The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-14

RAINMAKER HAS
A BUSY SEASON
More Moisture and Chilly
Weather Than Has Been Re-
corded in Many Years.

The summer which now appears to
have been concluded was unusual in
some respects, according to the StatiS-
tics of the weather bureau. The tenn
perature has ranged low and the records
of rainfall have been broken during
two succeeding months in opposite
ways. With autumn beginning with
the chilly weather of the past few
days, old residenS are wondering what
has become of the summer heat which
has SO long been the regular and I'M
avoidable thing.
The temperature has been remark
able in that the highest record made
during the summer was only 80 de-
greeS, which was attained on July z.
Though July was the warmest month
of the summer, the temperature at one
time fell as low as So. May and June
were chilly and damp. The highest
temperature registered in May was on
the 18th, when the thermometer stood
at 81, while the highest temperature
reached during June was but IS.
Records for rainfall \ were nearly
broken in May, While in June there was
a noticeable drought. The precipita-
ton record Of May was 5.2S inches,
which was the highest of any recorded
during the past thirty two years with
the exception of 1872. 1877 and 1879.
June, however, broke the record in the
month only 1.16 inches of rain fell.
Only one other June during the period
covered by the weather bureaus rec
ords-that of 1S79-has there been
anywhere near such a light precipita-
ton.
The rainfall during July was above
the average, being SCI, and was ex-
ceeded by only four Julys during the
past thirty-two years. August also will
go on record as being a particularly
rainy month, the total precipitation be-
ing 40 inches, which was exceeded by
only three corresponding months, those
of August, 1875, 1876 and 1902
September Will Break All Records.
The climax will be reached this
month. which so far has recorded over
six inches of rainfall, five of which
fell in the doWnpour between Friday
afternoon and Saturday morning. If
but an average precipitation comes in
the remaining half of the month the
record of thirty-two years will be
broken.
While there was an exceptionally
large number of rainy days during the
summer, the total number of cloudy
and partly cloudy days was nearly
twice as large as that on which pre-
cipitation was registered. Though
there were, according to the records.
which were perfectly clear, there were
but four days which were hot and
clear. During the summer there were
forty-two partly cloudy days and thir-
ty-three cloudy days, while rain fell
on forty-one days.
The records show intervals of a few
periods of fine weather, but they are
limited to four or five days each. There
were fine periods in the early part of
June July and the middle of August.
Though the weather has been disa-
greeable about st. Paul, the remainder
of the state and country Jared not so
badly. The cool weather had the ef--
feet of hindering the maturing of gar
den truck about the city, but is said
to have had no serious effect upon
crops generally.
Owing to the dampness that prevail
ed during the months when potatoes
gain their growth, it is predicted that
the crop will be somewhat curtailed
AS the serious floods in the Mississippi
valley in the spring ruined the potato
crops in that region, it is likely that
potatoes will bring good prices during
the fall and winter.
Indian Summer Is Now Due.
Though autumn has started with
damp and chilly weather, the Indian
summer is still in store. The weather
bureau, however, will not venture to
predict that the weather of the next
two months will be fair and warm, yet
the states fall weather holds the prom
Use that the next two months may be
so pleasant that the disagreeable sum-
mer will be forgotten.
Yesterdays weather was unusually
diSagTeeable for this season, the high
est temperature reached being SO de-
grees, while it sank as low as 40, just
eight degrees above freezing point. So
great was the drop Saturday night
that frosts were booked for. A change
came, however, and the temperature
rose slightly during the following
twelve hours. Last evening the at
mosphere was particularly biting for
early September, but the weather bu.
reau predicts a more seasonable tenn
perature today.