The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-24
AFFAIR CHRISTNASARARITY.
II Usually Rains and Fair Weather
Comes but Twice in Twenty Years.

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I The Record From the 7os Up to Date.
While the Outlook Is Bright for To-
morrow, There Is No Telling What
May Happen With the Elements-only
Six Out Of Twenty Christmas Days
without Rain, and Only Two Entirely
Fair Days in the Lot Remarkable
Temperatures in 1889 and 1898 May
Be Repeated Tomorrow.
It remains yet to be seen whether the
bright and glorious December weather
that Savannahians have enjoyed for the
last month or two is any indication Of a
fair and pleasant Christmas day.
This is a time when hunting parties are
in order, when everybody wants to be
bright and merry, and when people want
to get out Of doors for a time at least to
see what is going on. For all of these
purposes and objects it takes bright and
sunshiny weather.
But nobody can tell how the weather is
going to behave itself tomorrow. 1t has
lots Of queer antics and it delights to
spring them when least expected or de-
sired. The atmospheric indications. how
ever, as obtained from the weather bu-
reau last night, were favorable for a fair
and pleasant day. The indications for to-
day are generally fair. with partial cloudi
ness and warmer this afternoon and even
ing. The probabilities are that it will be
fair tomorrow, with cooler weather to-
morrow night. That however. is nothing
more than probability as the indications
will contain little that can be definitely
relied upon before the forecast made to-
night.
A comparison Of the weather on Christ
mas days for the last twenty years may
prove interesting at this time, and it will
give every one a chance to draw his own
conclusions with regard to the probable
state of the elements tomorrow. Christ
mas weather for the last twenty years
has been as follows:
1S4-Rain commenced at 7:30 p. m,
and continued until o'clock the follow
ing morning.
1S75-Partly cloudy weather.
1876 Rain at intervals, continuing
throughout the following day.
SG-Rain at intervals during the day.
BlS-Cloudy in forenoon; fair in after
moo and evening; cloudy at night, fol-
lowed by rain the following morning
lS79-Day generally fair; light shower
of rain at 720 p. m.
1SS0-Cloudy weather and rain.
1881 - Light rain began 1920 o'clock
/ Christmas morning, and continued with
out intermission until p. m. of Dec. 26.
I The maximum temperature for the day
was 60 degrees and the minimum AZ de-
/ grees.
! 18s2-Generally cloudy Rain began at
/ p. m, continued until Sis a. m. of Dec. 26.
/ Heavy rain fell during Christmas night
I Maximum temperature, So degrees; min
| imum, 40 degrees.
1SS3-Cloudiness and rain till 4:30 p. m;
weather cleared during the evening. Max
imum temperature, q degrees; minimum,
| 62 degrees.
/ 1SS4-Cloudy throughout; maximum tenn
perature 50 degrees minimum, Al de-
! grees.
1SS5-Clear during the morning, cloud
ing up in afternoon, with light rain from
2 to 2:3O O'Clock p. m, and from $50 to
$40 O'Clock p. m.
1SSs-Light rain Christmas Eve from $50
p m. to $40 p. m. Fair weather Christ
mas day. Maximum temperature. Sc de-
| grees; minimum. AZ degrees.
! 1SS1-Heavy rain Christmas eve, rain
ceased tbs p. m. Christmas day cloudy
until after p IN. Fair and cool Christ
mas night. Maximum temperature So
| degrees, minimum, 40 degrees.
1SSS-Light rain from 1O:3O o'clock a. m
to 1875 a. m; generally cloudy. Maximum
temperature, 65 degrees, minimum, IS de-
grees.
1sS9-Clear, warm weather Maximum
| temperature, rs degrees, minimum As de-
| grees. December, 1889, was an unusually
dry month; not drop of rain fell from
$40 o'clock p. m, Nov. %, to $3.50 O'Clock
| p. m, Dec, 81. The rainfall on Dec. 81 was
only a trace
1S9O-Cloudy day. Rain began at 2:3O
| o'clock the morning after Christmas and
| continued until II 80 a. m. Maximum tenn
/ perature Christmas day, g degrees mini
mum, A degrees.
1S91-Light rain began and ended dur
ing the night OF Christmas eve: generally
fair, but partly cloudy Christmas day.
Maximum temperature; Y degrees, mini
mum, "a degrees
1S92-Generally cloudy. with occasional
light rains. Maximum temperature, 81 de-
grees, minimum, 35 degrees.
1S9S-Partly cloudy during the day, clear
/ after sunset. Maximum temperature "A
| degrees, minimum, 40 degrees.
1t will be seen from the foregoing
statement Savannah has had only two
1 clear, fair Christmas days in the last
twenty years, those of 1856 and 1889.
. There were only six Christmas DAYS ont
of the twenty on which there was no rain
and with the exception of the two men
toned, those days We're cloudy, either
part or all of the time
Christmas last year and in 1889 was
characterized by unusually high tempera-
lures for this season of the year. In 1889
/ the maximum temperature was rs de-
! grees, and the minimum 45 degrees. while
/ last year the maximum was "A and the
minimum 40 degrees.
( So far there is nothing to indicate that
/ tomorrow will not be an exception TO
/ what seems to have been the general rule.
and the outlook is that the weather will
I be bright, fair and perhaps warmer than
/ usual.
| Released From Libel.
| The British steamship Hindustan, which
was under libel in the United States court
on account of her collision with the Nor