The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-07-31
ON THE CLIMB AGAIN.
Another Bot Wave Booming Down
from the North.

HOm the NOIbL-
As predicted in yesterdays MoNRISG
News yesterday was generally hot day
throughout the whole country. 1t was a
very hot day, in fact, and with the excep-
ton Of the South Atlantic states the whole
country sweltered. This section was
really the pleasantest of the United States.
The cities of the South Atlantic coast and
even Of the Gulf coast were cooler by far
than the cities of New England and the
Middle states. and even the far famed Lake
region, where many Savannahlans have
fed in a vain endeavor to escape the heat.
Look at these contrasts: Boston 94', Au-
gusta SO; Detroit COS, Savannah 50 /;
st. Paul $40 Atlanta So;
Chicago 90. jacksonville So. and Others in
similar proportion. In fact, the farther
south the cooler it was. 1t seems that an
other hot wave is coming down from the
north. That's where all the hot waves
seem to come from now. The northwest
breeds hot waves In summer and cold
waves in winter. Here are
some Of the temperatures: Omaha lOJ0,
Davenport 94e, Dodge City So, st. Louis
go, st. Paul 81, Indianapolis 81. Texas,
the lower Mississippi valley and the ONO
valley we're warm, but not quite SO hot as
ia rther north and west. The temperatures
reported from this section appear really
pleasant by comparison.
Here are some Of the averages of the cot
ton region districts: Atlanta district $50,
Augusta Sc, Charleston $40, Savannah 81,
Mobile 50, Montgomery So and Whining
ton 49,.
The neighboring cities reported as fol-
lows: Atlanta So, Augusta S4', Charleston
So, Jacksonville $50, Mobile SO, Mont
gomery So and New Orleans Sc.
Persons who have tried to reconcile the
uar raoOrdc Of fba CTR far
and the signal service office instruments
may be glad to learn that even these varia-
tions follow sort Of rule. From 35' to 750
the thermometers keep pretty well to-
gether. Above 75o the street thermometers
begin to leave the government instrument
behind, and the higher the temperature the
greater is the variation. Similarly, below
IS the street records are lower than those
of the signal service, the difference increas-
ing in proportion to the cold. One expla-
nation to account for this peculiarly is
this: The street thermometers are often
attached to iron posts, which take in heat
readily, and standing in the sunshine and
becoming hotter than the air about them,
they send up the mercury in the neighbor-
ing tubes.
Showers were general throughout the
South Atlantic states, but there was a
hold-up in the heavy rainfall. The heaviest
rainfalls we're in the Charleston and A u
gusta districts, over one-thrd Of an inch
falling in the former and nearly that amount
in the latter. The rainfall was light in the
Savannah district. Eight stations
reported temperatures as follows:
Alapaha 90, Albany 81, Eastman $50, Fort
Gaines $40, Gainesville 929, Millen 92o, Sa-
vannah So and Thomasville Sc. The aver
age for the district was so. The average
rainfall was .05.
Yesterday was a comparatively pleasant
day in Savannah. No rain fell and the
maximum temperature was only $50. The
mean for the day WINS so, or 90 below nor
NAL The total departure for the year has
been decreased to $500 excess.
AThe local forecast for to-day is fair
weather, and the probability is that it will
be much warmer
The dIscontinuance of the rainy spell and
the return Of hot weather just at this time
is greatly TO the advantage of the cotton