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with the rainfall totals this spring, those smiles must have turned to worried frowns as June dragged into July and the rain didn’t come. In July, there was a total of 1.97 inches of rain. That meager total included 18 days in which a total of .33 inch of precipitation was recorded by Mr. Wingfield’s rain gauge.
During that same period, there were 15 days where the mercury soared to 90 degrees or above, and another where it missed the mark by only one degree. Overall, the average temperature for July was IV2 degrees warmer than in July 1986. Mr. Wingfield said that there has not been a comparable hot spell since 1983, when he recorded 16 days with temperatures 90 or above.
And, at least so far, August has brought no relief. Mr. Wingfield has measured only .82 inch of precipitation so far this month, while the comparable reading was 1.97 inches for the first 11 days of August 1986. There have also been another three days with temperatures above 90 degrees.
The overall temperature reading, Mr. Wingfield added, is even higher than July’s when compared to last year. So far, daytime temperatures for August are running four degrees higher than in last August. The same comparison for nighttime temperatures yields a six-degree rise. In other words, those county residents who have observed that it seems too hot to sleep are right. It is, at least, hotter than normal during the nighttime hours.
Although most people’s gardens are withering, it is of course the farmers and orchardists who will be hurt the most by the lack of rain. “The apples haven’t grown in a month,” Charles Foster observed
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