Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-08-02
ANOTHER STORM
COMING TO MAKE
THE AIR COOLER
Weather Man Predicts Next
Downpour Will Drive Away
the Humidity.

Last nights rain did a lot OF good
but 1t will take another one like 1t tc
wash all the meanness out of the at
mosphere.
The forecaster believes this saving
downpour is almost here and will be
upon us not later than tomorrow and
perhaps tonight. Until it comes dis
comfort will be our portion. the
weather man says, but he also re-
minds US that the rain last night
made sleep possible, and that today
is not so bad as either Saturday or
Sunday.
Saturday was the hottest day of
the year, and also the most oppres-
sive, the mercury climbing to 95,
which was one point higher than the
maximum reached on the hot day last
April. The humidity was excessive
also, but there was quite a drop in
both during the night.
At o'clock sunday morning the
thermometer on top of the Central
High School registered 70, and then
came a gradual climb which ended
at O'Clock in the afternoon with 85,
when the humidity also was at its
height Then came the rise in wind
which preceded the rain and by s
o'clock the temperature had fallen
10 degrees.
The rain, which, lasted from about
$3.50 until midnight. amounted to just
half an inch, and then about 2
o'clock this morning there was a
twenty downpour which reg
istered one-tenth of an inch. The
temperature at midnight was u. and
a, ~ i-
forenoon. Then the days climb COM
menced again, and at noon 80 was
recorded.
A siX-mle wind was blowing from
the southwest at that time. but there
were many indications that 1t was
about to shift into the northeast and
bring the hot spell to a close. Just
when the shift will come is uncertain
but the fOrecaster says it should not
be later than tomorrow.
August probably will prove to be a
period of extremes of temperature
the weather man says with hot and
cold waves chasing each other across
the continent at intervals of about
week.
July was a most unusual weather
month. The hottest day was Satur-
day. with maximum of 81. and the
lowest the preceding Sunday morn
ing when 81 was recorded. Only eight
of the thirty-one days were clear. but
the entire rainfall for the month was
only four and one-half inches. despite
the fact that rain fell on fifteen days.
Some of the Damage.
Slight damage was reported in the
suburban communities. although al!
told of heavy rain and lightning.
During the early part of the storm
the telephone indicator at the Wash
ington street firehouse, Engine Com
pany No. 3, of Orange, was put out of
order. 1t was not until three hours
later that it could be repaired.
A trolley pole in Main street. near
Persons alley, Orange, was electrified
during the storm and man and dog
who were passing were slightly
shocked.
A bolt of lightning struck the wires
in front of the Orange Free Public
Library building. On Main street. and
ran west along the wires for two
blocks in plain sight of many persons,
No damage was done.
The storm also rendered useless the
fire alarm box at Day and Wallace
streets, the same city. From some
unknown cause an electric wire at
Jackson and Lincoln avenues, Orange,
caught fire, requiring the services of
the fire department to extinguish II.
The electrical storm seemed to be
even more severe in the vicinity of
Caldwell, back of the foothills. Tho
storm visited Caldwell about o'clock
and lasted only for one hour, but dur
ing that time the rain fell in torrents
and flooded the streets, making travel
along Bloomfield avenue impossible.
Although the storm was a violent
one. the only damage in Western Es-
sex was done by lightning striking
several trees.