Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-17
WARNEsT DAY OF SUMMER,
IS THE OFFICIAL VERDICT
Thermometers Cuts Undignified An.
ties, but Breeze Saves
Situation.
WEATHER BUREAU SAYS 90
This Recorded High Temperature at
ChimboraZo, but Street Tempera-
ture, aS Recorded at Kiosk, Out I'm
Sun, Climbs to III.

lf the ancient tradition regarding ST.
Swithins Day holds good many years.
with few added. are likely to clapse
before the farmers of Virgil mia adopt
that good man, who passed away in the
year OF our Lord $50. honorcd and re-
, rered as the Bishop OF Winchester.
Eng. and subsequently, canonizcd, AS
their patron saint
The reason may DE found in the
ancient quatrain, which sets forth:
st. Swithin's Day. IL thou dost rain
For forty days IL Will remain:
ST. Swithin's Day. IL thou he fair.
For forty days twill rain mac mair"
! How high in the tubes OF thcrmomc
tors hcrcabouts did the mercury rise
yesterday? Official and unofficial Their
mometers registered different maximum
scores. Official and unofficial estimates
varied. y high degree OF temperature
was recorded by all Thermometers.
Some. however, were more ambitious
than others.
WARMESr DAY or SUMMER,
Is OFFICIAL VERDICT
Humanity swcltcrcd through the
hours Of hat was pronounced by the
meteorological experts in the local OBJ
Scrvatory OF the United states Weather
Bureau. ChimhoraZo !illl. the warmcst
day og the summer
humidity ranging from 81 TO 40. he
tween t o'clock in tho morning and S
O'Clock last night. contributed in no
little degree to bodily discomfort. And
old General humidity AT that was MAX
, ing no prctense at performing beyond
: the natural and reasonable exhibition
expected OF him The fantastic Hight
OF the temperature. on the other hand
N ltr.
considering the established reputation
OF this City of the Seven Hills AS one OF
the most comfortable in America Tor
stay-at- homes during the summer
months.
The temperature yesterday went on
the rampage. evidently trying TO climb
all OF Richmond's seven hills stimuli
taneously. II succeeded in scoring
high record for the year. Precisely
what is this record remains in doubt.
The local weather observer reports the
, high mark reached at ) o'clock III the
afternoon when the official thcrmomc-
ter at the ChimboraZo station regis
| tered 90.
OLD DOCTOR KIOSK
HITS THE Hight SPOTS
Then. again. the delicate instruments
! of science contained in the kiosk in
the Capitol Square told Semew ha I
different story. The United States
Weather Bureaus exhibit of inSttu-
ments for weighing and measuring the
atmosphere went about their work a
hit more enthusiastically in the kiosk
than in the observatory. The thermo-
graph in the kiosk recorded these
fluctuations in a period OF twelve hours:
q y. NJ. IS: S y. NJ. 100; 10 y. NJ lo6:
noon. 100: +. NJ. Ill; L. NJ. llli4
i =. NJ. l07.
In tho same glass case with the
thcrmocraph is an ordinary Their
momctor. registering Fahrenheit dc-
piccs There was Il disparity Of about
two do iees in the showing made by
tho thermometer and the thormo-
gia;h. At J.. NJ, for example, the
THERMOMETERS registered only l05. while
the thermoSrapl passed out its written
opinion that the weather WAS two de-
Srccs hotter than its rival felt. me
hair hyGrometer. standing nearby the
lisputants weighed the atmosphere at
that hour and labeled its humidity at
81
II was A hot day Yesterday in many
other cities LynchburE reported "a
ma ximum temperature of 90. which was
two degrees cooler than Oklahoma city.
four degrees cooler than Raleigh, ~ c..
and Savannah, Ga. and four degrees
cooler than Washington.
\ light breeze played over the city
all day, and the velocity of the wind
at S o'clock last night was eight miles
an hour. There was no prostration
from heat.