New-York tribune., 1907-06-20
TEMPERATURE DROPS.
GOODNESS FROM VEST.
Breeze Szceeps A7cay Depressing
Warmth-Rain Nay F0Llo1c.

The Is il hot enough for you?" query warranted
to work overtime the first day that the thernohle
ter taxes courage TO climb over 4o' was Grippe"
last night I'D to Saturday last the man with thls
oflerv had been waiting patiently for month OF
more ready at a moments notice to spring II as
soon as the first touch of the heat would 1ushIy
him in whipping out the Ossihed inqulfy. II was
worked overtime for a few days. Then came 'He
Trbe mercury began 10 climb down shortly after
o'clock Yesterday. To be sure, the descent was
nor rapd enough TO make pedestrians stop in their
tracks with arnazement but il came along with d
refreshing breeze out Of the southwest wmch tooA
the nerve altogether out Of the human ho'
weather parrot.
The weather sharp chirped Up bit however
when ne struck the subway on ms way HoIlle
Down there the western bVeezes don't make any
Impression although it depends entirely on no"
Messengers stand at the stations whether they
catch such as are blowing. 1t was warm enough
last night IN the subway. however TO drag our
The old question. and, besides, in the rush nour5
there seemed TO be bigger crowd than ever gong
both ways Although Weather Forecaster Emery
had broken the news early in the afternoon tha'
umbrellas might be good form and serviceabe dur
Ing the thuuderstorms that were expected last
nig'l. 10 cap the four days of real June tenn
peratu-e i was rarA night for those Who
could take advantage Of it not TO do 50.
- all tho beaches and outdoor resorts about New
york though il a bit cool late in the eFenirg.
there were big crowds, in whom the change IN the
weather had stirred up proneness 10 be up and
doing. In the city II was a toss-up "heJher the
theatres which have stood II out beyond the COM
ing # June or the roof gardens did the bigger
business In that respect everybody who wanted TO
90 some place was able 10 select his or her own
frst favorte without running the risk Of any great
discomfort from the weather conditions
good many thousands, however, We're sad last
night when they learned that showers might be
exuected to-day. the day for the Suburban Handl-
cap The track in fine shape and, If the weather
man is wrong IN his guess. it is more than likely
that the attendance at Sheepshead Bay viii be the
largest since the premier event Of the American
turf was turned into aTistocratc mid-week event
he 81 Is
hours on Friday. as the light southeast winds
expected TO cloud up things overhead more or less
Yesterdays highest temperature was SO degrees.
The mercury. which was 69 degrees at S O'Clock
yesterday morning. climbed up slowly but surely to
the so degree point at 2 O'Clock. From then on II
began TO drop The humidity. which had been up
to = degrees at d. m, fell away to 90 degrees
ing 50 degrees at O'Clock in the afternoon. Six
prostrations from the heat were reported the
police during the day, but Of them resulted
fatally
How the rest of June will behave in respect to
temperature remains TO be seen Of course; but the
records Of the district fOrecaster for New York,
Mr.. Emery, illustrate the change which has re-
were only six days which warmer than might
have been expected; one normal, and twenty
three were colder than the average for the
spending days of twenty-five years previous. In May
there were only seven days which showed
Of temperature and OF the first fourteen days
of June not up 10 the standard. For two
months and half the accumulated deficiency
$50 degrees the daily loss averaging degrees This
period eliminated with a series OF twenty-five days,
eleven in Nav. during which the temperature did
not once approach the normal, and for which the
mean deficiency degrees.