Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-08-03
The Hot Wave Struck Tie Hard Va


There Is no use denying the fact tina,
yesterday was red-hot day. The oft-re.
peated declaration, This is the hottest
ever experiencedin Sacramento" was iusti.
he'd by the thermometrical observations OF
the Signal Service Office The hot spell
began on Friday, wher the wind veered
/ round 10 the north; and Yesterday being
| the third day Of north wind. there is n fair
| prospect that the south breeze which
sprang up last evening may continue to.
! day. 1t has often been remarked, how
ever, that-while the three-davs rule can
| generally be relied upon in spring and early
summer-it often fails in the latter part of
July and August. Four or five DAYS of
these hot, clustering winds from the north
are not uncommon spells at this season of
year, and II may be that one of these is in
store for us AT this time. Sergeant Barwick
says:
Between the hours of P NJ. and p. NJ.
yesterday the thermometer at the northern
exposure of the Signal Office Lyon & Chr
It's bulldlng), III the old shelter, stood
evenly and continuously at 1909, while at
} p. NJ, in the new instrument shelter upon
the roof, the thermometer stood at IO2o: at
P. NJ. 1912, and at p NJ. lO5 which
SHOWS tnat the new position selected by
The Chief Signal Officer for thermometricaI
observations will make Sacramento n much
hotter place, according to new observa-
tons, than has ever before been recorded
which was 1882, in July, 1888. The tenn
perature, therefore, yesterday, in the new DO
sltlon Tor thermometrical records beats ihc
I hottest year by l.5o. 1t must not be under
STOOD that the lo50 temperature recorded
yesterday is an official report by the Signal
Service. The observations have not been
commenced in the new roof theImomctri
cal observatory or shelter
The following shows the highest tenn
perature for the years from 1853 to 1866.
ana from 1878 TO 1888; the former are from
the records of DIR. Logan as published in
the state Agricultural report for 1867, the
latter from 1873 to 1888, being from the Off
clal records of the Signal Service office
highest temperature in 1855 was 1909 in
June; 1896, was 1902 in July: 1887, was
lOl III June; 1883, was 1923 in June: 1866.
was lUO0 III August 1878, was lOO.5o
IN August; 1879, was 1899 in August
1853, was 1882 in July 1884, was 1909 in
August; 1888, to date, was 1919 in August.
Unofficial record of thermometer in shell
ter ON roof, 1867. 1t will therefore be seen
that out OF eighteen years records there
was MAXIMUM thermometer of 1909 and
over on ten years. Yesterday was the hot
test day since July, 1888. when the ther-
mometer recorded 1882 in July 1t will
be noticed that, generally speaking. the
highest temperature of thesummcr occurs
IN August. In the above notice it will be
seen to have occurred in June for three
years, III July for two years and in August
tor five years.
At go P. NJ yesterday the wind backed
from northeast TO southwest. The Their
mometer in the old shelter read go at 6
P. NJ, while the roof shelter read $50. From
August lst and thereafter the Signal Service
observations have been increased by one;
that one 10 be taken at : 2 NJ, Pacific stand
ard time, corresponding to 10 p. NJ, rs me
rldian time. The Signal Service observa-
tons now are eight each day at the follow
ing hours / A. NJ, 5 A. NJ, II A. NJ II NJ
P. 81, sunset, P. NJ. and P. NJ; the \. NJ,
u NJ. and P. NJ. being telegraphed daily to
San Francisco and Washington City, d. c.
The highest Signal Service temperature
along the Pacific slope Saturday and YES
terday was: For TatOosh Island, Saturday.
90; Olympia, Saturday, so, and Yesterday,
&c; Spokane Falls, 50 and 81: DAYTON, So
and 80; Fort Candy 81 Saturday, no report
yesterday; Portland, 50 and So; Roseburg.
50 and ST. Red Bluff, 103 and 1Ol; Sacra-
mento, 80 and 10l; San Francisco, 66 and
10; Keeler, 81 and 103; San Luis Obispo. 81
and %; Los Angeles, 96 and 9S: San Diego,
II and 20. The temperature at Red Bluff
was the same at 7 last nigth as it was at noon
yesterday, that is the thermometer stood at
100 at both the hours named.
The temperature at noon Saturday and
yesterday east TO Omaha was: For Salt
Lake, Saturday, So, and yesterday, 81;
Cheyenne, y and SO; Denver, 50 and SO:
North Platte, 3 and "A; Omaha, 50 and -:
Gankton, D. T., 20 and -.