The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-09-20
THE HOTTEST DAY YET
Recorded by the Weather Bureau During
the Month of September.
SWELTERlNG HUMAAlTY'S SUFFENIRGS.
Great Damage TO Crops Done BY the
Dr"u.ht Of This Month Observer
Gray Can Promise No Rain for the
Immediate Futurc-ls Comparison
with Other Years.

yesterday was the hottest September
uay ever recorded in his city and the
hottest day this year. Observer Gray.
tne man VINO controls the weather in
TINS section of this big country, had
company from Boston yesterday and he
wanted to show his guests from the
hcail Eating city Just how warm a re-
ccption he could give them Early in
IN" morning II" climbed To tn" top
ilo"f oi IN" tall DodsOn building. on
west Main street. where he Keeps his
weather apparatus. ana going to ehis
not weather machine. gave il AN extra
turn Then he clupped his hands and
laughed joYfully as he watched the mcr-
| curry in his big thermometer climb
| skyward. He accomplished his pur-
| pose" FOR when he entered the Office at
o'clock IN" thermometer only regis
tered % degrees. When he climbed to
| the roof at 4! o'clock So degrees were
registered. but even this did not salts
~ nm Tor n" gay" his maChin" another
turn ana At II O'Clock the mercury had
shot ur 10 ~ degrees. Nut tn. observer
could not remain longer: he had to go
out TO entertain his guests. who wer,
| to leave the city at O'clock Before
going. however. he directed col MOsbY
| his assistant. To keep adding the fuel
and how well the latter nbeycd his or
! d"rS can be seen 10y the further reading
OF ia" thermometer during the day. for
IL VIII h" remembered that tn. highest
| Temperature" recorded this year was on
Jun" 81, when .? degrees were. entered
| up ON the official records Col. Mosbv
desired To- exceed this and ut - o'clock h,.
| itad succeeded in getting Il record nf "I.3
| degrees. He was going To break the
record or iii" in the attempt he said. as
| he climbed Oh tn" ROOF at $50 o'clock
ana began work afrcsh At 8 he was The
harrirat man alive, for the mercury
| had gradually climbed until it reached
| 100 degrees the hottest September daV
| eyer recorded and the hottest day Of he
present year.
At i o'clock tho Weather Bureau men.
after seeing swclt"riu- humauity'S SUI
i"rin%s from Ia" windows Of their OIL
| fees. took compassion ANA allowed ~
| cloud To S"ttl" over tho city. followed a
| few minutes later by a little rain. I;ut
| II lid not last long. The mercury. how
| EYER took a drop falling To s. degrees
| at i;:u o'clock
The highest temperature. ever before
| recorded during the month OF Scptcm-
| h"r WAS 'G degrees. ON September 9th.
| 1850. Will" the mean temperature foI
| September j. only - degrees. Tn.
| mean temperatures on. September 10Th.
| 1894 was - degrees: Yesterday IL was s.
| degrees rs degrees warmer. The warm
| est September was in lNNl. when TIN,
| mean trmpcratur" was - degrees The
coolest september was i'm 1871. when
the mean temperature was recorded at
| IS degrees.
The present month of September viii
| from tho present uutl"ui. also hold til,
| record FOR tn" least rainfall. puriu-
| tho present month only ~ of AN inch
| rainfall has hreu recorded. th,. smallest
| rainfall over before recorded. with ON"
exception. since ia" Weather Bureau
| WAS established I'm this city. twenty
| uN" N,ars axe. THIS Siu"lc exception
| WAS I'm S"ptonh,r 1854. WHEN II of an
! uuch icll Tn" average rainfall for Sep
tr:uhrr is Ia ircucs while the maxi
Mum in twrntN-nV" y'Hr~ for any ON,
| Srmemh"r was iu 1874. when ll.@u
| inches 'cll TN" average number ui
| clear days for September * ten. viii.
his year thcrc have already been thir-
! tveu.
:" serious has been the drought dur
| Ing The present month that the crops
| rye being burned up hy the sun. corn
| irlis assuming - yrlloWish appearance
| while some crops are lying on the
| ground whitehead and dead The loss To-
| iiv farmers viii reach many thousands
| Of dollars in this section.
| observer Gray, when asked Ycst"r-
| lay when rain might Doe expected. said
| hat Their" was a storm at present con-
| trail i'm the Northwest. moving This way.
| hut he dill not look rur much rain this
week., not before SUNDAY at any rate.
gall N:,i" Hats.
| Mcssrs Walter ! simmons X Co..are