The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-07-01
IN BLAZE OF HEAT
JUNE EN DED WITH A SMASHING OF
HOT WEATHER RECORDS.
MERCURY UP TO 90 DEGREES.
RECORD THAT HAS BEEN ENCEED-
ED IL JUNE BUT FIVE TIMES
IN THIRTY YEARS.

Minimum Temperature II Degrees
and Mean, - Degrees, the Highest
of the Month-ANerage Mean Rec
ord. 79.S Degrees. Highest in sew
eraI Years-LncL of Humidity kept
Heat From Being Much Felt-Ftve
other Places in Georgia Hot or
Hotter-Year still short on Both
Heat and Rain-Fmir weather To-
day
Mercury went to the 99-degree mark
yesterday and broke all records, not
only for the month and year, to date,
but for June during the last three
years. Il is true that hotter days
have been recorded in June, but in
thirty years no one of them has gone
more than one degree better and such
have been few and far between. The
minimum temperature for the day was
II degrees, a 80 o'clock, and the
mean IS, also the highest recorded this
month.
Only five times in the last thirty
years has the mercury gone above the
80 mark in June. and never has it
gone over 100 degrees. This record
was reached once in 1880, once in 1887
and three times in 1897. The mean
average temperature for the month
just ended is 1913, the highest in sew
eral years. In 1900, when the hottest
day of the month was but "a degrees,
this average temperature was 1874,
while last year when the hottest day
was 81 degrees, the average tempera-
ture was 1876.
Heat Not So Severe.
Despite the high temperature the
heat was not so noticeable as it was
last week when only Sc degrees was
registered This probably was because
there was little humidity. and possibly
also was due in part to the fact that
fairly good breeze prevailed during
the greater part of the day. Fresh
southwest winds are again promised
for to-day. but nothing in the form of
cooler weather is promised in the fore
cast for the state.
The mean normal tempera ture was 81
degrees which gives to the day an eX-
cess of degrees and to the month an
accumulated excess of Is degrees. The
year, however, so far shows an accu-
also showed a deficiency of rain of 424
inches, while the year is short $40
inches
Savannah was not the hottest place
in Georgia yesterday by any means
Americas, Eastman and Quitman
showed the same temperature, 80 de-
grees, and Albany and Fort Gaines
each went that record one better the
mercury at each of those places re-
cording a fiat 100 degrees. The midi
cations for the state to-day are fair
weather; fresh southwest winds.
What July May Bring.
Forecast official Boyer has compiled
from the records of the Weather Bu-
reau sufficient data concerning the
weather conditions in Savannah dur
ing July for thirty-one years, to form
some estimate of what this month will
bring.
The mean temperature for July since
1871 is 50 degrees. The warmest July
in that time was that of 1876, with an
average of SIS degrees. The coolest was
that of 1888. with an average of Is de-
grees. The highest temperature re-
corded in July was los degrees. on the
18th, in 1879 The lowest was So de-
grees, on the 18th, in 1898.
The average July rainfall is 5.71
inches. The average number of days
with OF of an inch or more is IS. The
greatest July rainfall recorded was
1918 inches, in 1894. The least was 80
inch, in 1888. The greatest amount re-
corded in any twenty-four consecutive
hours was 421 inches, on the 9th and
10th, in 1894.
The average number of clear days
in July is s; partly cloudy days, 16
and cloudy days, Z.
The prevailing winds are from the
southwest