New-York tribune., 1890-04-14
THE WINTER UFITHER BOOKS.
wETrER AND WARMER SEASON THAN EVER
BEroEE-THE SUMNER SHOULD BE- cool


BErORE-THE SUMNER SHOULD BE- COOL
sergeant Ella, b. Dunn chief Of the NewYork
signal service Eurcau. furnishes highly instructive
statement dealing with the general aspects Of the
remarkable winter which Newlork has had. " At
the start said the sergeant Yesterday. 81 may tell
you that the year 1850 the warmc't and wcttest
on record the total rainfall IN this city for that year
being 5..s. inches. For November the total rain
fall was 9-2 inches the highest figure recorded
during November. the excess Of rainfall above The
normal for that month being 1850. IN December the
record was LII inches a drop Of l.rl inches below
the normal IN January 1t 2.05 inches or "A drop
OF inches below the normal; in February the far
wa, :..,5 inches. loss of "a Inches March,
hnv.,cr with us numerous fierce storms, made mp
the lost ground and put very respectable balance
on the eNcc>, side OF the ledger the total fall IN New
York for that month being 6.67 inches. or gain Of
..l5 inchc, since the ist OF January. Up To the
rcnf date the excess of rain for the year measures
I'D inches.
~p.aking of rainfalS,T continued the sergeant, re
mind, me of a remarkable coincidence In september,
I-.. the ~ainiau was li.jl inches. That was the
highest record known since ISL when the New-iork
bureau was started But two years later, in the same
month the figures were only ID inches-that
being the lowest known in th, district within the
sam; period.
The winter just past probably the warmest on
record 80 far a. New lork is concerned. During
November there wa, an excess OF l2j degrees OF tenn
pcraturo above the normal. In December the excess
m tcmperaturc was 3iS degrees. or grand total cA
,,,, of 50 degree for l--9 From the nr,t day oi
january the increase has continued at The tate Of 3
degree, a day tho excess IN the first month Dclns
- degrees: I'm February 2J6 degrees and in March
"A degree while the increase In the present month
up to today has been 80 degrees. making total eA-
ccs, above normal for the year Of 67l degrees u
he ,cmpcra:rc continued 10 increase at this rate We
bould have the warme>, summer ever known In this
civ buf a. the season, nearly cqualize Themselves It
Is tocraby .aie TO expect cool summer az recon-
ncnsc for the great excess Of heat that Is now being
experienced.
The codcst day Of tho year va, found on March
= when the thermometer touched Il degrees, and n"
nearest approach to that point was madc on December
when the record was Is degrees. one
singular Circumstance worthy of note is that
th. warme-t and the cods>t days Of the winter were
found in March for on rhc 18th Of that month the
thermometer reached Il degrees. the MAXIMUM and
minimum occurring within five day, Of each other.
The late winter distinguished itself ais, by giving us
IA. varmc>t Christmas Day ever had. the tlcr
momcrcr in the afternoon reaching 50 degrees:
Tile fall Of snow ha' been "onparraN,'iy p,r ", sidu s
I'm December The total was 80 inches: IN January
there was no measurable quantity in February thcc
making 33 10 inches for the whole winter
Of course. humidity has been IN his old form un
ycnlcr 10 per cent. December. as, January 40:
February -, and March. - per cent That; ma
mary of perhaps the most trying and disaerecablc
winter ever experienced IN this country. O course
Is pc1r ~,Sy ss at sral s IL fprSns SSs
iinuon, unnMuraly mild weather was due 10 me
tmPel 6a Witch attracted great volumes Of warm hurried
air from the south and southwest