pcou
no sun spots worthy of observation. III Is a lact
that during that month and the beginning Oh Jun9
there were some exceedingly large sun spots an
there was a cold snap in june winch kllleu on
Strawberries and all hopes oil future Z apes III re-
gions north OF tins city. But our present WeatIer
cannot be attributed to any speclal cause even W
! tho most intrepid anaiNser. .. !,
" must warn you that the most important ele-
| ment-that of duIation-is not considered III ouI
modern system OF generanzlng RECORDS NC o sd
fort able CONDITION of the weather may ne guessHu
AT from the records but is not fairly stated INC
fact is that the days have averaged so much Iodt,
| record ell as the maximum, ana inc MINUS Ia .
| averaged SO much GOODNESS, recorded as the mlnl-
| mnm This means good growing neat LOT
| fruits and vegetables, and good SIeePihs
Temperature for human bangs, especially chl!uIen.
Now if the minimum had only Dceh occasI3naiiRR
| reached the little ones would not have mad such
| refreshing SAUNDERS. IT, for example, the maximum
had been reached of nIghts-And there are man i
records of nights hotter than s20-there "oGI!
| have been MANY deaths of young children buI
! thus minimum really represents long continuous
hours of cool night weather, ana lhe ma YIN !,
| gives the utmost heat attained between anu =
o'clock, the hottest time oil ne Gay. ne III i,n",i
! Hence the weather has been delghtluliN hea'lHy
| and agreeable. But II would he poSsine TO haV9
| had with those same hguIes weather thti Noulu
| not have been 40 delightful. The time Will come
| when the pubIic will comprehend this, aud then
! observations will be recorded i'll a manner truly
valuable.