Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 90, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 July 1904 — Twas A Dry Old June. [ARTICLE]

Twas A Dry Old June.

The, month of June 1904 was probably one of the dryest Junes Rensselaer ever experienced. It is almostialways a month of many rains, and often of prolonged freshets. In fact a June “freshet” is almost proverbial but it slipped a oog this year, for sure. The records of the Rensselaer station of the U. 8. Weather Bureau, show that there was only .59 of an inch of rain during the whole month, or a trifle less than 3-5 of an inoh. Many a summer shower rains that muoh iu 15 minutes. This amount as compared with 2.84 inohes in June 1903, looks very small, and like next to nothing as oompared with the 14.85 inohes in Jane 1902, The rainfall right here in Rensselaer however is not a oomplete oriterion for the state at large, nor even for all of Jasper oounty, as many parts were visited by abundant showers, especially towards the latter part of the month. There was rain here, or traces of rain, on 9 different days, but the largest single rain was only a fifth of an inoh. The warmest weather was 92 degrees, on the 25th and the coolest 48 degrees, on the let.