The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-01
A CYCLONE OFF FLORIDA.
WITH INCREASED INTENSITY 1T is
MOVING TOWARD THE COAST.

some Unusual September Weather.
The First Day the Warmest and
the Last the COOIest-HOw the
Month Has Been for the Last Tvven-
ty-Five Years-The weather to
Continue Cool To-day and To-
night.
The storm which was reported night be-
fore last for the first time, as central off
the southeast coast of Florida, has to all
appearances increased somewhat in in
tensity and is moving toward the Florida
coast II was central last night southeast
Of Southern Florida, and was apparently
moving west northwestward.
The weather throughout the Florida
peninsula was cloudy, and fresh to brisk
winds prevailed along the eastern and
southern coast. The disturbance, however.
has not sufficiently developed to enable
the signal service corps to tell just where
it is and what it is going to do. though it
is known that it has become much more
pronounced.
While September has not been a record
breaker in the weather line. the conditions
present many peculiar facts. The lowest
temperature during the month. 81 degrees.
came yesterday, on the last day of the
month, while the highest temperature, "a
degrees, was recorded on the first day Of
the month. The maximum temperature
yesterday was 70 degrees. and the mean
IS degrees, or deficiency of 4 degrees, as
compared with the normal for the day.
This is the coolest weather Savannah has
had since spring, and may be considered
happy finale to what has been an unus-
ually warm month. The crest of the cool
wave was central last night in Missouri,
40 Gf he fnH l.
cations being that Savannah and the sur
rounding country would have continued
cool weather to-day and tonight The
outlook, too, is for generally fair weather,
followed perhaps by showers in the after
noon or tonight. 1t is generally cooler
throughout the Atlantic states, North.
states, while 1t is warmer in the
upper Missouri valley, in Kansas
and throughout the northwest Else
where the temperature has been nearly
stationary. There is an area of low pres
sure off the New England coast and an
other one moving in from the extreme
The average maximum temperature for
September was So degrees and the aver
age minimum 20 degrees, making the
mean for the month Is degrees, while the
mean or average for the month for the
last twenty-five years is 76 degrees. The
highest temperature was "a degrees, on
Sept. l, and the lowest 81 degrees on Sept
30. There were only four days during the
month on which the maximum tempera-
ture was 30 degrees or above. as follows:
Sept. /, "a degrees; Sept 10. 81 degrees
Sept. IA, 80 degrees, and Sept q, SO degrees
On every other day, except yesterday the
maximum m temperature was between 80
and 80 degrees. The greatest daily range
OF temperature was % degrees, on Sept.
IA, and the least degrees, on Sept g.
There have been only three Septembers
in the last twenty-five years which have
been as hot as the month just closed and
in only one of them has the heat exceeded
what it has been in this. The mean tenn
perature for September. 1876, was rs de-
grees; September, 1871, so degrees, and Sep
TENDER, 1893, 78 degrees, which was the
ing table shows. the mean temperatures
for September for the last twenty-five