The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-31
HOTTEST MAY DAY KNOWN.
MERCURY CLIMBED TWICE TO THE
1O1 DEGREE MARK.

Ninety-Eight Degrees the Maximum
Record Up to YesterdRy-In Spite
of the Intense Heat No PrOstra-
lions Were Reported-Henvy
ThundershOwers Made the Night
EndurabIc-PrOspec for Next
Months Weather.
The hottest May day on record was what
Savannah had yesterday 1t looked like a
touch of Cuban sunshine just TO encourage
the second lot Of volunteers which the
President has called for
The maximum thermometer at the
weather bureau came near bursting about
, o'clock, when the 101 degree mark was
reached. Tie Indicator on the self-regis-
tering thermometer tired 10 crawl up over
the edge of the cylinder, and after record
ing bit to relieve the mind Of Observer
Boyer bit. it again climbed up at 2:45
o'clock, registering 10l degrees a second
time.
That is the most interesting weather rec
cord Savannah has had in some years.
Observer Boyer said il was the hottest
May day Savannah has had since the es-
Enlistment of the weather bureau. There
was a day in May way back in 1873 long
forgotten, when the thermometer got up
to 80 degrees. but 101 degrees is an unpre-
cedented record. Even June weather does
not compare to il, the highest record for
that month being 100 degrees. There was
some pretty hot weather the latter pare
OF May and the first of June last year,
but nothing ike that Of yesterday.
There was one interesting advantage in
connection with il, however, and that was
that it preceded an elegant shower some
thing that has been needed these many
weeks With the hour or two that it
rained, 81 inches of rain fell, an undoubt-
ed blessing to the truck growers and TO
the country generally.
In spite of the intense heat of the morn
Ing and the early part of the afternoon no
prostrations from it were reported. This
is accounted for in part by the fact, no
doubt, that the air contained little mois-
ture, and the weather. though intensely
hot. was not exactly sutry.
The thunder shower interfered some
what with the electric apparatus in the
city. The telephone wires were disturbed
and some of the telephones got out of or
der for short while. The electric lights
would go out every now and then, and in
some places the connections were burned
out, and the lights went out altogether
The thunder shower cooled the atmos-
phere so that at 6 o'clock last night the
thermometer had fallen to 70 degrees, but
it did not go below that point. 1t made
the night cooler, however, and sleepers
were not seriously interfered with.
Prospects for June weather NAV be
figured out from the data showing what
June has been in that respect for the last
twenty-seven years since the establish
ment of the weather bureau. These data
are taken from the official records.
The mean or normal temperature for
June is 70 degrees The warmest monrn
was that of 1881, with an average of SO de-
grees. The coolest month was that of 1884,
with an average of rs degrees. The high
est temperature was 100 degrees on the
18TH 1880, and 18th, 1897. The lowest tenn
perature was 80 degrees on the LIST, 1899
The average rainfall for the month of
June is 6.46 inches. The greatest precipi-
tation in June was 1879 inches in 1875. The
least monthly precipitation was 81 inches
in 1881. June Is usually quite a rainy
month, and 1t may make up this year for
the shortage up to the present time. The
average number of clear days in June is 7.
partly cloudy days &c. and cloudy days Z.
The prevailing winds have been from the
south. The highest velocity of the wind
was 40 miles from the northwest on June
Is, 1894, and on June s, 1897.