The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-09-23
\ Remarkable Season.

Mr.. F. j. Walz, chief of the local weather
| according to the almanac, ended Tuesday.
"wednesday" he said, "will properly he
the irst day of autumn, and l. in common
with the rest of humanity, am glad of it.
The summer we have just passed has
been remarkable one in several ways"
continued Mr. WalZ, "and as far as eXces-
sive heat is concerned, has gone far be
yond all the records gathered here for
the Goth of June, and the last ten days of
that month this year were slightly warmer
than usual for that period. There was an
excess of four degrees for the ten days,
about one-half degree a day. 1t did not
really begin to get hot, however, until
July LIST, when the hottest wave that, as
far as our knowledge extends, ever visited
this section of the country occurred. July
started in with a squirt and the mercury on
the first day registered 100 degrees, and
July End o. degrees, July 3rd 104 degrees
July 4th 100 degrees.
This was the most terrific spell we have
ever had here, and though lasting only
four days, occasioned much suffering.
July 3rd, with 104 degrees, was the hottest
day we have ever recorded. After the
first four days there was drop, and the
rest of the month was not so immoderately
warm. Altogether during July there was
an accumulated excess of temperature
above the normal of As degrees, or 1! de-
grees day. The last three days of July
were very hot, and the month of August
was warm right straight through, accu-
mulating an excess temperature of IS de-
grees for the month. In August the TEN
perature was above 90 degrees on eight
days; in July on nine days.
The summer, as whole, has been de-
fcient in rainfall, and what there has been
was badly distributed Most of our rain
came late in July and in August, after
the damage had been done by the early
dry weather. August, as Il rule, has less
rain than July and about the same as
June and September. During the past
summer August had two inches above the
normal fall, while in July, June and
September so far, there has been less than
normal
Following are some Of the statistics of
the summer kept by the bureau: In August
were three days on which over an inch
of rain fell during twenty-tour hours; in
July there was one day, and in June the
heaviest rainfall during the month was !
an inca. September has been notably dry
SO far. The highest temperatures record
ed by the bureau previous to this remark
able summer are: During the first ten
days in July-July 9, 1867, SO degrees;
during second ten days in July-July IS,
1887, 1O2 degrees; during third ten days in
July-July 26, 1892, 50 degrees; during
first ten days in August-August 1896,
90 degrees; during second ten days in
10, 1881, So degrees; dur
ing third ten days in August-August %,
1872, 50 degrees. During the past sum
mcr the highest days recorded in each
month have been: June %, 9S degrees;
July 3, 104 degrees; August 81, % degrees
September 3, 90 degrees.
Another hot wave of the past summer
was from August 81 until September :
and was the warmest that had ever been
recorded for that period. During these
two hot spells the temperature ran from
8 to Is degrees above the normal right
along. There was no rain, no thunder
showers and little wind There was moth
ing to mitigate the intense heat, and Balti-
moreans have probably never suffered to
the extent they did this summer, during
these two hot spells.