The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-07-04
According to the Signal Service Yes
terday Was the Hottest Day
of the Year.
But There We're no Prostrations
and the Day Ended With
q Storm.
Sergeant Hobb Has IL Plan to Secure q
Complete Service Covering Montana
and tho Northwest.

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partment, and with tho transfer came a
change in the weather in Montana. Ser
geant Hobbs remains in charge of the Hell
ena Office, but he is not to blame for any of
the changes in the weather. Yesterday the
Thermometer in tho observatory on the
Montana National Bank building showed it
was the warmest day so far this year, the
record being GA degrees above ct six a. NJ,
70 at nine, 81 at meridian, 81 at two p. M,
and the highest was at four O'Clock, So de-
grees. The highest the day before was 86.
The record of n year ago shows that on
June 30ths thermometer reached 80 degrees;
on the LIST of July the highest was So; on
the I'd, II; on the Sd. SO, and on the 18th, 81.
"Do you think it is any hotter in the bad
place than on Broadway this nfternoon2"
inquired a pretty young lady. And she was
not the only one who asked that question
yesterday. The sun seemed hot enough to
broil one, and up to four O'Clock there was
scarcely a breath of air stirring.
Genuine Fourth of July weather." ex-
claimed pater familias. as he trudged home
at noon with a package Of fireworks under
his arm. He only trudged because he had
spent his last nickel for the little ones; but
other people who did not buy fireworks took
the cars, though they had to go but u short
distance. Pedestrians sought the shady
side of the street, some few men carried
sun umbrellas, and the man without a straw
hat or a light felt was an exception.
But there were nc prostrations. As the
cold of January in Montana differs in it's
effects from that experienced in the east, so
does the heat of the summer. A day such
ms yesterday was in Helena would result in
many deaths in New York, Baltimore or
nny of the Atlantic cities. In Montana 1t
bakes end broils, but it never PROSTATE,
and in the shade there is always a cool
breeze from the mountains, no odds how
hot it may be in the sun.
'"This is the hottest day this year, said
Sergeant Hobbs, about 4:l5 Yesterday after
noon, as he was ascending the ladder lead
ing to his observatory; but it will rain be-
fore many hours" he added, and We will
probably have a storm tomorrow, also"
Before six o'clock his prediction was full
filled. The clouds commenced to gather
about five O'clock; it became quite oppres-
sive, and an hour later the storm broke,
Gusts of wind raised clouds of dust, a rum
BILE. a flash, a loud crash, and big drops Of
rain began to fall. 1t was not a heavy rain
Just sufficient to lay the dust, but tho
storm cooled the atmosphere and there il
every prospect of the Fourth being a pleas
ant day in Helena.
With the change in the administration O
the weather bureau, Sergeant Hobbs will
endeavor to have the officials O in charg'
allow him to publish a daily weather map
such as is issued at San Francisco and othe
points, and also arrange to receive daily re
PORTS from the places which have a position
on his map. He proposes to cover tn
Northwest territory, Oregon, Washington
Idaho, Utah, Colorado and Montana. Dali,
reports will be sent him in the evening t.
be published in the newspapers the mex
morning, and at the end of each month
the Montana stations will send a short re-
sumo of the outlook, as regards grass
hotels. the Board of Trade, and with tn.
daily and monthly reports will be of grea
value to the state.
During the month of June the sergean
made but one mistake in his predictions
and that was but a slight one. People il
the east" he said yesterday, while talkinl
about the matter, "do not understand tn
great effect the weather in this section ha
on other portions of the country. If l cal
get a report from Medicine Hat, or som
other point in that section, on the state o
the weather, | do not fail once in fit,
times in predicting the weather here an.
farther east. A severe cold spell in Mon
tana means that the orange groves in Flor
ida will be frosted, while moderate weathe
here means pleasant weather there. Pecu
liar conditions prevail here, owing to th
vast plains and the mountain ranges. whicl
nre not encountered in the east, and for thi
reason a complete service here is u most de
sirable thing for the bureau as a whole. /
influential men in Helena will move witt
me in this matter l believe the Helena of
flee will be allowed to give tho state
weatuer service which will be of incalcula
BILE value. 1t is worth the trial, and if W
do not ask for it we will never receive it
1t is necessary to move promptly in orde
to accomplish any thing"