Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-08-06
The Weather for August.

DeVoe, the Hackensack weather
prophet discusses the weather for the
present month philosophically and has
the following to say for August:
81 believe that the average amount
of rainfall throughout the world is the
same day by day, but it is not evenly
distributed For instance, during our
present summer there has been dry
belt extending fromkthe western part
lof Texas TO Canada, and over that
whole region the crops have suffered
severely from the drought. While
from the Gull of Mexico to Maine, all
along our Eastern coast, the weather
has been very wet, and in the South
Atlantic States thousands of dollars
have been destroyed by heavy rains
and freshets, and it is also the same
!. regarding the temperature. Hot
" Gather and dry weather go together.
"While the people OF the Western
, States have sulf red from the drought.
they have also suffered f,om intense
! heat, while along the Atlantic States il
I has been very comfortable. Both heal
and cold descend from the upper strats
lof air. And whenever the people sui
fer from a great increase OF the tenn
! lperature in any part of our continen
:. it is due to the fact that there is
4 heavy atmospheric disturbance Oh
e storm advancing from the north; ant
t the equatorial current, which blow
o northward, is compelled to descend il
= front of the advancing storm; and W
have added to the rays OF the sun
4 portion of the surplus heat from tn
t rid zone; and while we are sufferin
: from the heat, the people on the ea'
IL IL coast of Labrador are dying by th
In score from extreme cold and starvation
m They have had no summer this season
\. and on the Goth of last June the me
IN curry stood 18 degrees below zer'
at showing conclu lively that between OF
northern boundary and that reglc
Ia. there lies very heavy belt OF storm
which cuts off their usual amount
n. heat.
cd Gas the earth moves around the 81
70. in its annual orbit that belt OF storm
in in the north will advance, and Augu
Of will enter very close and muggy al
X. foggy, iollowea by heavy thund
an showers on the second and third. Al
4 during this week the mercury will n
- near one hundred ia the shade, al
s s1n the people in the city will hasten to t
- seashore like bees from hive. Abo
IN the fifteenth we will have the heavft
OtS showers of rain and thunder of I
D. season, with a tornado near Rho
II Island. After the seventh the wealth
RS will be very pleasant to the end OF
re- month, and during the last few ds
gns of the months the temperature v
Val. again run up very high and the nor
ern lights will brighten on the nor
ern horizon, which is sure indi
- ition of another hot spell approach
Sc September will enter very warm, "
,'s OF scorching southwest wind.
lton "Wiggins predicts a tremend
soy, storm on the 21st of September all
.m our Eastern coast, but | think he
eE, made miscalculation. believe t
car, the severest storm of the season
r sop nj occur on the LIST of September, way
II near Halifax. 1t will not affect
= TT section at all. We will have
and heavy thunder showers about the 1
DIS, but no cold storms during the mo
IN The average rainfall in this sec
>ET. will be very light-about one IL
and The average temperature will be
- high.