Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1892-07-27
A SCORCHER YESTERDAY.

Not Cooling Breeze-Daniel Murphy
PrOstrated-RecOrdO of the TemPera.
ture for a Score of Augusts.
Yesterday was another scorcher-in fact
the hottest day of 1892. ny of the Their
mometers in town that "a. a fair record
of reliability recorded J6 in the shade at
noon yesterday, and some of them recorded
100 at the hottest notch at noon. The
weather was more oppressive yesterday
than on any preceding day of the year.
The sidewalks and buildings DETECTED the
scorching rays of the sun, and not cool
ing breeze lessened the sultriness of the
heat.
At noon yesterday Daniel Murphy sank
to the ground, overcome by the heat. He
was unconscious for long time. DR.. Con-
verse was sent for and succeeded in restor-
ing him to consciousness, when he was re-
moved to his boarding place at "a Foote
street. He is still dazed and very feeble
from the sunstroke, and may be ill for
some time. He is single man about
thirty five years of age, employed as gate
tender at Browns manufactory on Ashmun
street. DIR. Converse said last evening that
the chances are now that the man would
recover.
Superintendent Cox of the local weather
bureau has issued the following tabulated
statement of the temperature of August
for the past nineteen years:
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE,
WEATHER BUREAU,
NEW HAVEN, Conn, July IS, 1892.
The chief of the weather bureau directs
the publication of the following data, COM
piled from the record of observations for
the month of August, taken at this station
during period of nineteen years.
1t is believed that the facts thus set
forth will prove of interest to the public,
as we'll as the special student, showing as
they do the average and extreme conditions
of the more important meteorological ele-
ments and the range within which such
variations may be expected to keep during
any corresponding month:
TEMPERATURE.
Mean or normal temperature, 6ss degrees.
The warmest August was that Of 1877, with an
average Of "a degrees.
The coolest August was that of 1888, with an
average Of 67.3 degrees
The highest temperature during any August
was 81 degrees on 16, 1888.
The lowest temperature during any August
was 45 degrees on %, 1885.
PRECIPITATION GRAIN AND MELTED SNOWY
Average for the month, 53S inches
Average number of days with .o1 Of an inch or
The greatest monthly precipitation was IL 90
The least monthly precipitation was a6 inches
in 1882
The greatest amount Of precipitation recorded
In any twenty-four consecutive hours was 7.60
inches on August 8, 1874.
CLOUDS AND WEATHER.
Average number Of cloudless days. TO-
Average number Of partly cloudy days, Is.
Average number OF cloudy days, 8.
WIND.
south.
The highest velocity of the wind during any
August was 4S miles on August 81, 1888.
d. J. COX,
Observer. Weather Bureau,
One of our letter carriers was nearly
overcome by the extreme heat yesterday
noon. he had the first indication Of an
impending sunstroke, and stopped to rest
in the shade. A lady noticing his condition
lent him her umbrella, and the man after
recovering somewhat started on and
finished his route.
The ice cart men wish to state that
though they are regarded as happy men,
owing to the frigid temperature Of their
casts, their job is "'no pudding" Said an
ioeman yesterday: We get bnt brief inter- |
walls If riding. Most Of the time we are
Juggling around great pieces of Ice, weigh
ing from fifty to one hundred and fifty |
pounds, sometimes up three or four flights |
Of stairs. We are ready to welt in ths breil-
ing sun half Of the time. Our job 10 mo
pudding