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Show Last Year Hotter j By Official Records j Milford people have joined with, others of Utah and the west in "cry-; ing out loud" against the heat, but few, we think, realize that official thermometers during July, 1933, reached higher maximums and regi-1 stered more maximums of 95 degrees or over than was the case during the past month. This is a fact however,! the information being gleaned from! official records kept 'by Charles E. Beard, local cooperative observer for the United States weather bureau. I The official thermometer recorded fla highest thus far this year ' on Saturday and Sunday, July 28-29, wnen an even iuu aegrees were recorded, re-corded, followed Monday and Tuesday Tues-day by maximums of 98 and 96 and preceded last Thursday and Friday by registrations of 98 and 99 degrees. de-grees. Other high temperatures of the month were 99 and 98 degrees on July 11-12, and 98 on July 17. The maximum for July, last year, was 101 degrees on July 13, but there were 4 days of 100 degrees and 15 days of 95 degrees or more! And ! the hottest for last suumer was not reached until August 13, when the; mercury was pushed up to 103. I What has helped to make is appear hotter this year than last, however, 'has no doubt been the fact that the ! night temperatures were lower in 'July, last year than this year. The I lowest minumum last year was 42 ! degrees while this year it was 47 both marks being for July 1. Another I contributing factor was the comparatively com-paratively cool June of this year after an abnormally warm spring. Until June this year the mean temperature tem-perature for every month since last August had been above normal a condition, however, that was common com-mon throughout the United States, except for the extreme eastern tier of states. Last year there were recorded only four cleat- days for July, 19 part cloudy and' 8 cloudy, while July, 1934, is credited with 14 clear days, 9 partj cloudy and 8 cloudy. Despite the; greater cloudiness of last year there was recorded only .23 of an inch ofj rainfall, while the 12 hour period be tween the afternoon of July 3 and the early morning of July 4, this year, set an all-time record for Mil-ford. Mil-ford. During that time a total of 2.44 inches of precipitation was recorded, re-corded, with 1.8 inches falling within a iy hour period the afternoon of July 3, a freak storm which hit only the immediate vicinity of Milford but flooded streets, basements and some buildings. Additional precipitation amounting to .03 fell on July 21 and .09 on July 23, making a total of 2.56 inches for the month of July, this year. Incidentally, the temperatures recorded re-corded by the extremely delicate in-: struments located at the airways ( radio station northwest of town! ! have checked closely with the instru- j ment in the care of Mr. Beard, the I recording never varying more than a; point, with the lower reading generally gen-erally appearing at the airways station. |