Cañon City record., 1898-02-03
OUR WEATHER.
A Brief Comparison of Our Weather
With Other Famous Health Re-
sorts for 1897.

At the ,flrSt glance the annual re-
port for 1897 of the weather bureau
is but mass of uninteresting statis-
tics. A further study of the same,
taking out a few figures here and
there and comparing them with others
proves that there is much that is of
value and interest in it. To all Of us
who believe that the climate of Canon
City the year round is superior to
that of many of the most noted health
resorts, the comparison is but con-
firmation of the faith that is in US.
An analysis of the different tables
and charts in the report shows that
the mean annual temperature of
Canon, which is 53o is $50 higher
than that of Colorado Springs, our
nearest resort for invalids, table of
statistics compiled from the weather
buresu rel,orts for four years gives
the average difference of f0, SO that
1897 is no exception to the rule.
This difference is due principally to
three conditions, viz: the higher alti-
tude of over TOO feet, the exposed
location of Colorado Springs on the
plains and the direction of the pre-
vailing wind, which is north. The
prevailing wind at Canon is west, but
lying so close to the wall OF noun
tains on the west the wind movement
here is very much less than it is even
ten miles east of here, as any one can
easily prove by drive on the Beaver
Creek road any day when the wind
is blowing from the west. II is to be
regretted that We have no instru-
ments here for recording the actual
hours of sunshine for a comparison of
of the rough estimate of the sky leads
one to believe that such a record
would be higher than that of any
other place in the state. The num-
Der of totally cloudy days for the
year in Canon is 20; for Colorado
Springs it is 81. Think what this
means for the invalids to whom the
sunshine is almost as precious as the
breath of life. Here We can promise
them two months more of sunshine
each year than they can get at Colo
RADIO Springs, which proportion is
maintained in the statistics of the
past four years.
The rainfall is about the same in
both places, being lib inches at
Canon and ll.63 inches at Colorado
Springs The snowfall, however, is
more than twice as much at Colorado
Springs as at Canon, the figures being
BIS inches and ii inches.
The difference in temperature be-
tween Denver and Canon is not so
great, being but So. but the rainfall
is greater and the snowfall is 59.2
inches. More than four times as
much as fell here. The number of
cloudy days there was 81, or nine
weeks more of cloudy days than we
had here.
Compared with Ashwith, North
Carolina, which is a fayorite year
round resort for invalids, our mean
temperature is but % lower, while
our rainfall is less than cne-third as
great. How many more hours Of sun
shine we would have it is impossible
to state. rs we have no available
statistics, but their number would
certainly be much greater.
Lack of time prevents further COM
parisons, all of which are favorable to
Caaon's climate. 1t is the desire of
the local observer here to compile
statistics of actual hours of sunshine
and of the sensible temperature"
Such statistics would only show how
much more delightful climate we have
and would convince invalids Of the
futility of running from here to other