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Show 'Dog Days' Upon Us, as Heat Invades P.G. Area If you can't endure the heat blame the canine. "Dog Days" have been with us for a week and will continue on until after the first week of August. However, if you have an astronomical turn of mind, blame "Sirius, the Dog Star," which is the brightest and hottest hot-test sun in the heavens, except Old Sol. When Sirius and Old Sol rise at approximately the same time, they add together their combined light and heat and really warm tilings up. Lucky for us, Old Sol rises a little later, each morning and soon falls behind his fiery companion. By February, the sun is so far behind that Sirius rises early in the evening. So much for this week's science lesson. Anyway, the week ending Monday evening, July 20 was a hot and dry one. Only two traces trac-es of moisture fell during the entire 7 days. Afternoon temperatures tem-peratures were all in the 90's without a break. 7; temperature was a humid 72 degrees. The barometer was steady at 30.05. Continued hot, with increasing increas-ing chance of late afternoon thunder showers, was the prediction. pre-diction. Statistics for the week, ending end-ing at 6 p.m., Monday, July 20. Date High Low Pre. July 14 90 60 0.00 July 15 94 53 0.00 July 16 95 66 trace July 17 95 60 trace July 18 96 62 0.00 July 19 95 63 0.00 July 20 96 58 0.00 Summary Temperatures: Highest 96, lowest 52, and averages av-erages for the week, high, 94, low 60 and mean 82 degrees. Precipitation for the week, a trace. Since Jan. 1, 8.38 inches. Sun rises and sets locally at :30 a.m. and 8:35 p.m. DST. |