The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-09-01
ANOTHER SPELL OF
WARM WEATHER
Thermometer Has Been Doing an As
cension Act All Week and Has
Made Fairly Good Records.

After allowing Scrantonians to enjoy
life for a couple Of weeks, and after
driving all the local shirt waist men
to the woods, one SOL in all his glory,
has come forth and for the past week
kept up a steady, continual blaze,
which resulted in spell Of the most
uncomfortable weather which SCran-
ton has suffered during summer.
which has more than held its own in
the heat line.
On no particular day did the mer-
curry try to break any records and at
tempt to bubble over the top Of the
thermometer. There were no days on
which 81 degrees and 9s degrees in the
shade caused strong men to drop with
a thud, unfortunate horses to roam
around as though any moment they
would fall from prostration, and MEM
bers of the canine family, st. Bernard
and "yaller dog" alike, to rush wildly
down the streets, foaming at the
mouths and tongues hanging out pa
thetically. No, there was no exagger-
ated heat but beginning last week, the
thermometer commenced an ascension
act. and whereas the preceding week
67 degrees was the highest tempera-
ture registered, the markings now be-
gan to be so, 30. 81, etc.
1t was the terrible change which
caused the solar plexus blow, to bor-
row from Professor Fitzsimmons' just
~ renowned vocabulary and the sud-
den transition caused people to feel
the heat as much as they did during
the hot spell in the beginning of Aug
| uSt.
Here are some figures. which cam
not but be consolng to all students OF
the freaks and whlms of the Head Of
the Imperial Weather Bureau.
Tuesday, August 21, the highest
| temperature was 81 degrees, which fig
ures refresh one, when even gazed at.
! Friday, August "a, the maximum
marking was 81 degrees which is bad,
very bad, and shows a lack of con-
! sideration on the part of the aforesaid
| Head of the Imperial Weather Bureau.
Since August a. we have been hav-
! ing good warm weather. The highest
| pinnacle reached so far by the am
bilious mercury was 80 2-1O degrees,
which was attained August 27.
| The average temperature for the past
week, given out by Observer Donald
son, of the United States weather sta
ton, is rs degrees. This is not an abb
normally high average, but it is
nevertheless respectable, very respect
able, indeed, and is gigantic in it's pro-
portions, compared to the figures
| which tell of the weather we have
been experiencing.
| Yesterday started in like a balmy
June day, with the mercury at 81 de-
grees, but it rose. steadily rose and
at O'Clock the thermometer was al
SO degrees. These figures, given out
| by Observer Donaldson, are the mark
ings on his big thermometer, which is
Of course, free from any reflected heat
and gives only the exact atmospheric
warmth. Down on the streets, where
the sidewalks act as reflectors, the
thermometers all gave much higher
registerings.
The average heat for yesterday is
gained by dividing by two the total OF
the maximum heat SO degrees, and the
minimum, 81, which gives 73 degrees
Thursday was warmer, the lowest
temperature being GA degrees and the
highest 80, which gives an average OF
76 degrees.
There is no telling how long this
warm spell will last, but it will prob
ably continue during the coming week
at least.