Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-10-27
A SERIOUS SHORTAGE.
The Wicked Weather Clerk las Not
Given Us Enough Heat.
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN9
We're behind In Warmth for tho Season
and Have Had Altogether Too
Much Rain-There's Screw
Loose Somewhere

NEW York, Oct 27.--Tf the atmospheric
conditions which have prevailed SO far thfs
year continue during The winter, it hehoovn
the people to lay in an extra stock OF fue
and prepare for an arctic experience IL,
however, the laws of compensation which
usually regulate the temperature during eacf
twelve months obtain tho winter win be very
mild
The reason for all this is that during ths
ten months of this year now nearly spen'
there has been an enormous shortage in the
amount Of heat due in this country accord
ing to all the known climatic laws. In past
years, as far back as the memory of the wis
mon who study the weather goes, there
has been mean or normal tempera
ture for the year which has beer
maintained very closely II one month had
a little more heat than the schedule allowed.
another has fallen below the mark enough te
make it up, and in the end the average fol-
the year has shown that tho normal amount
of heat had been enjoyed, varying only
few degrees either way.
But this year throughout the country there
has been so large deficiency of heat that Il
It is to be made up during the two remain
ing months of November and December the
temperature of the early winter win be un-
usually high
Besides the deficiency OF heat there has
been an excess of rain throughout the coun
try. This, for meteorological reason, should
indicate that we shall have little IL any snow
until after Christmas
Sergeant Dunn, of the signal service bureau
in this city, speaking Of this condition OF af
fairs said today that it had been phenome-
nal year, not only because of the excess OF
rain and deficiency of heat, but from the great
number of atmospheric disturbances. We
have had, he says an unusual number OF
heavy storms, high winds and electric storms
of great severity. In New York we are
OIL degs. of heat behind the mean tempcra
ture since Jan. /, 1888, and for this month
alone up to yesterday we were 75degs. short
July was an exceptionally cool month and
ran behind 95 degs., or an average of more
than degs. day. Up TO the end of july
we had shortage for the year of 274 degs.
The temperature thus far this month has
been much lower than the usual average foi
October, and the fall here has been T0-100 OF
an inch in excess of the usual allowance for
the month, bringing the excess for the year
mp to inches and S0-100 Last winter was
unusually severe here and the mean temper
ature for the winter months was far below
the average, eliminating in the March biz
yards and followed by a mild summer accom-
panied by more rain than usual
All along the Atlantic coast the deficiency
in heat exists except in Florida, from Pen
sacola south, where there has been an excess
in heat.
In Portland, Me-, the deficiency up to date
amounts to 1,204 degs, and the excess of rain
fall to o. SO inches
Some of the other points where the excess
of rainfall has been greatest are New Or
leans, 10. sc up to Oct. 8; Mobile, 1474, Pal
estine, Tex, ~. 10, and Galveston, 1872
A few places show a deficiency of rainfall
Block Island, for instance, is short 1879
inches; Charleston, 1886; Cedar Keys, Fla.
1904, and Savannah, 1894
The weather wise can give no reason for
this general upset of the climatic rules, nor
will they predict what the future has In
store. They work only on rules established
by previous conditions, and can only say that
if these laws are carried out we stall have ar
exceptionally mild winter.