The Washington times., 1910-09-30

According to the records at the United
states Wea her Bureau, the month Of
sS-pternber. 1910. has been one Of the dry
est and hottest recorded on the books
of the bureau
Indeed states Prof Willis Moore
chief OF tie bureau, the CRYING need of
ethis portion OF the country al present
IS rain, aH0 plenty Of IL, for only 20
lnches OF rain have fallen during the
last month and la inches-or over half
of this anIOUnt-feII On the first ,Iay- Of
The month Since then there f.avo been
only three days, the ID 9th. and 18th. on
(which there was anv measurable rain
fsil, the last half Of The month being
absolutely dry
The normal rainfall for September IS
S-59. 80 that she fan IN the past month
was IA less than the 4veraee- The fall
Of rain during the last three months has
sbeen . Der cent below the normal. that
in July being &-E5 inches. with normal
OF z-65. and IN August. 1.f6, with q nor
nal Of 5-59- The summer has been an
exceptionally dry one and the rrops have
suffered in consequence
With regard 10 heat the uasr
month was one of the seven hottest
eSeDtembeTs on the books Of the bu-
.Teau, and it was the waTmest since
1905 when the average tempera turc
was ia This year the average was
S11-just three degrees above the
normal The hottest September on
record was in 1851, when the mercury
attained an average Of - and the
coolest was in 1871 when II dropDed
TO 62-3-
IN 1881 came the hottest Septem-
Der day ever recorded when the ther-
mometer at the bureau registered
IO4 degrees The hottest day during
the last month was the 4th, when the
80 mark was reached. The 18th was
the coolest, IS being the minimum
that day.
It viii he seen that the range for
The month, although rather warm
was also very even a drop Of 90 to
a minimum OF IS not being considered
excessive
There were no high winds record
90 throughout. the month and the
humidity remained nearly normal.
indeed the lack Of rain and the heat
Of the month are the only things
That distinguished II from its prede-
-cessOrs, for IN everything else II was
enOTmal-
Although he did not care to make any
- official forecast for the month OF OCtO-
Der, nor predict whether il would be
hot or cold, rainy OF dry Prof Moore
looked through the records Of the bJ-
Geau and gave the figures For the past
OCEODeESr Win the result EE.Lr would
Eeem likely that the coming month will
be quite cool the normal temperature be
ing 55-b degrees. and the average rain
fall 80 inches II is probable however
that the rain next month viii exceed
This figure owing TO the small amount
That has fallen within the last three
months
October, 1SS5, is the record month with
regard 10 rain, $50 inches having fallen
curing that year, while In 1874 only -
inch fell The highest Temperature for
the month on record al the bureau was
= in 1873 and the lowest % in 1873 and
1888
The heaviest rainfall in any twenty
four consecutive hours was &eS inches,
on October !. 1ST7. On October 3, 1899
There was a slight snowfall
9 The relative humidity during the tlir-
fy-niue years Of which there Il n record
has been I6 per cent
The average number Of cloudy days
vas fourteen. partly cloudy DAYS, nine,
and cloudy days. eight
The earliest killing frost was record
I'd on October >, 1888; the average, Octo-
Der 4.
The prevailing winds during October
according TO the records, viii ne from
The northwest The average velocity
has been 5-S miles an hour while the
highest velocity was recorded on Octo-
Der 4, 1S11, at which time a speed Of
5ifty-one miles an hour, from the mort =
FeSt, was attained