The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-08-27

l.pt us tnlK ABOUT tue weather.. II ~
true that It Is n l%acknGycd subject, but
sometimes 1t Is made interesting by
fncts and figures. Now that the heated
spell 10 over und We are IN the thresh-
old Of fall, n little r~etrospectlon may
prove Interesting.
That Il has been Il peculiar summer IS
admitted by even the most unobscrvlns'
The weather man, whose business ~ 10
record the rain and wind. tho sunlight
and shadow, the heat and cold. and the
vagnries OF the weather In general, mas,
In his mattcr-of-fact way, entered nll
things In his book. but he needed not
the comparison Of the statistics thus OBJ
talncd to assure him That this had been
an cvcntful summer.
The summer opened with Juno giving
us very pleasant weather, and to para
phrase the old song, June would be but
pleasant weather, II there were nothing
else hut June" Althoug according TO
the calendar, summer Is booked to open
with the month OF roses. May excclled
her in average temperature by one
point, and went II point better In the
hottest day. There was n period In
June, the first and second day, when the
temperature registered four degrees
lower thnn Il did In May, the lowest
point reached In the latter month be-
ing OF the 4th and 10th when the mer-
curry stood at - degrees, while The cool
est weather reached In june fell 10 IS.
Even April, "all smiles and tears" had
4 hotter day than June, the thcrmOme-
ter marking one degree higher, %, on
the 18th. The rainfall In June. however,
n satisfnctOry-just enough-5.S9
Inches. During the month there were
fifteen thunder storms. hut taking one
consideration with another. May wn5
much more OF Il summer month in the
physical sense than June.
July came In pleasant enough, and
during the first twelve days the weather
behaved in a very decent manner, but
made up for Il with the expiring breath
OF her last days. The highest temporal
ture was on the eth. the thermometer
showing 81 degrees. on that day the
heavens opened and the floods descend
cd, there being no less than four dis
tlnct thunder storms on that day-at 2
n. M: 8 Il. M: G p. m. and 9:l5 p. III. on
this occasion great damage was done to
property. both railroad and private,
and at which time the Baltimore 6 Ohio
depot in this city was RENDERED useless
for occupancy. There was rain eighteen
days and the total precipitation during
the month was n.Si inches. The low
est temperature was on the 18th. when
the mercury dropped to ~ degrees.
But Il remained for August to be the
record breaker for times past. The
month was ushcred In properly enough.
The thermometer on the first day mark
cd the highest Mt SIS degrees. But with
what insldious flendishncsS Il advanced
TO TO the torrIdIty OF Tophet until the
9Th was reached, and then II commenced
business In earnest until tho furnaces
were seven times heated. The mercury
danced In the sos from that day. OPEN
ing n % and climbing to sc the next:
abatlng somewhat for two days, but
rcsuming business at the old stand, 96
degrees. on the 18th. and again Stacking
up until the 18th hailed the coming of
cooler days. The weather not only
took. but it literally baked the biscuit.
II was thu h'ttest weather within or
binary memory. not only In Wheeling,
but all Y c the country. In the largo
cities the heat was inSuflerable. but
that matter IL of too recent occurrence
to be referred to at this time. Now that
the cooler days have come one can hnrd-
~ realize the awful heat that prevailed.
August, 1898, was an Ice cooler COM
pared with the present month. Last
year the Thermometer only reached the
90 degree mark on six days. the maxi
mum being 81. The lowest was on the
2"d, when IL fell to 10 degrees, which
point has been within mailing
distance this year, TO show what a
mild hammered. agreeable August Of 'a5
was. It Is only necessary to point out the
average for the month OF AS.
Now that September Is approaching
II would not be wise TO presume on n
succession OF days OF pleasant weather,
for September oil last year cxccIled An
gust In warming It up, the highest tenn,
perature being registered on the 18th,
when the thermometer stood at 95. Just
II degree less than the hottest day
experienced this month. The no, spell
OF last September lasted six days. be-
ginning on the 18th when the mercury
marked 20 degrees. Then followed the
other five days with the record showing
9I, 81, %. %, 30 degrees, which was quite
hot enough for what Is considered n fall
month. As for the coming September,
there Is no haste to cross the bridge un-
I'll 1t is reached.
For data and figures tho Tntclligcncer
Is Indebted TO Weather Observer c..
Schnepf. Opera House drug store.