Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-07-09
SUMNER HAS COME.
And the Warm Weather II Here to
Stay, for q While 1t Least.

THAT Is WHAT THEY SAT- AT TIE SIGNAL oFYicR-
SHOWERS TOMORROW NIeHr On THURSDAY,
But THERE Is HOTTER WEATHER BEHIND fnxn-
WASHINGTON BETTER OFF THAN THE WEST.
An urchin sat on the curb in front Of the
signal Office. on oath street, this morning, and
offered mice lemonade for Q cent q glass; TO
the perspiring folks who made their way into
the weather shop. Inside the clerks were rev.
cling in high temperatures, warm waves, dry
spells, and rising Thermometers, and when q
STAR reporter entered the predictions room
and appealed to Lieut. Thompson for some en-
couraging news he was met by rather disap-
pointing smile.
SLIGHT BREAK COMING.
'It is going to keep right on to-day. II viii
probably rise q couple Of degrees, though I
have put out . prediction of mo decided
change in temperature 1t went up Is high a.
80 here yesterday, while the only higher tenn
Lynchburg-92. There Is q slight break COM
ing, fall Of 40 degrees being now apparent In
Kansas; but this will be greatly modified by the
time 1t reaches here. II will probably bring
showers by tomorrow night or Thursday, but
there 10 more heat behind II.
ANOTHER WARN WAVE EN- ROUTE.
'Yes," continued the lieutenant as the re-
porters jaw fell, "there is another warm wave
on its way here. You see, summer has come,
and We might as well make mp our minds to
stand 1t. The present warm weather will last
another day and then drop. and about Friday
night or Saturday it will begin again. See
here. and the lieutenant showed the scribe an
instrument In q corner Of the room that was
registering the force of the sun beams 4 long
arm carrying little drop of ink was making
zigzag line on the surface of a cylinder, mount
ing higher and higher. Back Of the point
half an inch there was q valley-like trough in
the marks. That was the mighty fall of tenn
perature, while the arm was steadily climbing
back again. 1t was but 1880, and yet So degrees
had been covered.
THE ToRRID WEATHER IN THE WEST.
'.1fs going up, you see," continued the off,
Ger, land it will probably go higher than it did
yesterday. But them" leading the way back
to the maps, I'VE ought to feel comfortable
here when We see how awfully hot it has been
westward Of this part Of the country. Let us
go back to the Fourth of July. That viii be an
appropriate day to start with. On that day it
was 112 degrees at Yuma, Ariz., and in
the valleys east of the Pacific coast
the temperatures ranged from 1o6 to
there was a slight fall going down to
from 100 to LOG, while in Southern Dakota and
Nebraska the temperature rose to from 100 to
LOG, showing that the wave was moving east
ward. On the same day It was but W here.
On the 9Th it was above 100 in Dakota and Ne
braska end had risen slightly in Washington.
The next day, Sunday, there was great fall in
the northwest region, in some places as much
as % degrees, and yesterday the Thermometers
in Dakota stood at from 10 to 80, while in WASH
ington they were at 80. So you see that we
are being much better treated by the wave than
the folks west of US.
A WELCOME RAIN IN THE WEST.
"The rain that is now falling in Dakota, Min
nesota, Wisconsin, and the surrounding states
is the very thing that wheat farmers have been
praying for and will probably save the crop.
1t will begin to fall in Ohio and the other more
easterly wheat states to-day and tomorrow"