The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-06-24
June One of the Hottest Months Re-
corded in II story Local
Weather Bureau.
THIS YEAR so FAR IS
ONE OF THE DRYEST
Weather Good for Wheat Harvest
ing But Bad for the Grow
/ ing Corn Crop.

The no. Dla + which con inue To
scar wheat and corn, are likely to
cont.nu fo' some time, with 10
rain in prospect Today5 weather
prediction Of fair and continued
warm weather" is a repetition OF
the forecast whiC'1 has been made
every day for the last month.
Cro.s up to the present time hav
not suffered to any great extent,
There is still a chance for good
late corn crop, and most of the
wheat, which is blossoming, fares
better without any rain than with
tCo much
The present month is one OF the
hottest recorded in the history of
the local weather tbureau. This
year, up to the present time, is one
OF the dryest. The rainfall at the
end of May was 4.47 inches below
normal.
The last rain which made any
claim to be pretentious was that OF
May Z. May and 5 the skie
poured down 2.54 inches of rain.
There is an old superstition
prevalent among farmers that if it
rains on June | it will rain 20
days in the month. SO the farmers
reioiced this year on the first o.
June when 81 inches of rain fell.
But the good omen did not live up
to its reputation and the month up
to the present has been most disap-
pointing with regard to rainfall, In
a midnight shower late June 3 ant
early on June 6, .23 inches of RAJ"
fell. On June II there were ,l5
inches of rain and on June Is, .O7
inches, making a total for June up
to the present of .92 inches, hardly
enough water for one good rain,
Monday there was a deficiency OF
6.6l inches in rainfall since Jan. l.
In January 1913, 11.65 inches of
rain and snow fell, more than We
had in the four months of this year
up 10 and including April,
The average temperature this
year has gone soaring above norma
The highest recorded was on Jun
10 at 3 p m. when the mercur
registered 9S degrees Eyerybod
remembers the delightful eXperienc'
OF the sixteenth day of this mont
when the mercury descended to +
degrees, thus far its lowest mar
of the month.
The humidity was also hig'
enough to keep the nies buz2in'
about ones ears, and the beads o
perspiration to appear on ones face
1t is interesting to note that tn
hottest day of he month was ais
the dryest. This was June 10 whel
the highest temperature was SO de
erees and the lowest humidity 4;
percent.
The thermometer began workin
early yesterday morning when tn
temperature at Z a. N. wo7 so de-
grees,. the highest for tha' tive
any day this month Tho e VINO g.
pected to gain relief from the day
torridity, were sorely disappointed
Monday night, for the mercury sanI
to rs degrees and refused to b
coaxed any farther. This was th
hottest night of the year.
There have been several thunder
storms this month but only a few q
them have turned into shower
There was thunder and lightnin
on June l, s, 6. IL. IA. Is and 10.
The normal rainfall for the yea
at Cairo is 4l.71 inches. This year
figure is far from reassuring. w
have had but 1902 inches thi
wear, while the normal for the sam
period is 20.71. showing deficienc
of 5G9 inches.
The present lack of rain is by n
means a record. In the two month
of July and August, 1881, ther
were but 90 inches of rain, this in
Guiding only four showers. In Aug
ust 1909 there was not even'a self
respecting rain. One puny Shove
brought .0l inches of rain. Thi
one shower was the only rain |
81 days, so that from July 27 t
Sept. 2, 1909, but .01 inches OF raj