Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 90, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 July 1902 — Broke Two Records Monday [ARTICLE]

Broke Two Records Monday

It probably will surprise many people to learn that Monday was both the wettest and the hottest day in Rensselaer this yeqr. The temperature reached 95 degrees in the shade, which was one degree hotter than last Saturday, the hottest day of the season previous to Monday. The total rainfall, in all the differ ent-showers of Monday was 2| inches. The greatest heretofore this year, on any one day, was two inches, on June 14th. For*' more rain here in one day we need to go back to Dec. 12th, when there was 2.55 inches. This two inches Monday was more than the whole of April. It makes a total for the first 7 days in July of 3.30 inches, and a total during the last twt> weeks, of just 9 inches. The total since June Ist, is 17.16 inches. The rains Monday were strictly local summer showers, and were much heavier here than in most parts of the cour>ty. The north half or more of the county had but little rain. So also the east part, from McOoysburg north on the Gifford road, the rainfall was much less than here.—Through a considerable part of Barkley Tp., however, there was a tremendous down-qjour, which flooded fields and beat down oats and hay. There was also considerable wind there.