The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-03

rsverne1ts and sszssct-ws are - Roe tAas
sleep IS inscoesios@ n The saltry. stsrnsnt
atmosphere. here We have cool b~eezes
from tae lakes OF eAe great inland sea- ana
puu tiss a4nkess up 70 our ea.ns n sweet
contsnt
An Absence Of Extremes
In ether words we have no extremes 81
Temperature. Last y@zr. fog example, re
bad an UNUSUALLY rainy spring ard an TN
usually hot spell. Til. after was er4@s
and when In New Terk there was a fam
ise Of hsarses TO carry OF ne hundrssss
dying every day from tsse sxer~<ns Aeat.
the THERMOMETERS here s2orted np TO "a
Even then the sans bot rays were sezn-
pereI by tire sepayrs bora On TIE snow
Cad Cascades on The east. or the Otyxs-
/ rio mountains On the west Our lowest
temperature was On Marca =, when the
weather observer reported the mercury
down 20 - Taoss are the greatest AK
sremes we get white Boston. for exEna-
pc. IN 1895, varies from - above 70 be-
low. and me resorts OF previous years
show Jumps from 20 above - "a below.
Even senat-sropaoaa Jacksonville, Fla.. wss
+ both hotter ard eolaer than Seattle the
thermometer there ranging In 1888 rrem
{ 100 20 "A degrees, and IN previous years the
average ~as from 20 to -
The above shows hew small ne va-ss-
lions o. taas a-irzA1s were oernrsxstivesy.
curing last year. In crher wars they
+ wsrs about s1s Same ard scmstimss net
even 50 ra-iset: wacs comparing ere
years ternpsratsre with another shows a
rema-kaols eqazhElity. In 1899 the NEAR
average Temperature was sssl IN isss sols
{ N 1854 ee&s In ss5x 6l7i an average In
/ those yssr~ OF E-A
Cemparison Of Rainfall.
.Hsre Goes q. not rain there az the timer
+ queries the inoredaloas Easternsr. This 10
1 Seattlss reputation ard that Of the whole
/ Sound country. among choss who havs
/ never looked into the facts, ard indeed
very often washfngtolsans are consolsid ed
with the citizens of another state and call
( I'd 'swebfeet-" We'll. now. has Bosson tbs
reputation Of baang al ahnorTnaily rslny
place. or PhslsdclShis. or Charleston. s.
/ c.. or Jacksonville, Fsa.. or New Orleans.
or Palestine. Text Look az the offielsl
records for IssS. Seatt.s's total rreclpigA-
tioa, rain ard melted snow. was g %
inches: Boston's &aITI Phrad lahia's,
al.ol. Char.eston's HAlsl Jaeksonvills's.
ss.se; New Orleans. es.ts: and Esalessias's.
<s.7s inches.
We had as before remarked an urrisuai-
~ wet spring last year. and during Novem-
Der floods from heavy warm rains that
melted the mountain SHOWS. IN fact. .
year showing more extremes than any re-
Gently recorded. The precipitation FOR ths
eleven months was s. follows: January.
7.o6 inches: February, sG. March. al;
Aprl. ST; May. SEQ; June, or; July. ~
August. o5o; September. LIS; October,
249; November. rs.
To the newcomer the unexpected warm
winter OF rhe Sound regions Is a genuine
surprise. especially to one who has lived
In the same. or even q lower latitude In
some part of the country east Of tia
Rocky mountains He contrasts the mild
80. .-~fr. a.xe. II
those he has formerly experienced. and
cannot account for the difference and for
the absence OF bEzzards ard severe cold
waves II he came here from the sveltsr-
ing Summers OF the East. bis surprise
would not be 10 great. Yet tho same infiu-
encss tina. temper the winters blasts alss
reduce the summers scorching rays.
Causes Of Mild Climate
The uniformity. eQls.5lity and usscness
of the temperature on the Sound IN the
winter In due TO the fact that tho prevalent
! wsnds are from OF the Pacific ocean As
Is well known. eocount OF that peculiar
property Of water which gives Il a higa
| specific heat. the Temperature OF the sea
| changes bu, little. and winds blowing from
/ or the ocean bear tts temperature with
them. This effect In intensified here. be-
I cause the part OF the Pacific ocean ira
yersed BY these winds IS also ira
versed by the warm japan current
which fs similar I'm its effects upon the
temperature 20 the Gulf stream In Atian-
tic waters. This warmth ard moisture
causes grass. flowers and various kinds OF
vegetation 20 grow the winter through.
As an instance OF the m.ltness Of tire
climate which Fasteners WIN appreciate.
~ may be stated that Seattle has = grow
ing fame for the many varieties OF roses
every one that hss been tested hers-which
n cans very nesriy every known variety
growing 70 perfection. aTsf the remarkable
fact IS that these rise trees. hardy end
delicate alike, ara all LETT offt during tas
Seattle winters without suffering injury.
That the same cause which makes the
Writers mid and warm should make thu
summers mid and cool sayors or the
paradoxical, says Secretary Of State Price.
IN hts review OF our climatic conditions;
yet his conclusions are based upon we'll
known facts AMI are strictly correct The
blowing OF Winds from of a large body o.
water which has a greater specific heat.
and cannot therefore be heated Ike largs
body OF Lard, partially accounts fer the
MD Summers and tho very few really hot
DAYS We have IN swimmer. To understand
this more Thoroughly, a topogrs phicai map
OF the Sound country should hs secured. II
viii show that from Seattle the horizon r.
bounded BY distant mountains capped with
snow all the year round These shelter ms
from the winters blasts ard that great in
land esa. the Sound carries the warmth ~
the Japan current. In the simmer fhe
prevailing wind passes over these snow
capped peaks AMI over Puget eGund Or
over the chain Of beautiful lakes thsi ha's
encircle tho asty, and whence. both IN
sumner and winter. the atmosphere Is
modified and equa,ixed.
No Cyclones or Tornsdoes.
To surn up Mature, BIS che - represented
IN the atmospheric elements Ia never IN
hurry here. never fFsts or fumes or poats.
~ the ordinary human female DOES, ard
indeed. shows none o. the fraIiitcs OF fem
thine humanity. and all her graces That
y why washington has gone INTO history
rs the Evergreen etaFs. In which Nature
always wears a placid sfnle. Neither does
she seOrch ns nor dreuoh us. nor II = SUD
den At or fury carry away our homes BY
ficvds or 1arnadoes or cyclones. or en-
gulf them by earthquake. Atmospheric
DISTURBANCES of q serious character are ~
tir~iy unknown IN ths= xtats- and nothing
has served 20 draw moro serious attention
20 this fact thsn The thousands % rvss
that were sacriGcs6 during iasf sanuer
by the cyclones that Laid waste 81. Louis
and the country for miles aFoung. by the
foods that destroyed millions Of dollars
worth OF properly and hundreds o. human
lives. and by the ertrerns hest everywflsrs