The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-01

The Weather Station l. To Receive Full
Instrumental Equipment.

pN''"'bfH'hi equipment.
IN view Of the important services rem
dcfed ny the weather station IN this
CITY Ohicf Willis l.. Moore. Of the United
states weather Bureau, has decided to
furnish 1t with a fun instrumental cqulp-
mcnt for exhibition and other purposes
The equipment consists of Instruments for
registering temperature taking the dircc-
tior of the wind. determining humidity.
and Weighing The air
Local forccastcr Evans received a let
ter from Mr.. Moore yesterday stating
that The apparatus would be FORWARDED
Immediately. Mr.. Evans is very highly
pleased 10 learn that he is to have such
wcll-cquipped office.
Everybody I'm Richmond suffered with
the heat on Tuesday and Wednesday, and
many declared that they had never felt
IL SO hot. Mr.. Evans who was away
during those days said yesterday that
~ wasn't so hot as people imagined. The
GOODNESS Of the summer made them feel
the heat more. and the thermometer was
higher than usual this summer. he said.
Mr.. Evans said that the free air tenn
peraturo on Tuesday and Wednesday
ranged from % 20 o. degfccs Free air
temperature is that temperature not al
fcctod by radiation. that coming from
the sidewalks and buildings.
Taking up the records Mr.. Evans
showed that the highest temperature
recorded I'm Virginia last year on July
2Sth was % nj Cape Charles The iol-
lowing day the thermometer stood an ''
al Nottoway Courthouse. This was NV
no means the hottest weather OF Idsl july
At Nottoway Courthouse on July ISL me
thermometer registered 1902. july a. n''
July 3d. 100. and July 4th. lG.
The very remarkable hot weather OF
eentcrher Of last year broke all records
INC highest temperature I'm the state
was registered al Bon Air 100. on me
lotb The goth. IL was i0i. 2ist. l05' "a.
los and 29d. lM. The thermometer went
as bieh as 100 I'm Petersburg during thal
,oriod t0O I'm Ashland. 100 in Norfolk
IN, I'm NottovSay Courthouse. and lp- III
Novandria Even In the mountains OF
nelson county the thermometer went aH
~ feo4 the highest temperature on
~. os,b was registered at ldcnmonn
-, ,oo on the 2eth the thermo-
,,eter went stnl two degrees hiehei.
A, Richmond IN 1893 on July zNih IN.
.,,o--,oreter rose TO 90 and remained
A. that notch the following day.
I, 1892 AT Nottoway Courthouse INC
thermometer on July 2Sth and Z'th s'oou
AT 10i and l02 respectively,
NJ Evans used - be located M the
C. Vincent station on the line between
tbo United syates and Manitoba. cn'
winter that ne was there the therino-
meter went down to SO 10 degrees peloW
zoro the coolest with but ono eNcep-
lion ever registered in the United states
The following summer the thermometer
went up TO l03 30 and played arouhA
the 100 mark for some ime. said MT.
Evans. 81 could dress so that the cold
did not mind so much. still IL was so
cold that 10 expose ones hands for
time meant frost-bltton fingers. The
roxf summer was terrible. Tho station
is ON prairie and i'm the hot weather
season the alkal dust waited through
the mir bv the burning winds causes ter
ribla suffering 20 man and beast
Mr.. Evans established the weather
station nj Rapid City in the Black hllls.
lie went there I'M the winter and hoisted
ITS first flag To- give warning OF am APP
rroochine blizzard People laughed az
Z, because the day was beautiful. La
Co., in the dav II began TO snow ana a
terrfhle rtorm ragged for NJ few days.
There was a heavy loss q human ana
animal life. because no attention was
Maid TO tho flag when Mr. Evans next
u-os ordered from Washington to hoist
,h. FLAG a man ordered him 10 take IL
down threatening &C. shoot him. Ihe
yeatorncr believed that the weather
man had his vest pocket fun OF blzz'r's
and mrncd them lose az Will.