While the transition from Spring to Summer this year was remark-lable for its coolness, everyone was congratulating himself or herself om the fact that the longer the lower temperatures prevailed, the shorter would the summer be.
"This is probably one of Nature's kes for on July 14 the temperature it another record of 101.5, the highest in three years and equally the highest temperature in the las eight years.
The last few days with the maximum temperature of 101 de Brees seems to suggest that whatever Shanghai is to. gaia in' a shortened "summer is" ta be more than made up for by the manner in which the mercury will kept up near the top of the thermometer. But 1982 will have a Hong way to go before it can secure. a reputation for a hot summer, which according to the "Nort China Daily News" records of read-Ings taken in Holy Trinity Cathedral compound for the last eight years was established in 1926, In that year Shanghai sweltered from July 10 to August 14—five long weeks of it—when the maximum temperature was never lower than 90 degrees and on eight occa-topped the 100 degree mark, me 3 10116, aig.
74 ite 18 ins The highest temperatures recorded during the past eight years fre as follo Joly 1932 July das, The deduction fro seems to be that this is season of highest temperatures and it on} Femains to be seen whether 19: Jean squeeze out just that little extra warmth to put the high Sigures of 1926 in the shade. It requires only:
little more than half a degree—s9, small, and yet how much it fs.
Duning the week ending July 9 two deaths were reported amongst the foreign residents of the French Concession and 94 amongst the Chinese from various causes. In addition, there were two forel deaths and titree Chinese deaths from notifiable diseases. There were 4G cases of cholera' amonget the Chinese population and one amongst the foreigners, the latter being a fatal case.
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