Weather rambling — Hay crop in June 1888

The hay crop outlook at Stony Creek looked favorable in June 1888.

“The prospect for a good crop of hay is excellent, as grass never looked better at this time of year,” the Creek Center correspondent reported June 2 in The Morning Star of Glens Falls.

But at Hague, unseasonably cool weather was hampering tourism.

“Boarders have all left,” the Hague correspondent reported.” They concluded to go back to the city until warmer weather.”

At Glens Falls, a sign of changing weather was reported on June 9.

“The police officers have donned their summer uniforms,” The Morning Star reported.

Optimism prevailed on June 15.

“Grass is looking well and a good crop of hay is expected,” the Bolton Landing correspondent reported.

Swimming weather was reported on June 18.

“Summer has arrived in earnest,” The Morning Star reported. “The bathing places in the canal and river were well patronized by urchins Saturday and yesterday.”

On the morning of June 22, it was 96 degrees in the shade at Fort Edward.

On June 23, it was 98 degrees in the shade at Glens Falls, and sales of fans were brisk at downtown retailers.

“One Glens Falls dry goods house is said to have sold 800.”

B.S. Cowles donated 100 palm-leaf fans to First Baptist Church.

After a few days of heat, the specific temperature didn’t seem to matter.

“Whew! Another hot one yesterday,” The Morning Star reported on June 26.

In 1887, a cold spell set in at Glens Falls over night, The Morning Star reported on June 6.

“The mercury in the thermometer took a jump downward late last night, and overcoats were agreeable, if not necessary, early this morning.”

The cold spell did not last long.

“The refreshing showers of Tuesday night and yesterday brought joy to the heart of humanity in general, and the yeoman and mill hand in particular,” The Morning Star reported on June 23.

At South Glens Falls, “one thermometer here yesterday registered 118 in the sun,” The Morning Star reported on June 30. “The average in the shade was ninety.”

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