The times., 1899-06-12
THE WEATHER CONDITIONS.
showers Predicted, With Slight In
crcnse in Thermal Records.

showers Predicted, With Slight In
crease in Thermal Records.
1t is not often that cloudy skies rather
than sunshine are preferable to the public
on Sunday, but the former conditions prov
ed very acceptable to the people of Wash
ington yesterday after the intensely warm
weather of the week preceding. The mer-
curry lowered about a low mark in the
thermometer almost all day and at 70 time
rose higher than seventy-two, the maxi
mum temperature recorded at the Wealth
er Bureau. The average temperature was
sixty eight degrees. Correspondingly cool
weather was reported from all large cities
in the East, Boston having recorded
maximum of "A degrees, New York, y de-
grees. and Philadelphia rs degrees.
Showers are predicted for today with a
slight increase in thermal records, but the
day, so far as heat is concerned, will be
comfortable, at least, this is what the
officials at the Weather Bureau expect.
At the present time the centre of the ex
tTemely warm weather is in the Gulf
States, having passed southwark from the
Eastern States. 1t originated in the vicin
ity OF New York early last week. where
ninety degrees was recorded. This was
three degrees hotter than the record in
that metropolis. a day later the heat
centre was at Washington and three days
later it had passed southwark toward the
middle Gulf States where it is now rag
, ing. The first let-up was noticed there
yesterday when Mobile. Vcksburg, Mont
gomery, and other places were visited with
heavy rain storms At Mobile more than
two inches precipitation occurred yester
day. making the total amount of rainfall
in that city within period of twenty -four
hours, 4.G6 inches.
While the passing of the hot wave from
this vicinity brought comfort and rest,
the inhabitants OF the Southwestern States
were compelled to submit to even warmer
weather. A maximum of 106 degrees was
reached at Phoenix, Ariz., yesterday. being
! the highest official reading reported to the
/ Weather Bureau from any section of the
/ country this year.
/ The storm centre is now at place called
! Qu'Qppelle, Canada, north of the Dakota
boundary line. 1t is argued by the weather
forecasters that If this centre moves along
/ the northern boundary line of the United
I States in the direction of the Atlantic
J Ocean, and keeps well up toward the Ca
/ madam border, there will be fair weather
/ in this part of the country and, conse-
/ quently, a series of warm days If, on the
other hand, the storm moves more directly
! toward New York. it is said cloudy weather
! will be experienced here. and that the
clouds will serve as a pail through which
the heat of the sun will not be able TO
penetrate.
Yesterday was the first day of what the
weather sages style 'the second decade
of June, or the ten days prior to June 20.
The first decade ends June 10, and the
third decade occupies the balance of the
month. Each decade is generally warmer
than the one which precedes it, and Fore
caster Hazen said last night that in the
natural order Of things the temperature
should gradually increase from the first
OF June until the beginning OF third decade
of July.
The hottest day in Washington during
any second decade of June since the estab-
lishment of the Weather Bureau in So is
stated to have been June Is, 1887, when q
maximum temperature of % degrees was
recorded Thomas Jefferson, however
recorded a maximum temperature of 1Ot
degrees at Monticello on June %, IVA
The lowest temperature recorded in Wash
ington during any first decade was 80 de-
grees on June u, 1889.