The record-union., 1891-07-01
''MUCHA CALORA p
Which is the Native Definition of Red
Hot Weather.
But Reports Show That Sacramento
Has Suffered Less Than Most
Other Localities.

The glorious climate of California re-
sumed its ''Jag' yesterday, and there ap-
pears to be some reason to fear that it
will not recover its normal condition be-
lore this evening or tomorrow, by
which time it may reasonably be ex-
pected to resume its good behavior.
1t was very warm yesterday, as the
Signal Service figures given below will
prove to any incredulous person. People
in this city sweltered and fumed and
asked one another if it twas hot enough"
just as people did everywhere else.
Sacramentans consoled themselves,
however, by reading the reports in the
RECORD UNION from various localities,
which proved that, with the exception Of
San Diego and Los Angeles, Sacramento
was the coolest place in the State any
where below the snow line.
The Signal Service temperatures at 5
A. NJ. and 5 p. NJ. yesterday were 750 and
1040; while the highest and lowest were
1852 and 74o, with gentle northerly winds
and a brassy, cloudless sky.
The barometrical readings were 29.78
and 29.7l, which shows low barometer,
and as long as the low borometer lies
south of Sacramento, SO long may we
expect northerly winds and extremely
hot weather.
MUST WE swELTER ANOTHER DAY?
There appears to be no relief in sight
by reading Lieutenant John p. Finley's
report of yesterday, for he very cOOlly in
forms the citizens of California that we
are only on the edge Of the hot wave.
The interior Tor maXimuml amount Of
heat has not yet been reached. We all
know that yesterday was hot, but it has
been hotter. On August "a, 1888, the
thermometer registered 1852 and it was
extremely hot. Judging from the
records Of the past fourteen years there
is seldom more than three days when the
thermometer remains above 1902.
JUNE's CALoRIC RECORD.
The longest spell in June was in 1888,
when the highest for two days was 1929;
in July, 1886, four days, highest, 1862;
August, 1885 and 1888, three days, highest
in 1885 it was 1862, and in 1883 it was
1852. September takes the cake" for
continuous days of extremely hot
weather, which occurred in 1888, when
there were six consecutive days when the
temperature reached 1902 and over
These six days were during the State
Fair. Beginning with 1902 on the 9th il
continued daily as follows: On the 9th
1902; 7th, 1922; Sth, 1922 9th l00o; 10th,
1C5': 1lth, 1862; 18th and 18th, 90o, which
was considered at that time cool and
bracing weather.
That spell was so severe that strangers
and visitors went to the mountains and
coast to avoid the extreme heat.
WE HAVE HAD IT WORSE.
The above data shows the hot spells OF
the past fourteen years, but none OF them
seem TO be able, by comparison, to equal
or exceed the extraordinary hot wave OF
1859, an account of which was published
in the RECoRD-UNIoN about two years
ago, and it was also made the subject of q
chapter in Sergeant Barwick'S meteor
illogical report to the State Agricultural
Society III 1889.
HERE AND AT RED BLUFF.
The temperature in this city at 5 P. VI.
yesterday was lO40, and at Red Bluff ll0o
The highest during the day up there the
tclCgraDhic report does not show, but in
all probability it must have been at least
from ll20 to ll5'. The highest in Red
Bluff since July, 1877, was 112o in 1857.
No doubt but what yesterday was the
hottest day there that has occurred since
the Signal Office was established, which
was on July /, 1871. 1t seems as if the
climatic features of California are almost
duplicated each thirty or forty years.
HOPE CENTERED ON wINNEMUCCA.
Lieutenant Finley, the Chief Signal
officer for the Pacific Coast, explains the
cause of the hot wave. He stated on
Monday that his prediction of the hot
spell was being verified in every particu-
lar. He talked of barometric pressures and
hot lava beds, and predicted a scorcheI
for Los Angeles in the near future. Al
Winnemucca the barometer was higher
on Sunday morning than in years. That
is one reason why Los Angeles must per-
spire. If the line of high barometriC
pressure settles toward Arizona, Los
Angeles is gong to have warm time
Off
In San Francisco, he said, the hot wave
had reached its climax. AS long as the
barometer is high in Nevada we will have
TO take lots of hot weather. When the
barometer falls in Nevada the thermome.
ter here will resume its normal altitude
While we have been enjoying the heat
the citizens of Oregon have been suffer
ing from cold. Throughout Oregon tht
temperature has been low. At Baker
City and at Olympia Sunday morning i
was AZ. In Los Angeles and San Diego
at the same time it varied from 560 TO 60o
The heat in the interior valleys wa.
greater than in years.