Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1898-05-11
PLEASANTVILLE, N. j, WEDNESDAY, MAY II, 1893.
"Let's talk about the Weather"

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Mr.. EDITOR:
There are many people who laugh at
the idea of weather conditions during
the period of the sun crossing the line
being in any way an Indicator of the
weather for the succeeding months.
During the 20, 21 and % of March the
weather it viii be remembered was
cold and stormy the whole time. The
wind blowing from the North-easteriy
direction all the time. The prevailing
winds have been from that quarter
since and in all probability will continue
to be. That is to say that majority
OF the time from now until Sept 20 next
north and east winds may be looked for
About seven years ago we had just such
another spring only worse if anything
The springs in the ground were so high
that much of the farm land south of the
Shore Road had to be plowed with one
horse on account of the horse walking in
the furrow and getting into the mire.
Don't get discouraged but look for this
kind of weather. WEATHER WISE.
"Weatherwise" is decidedly otherwise,
for there are no established natural laws
that confirm his theory, and no per-
manent records of the weather for long
series of years that warrant any such
conclusion as he deduces-if his state
ments were correct, which they are not.
The time of which he writes is less than
eight weeks ago, but he is s'away off, in
his statement concerning the weather at
that time. The three days of March 20,
81, and %, 1898. were not "cold and
stormy the whole time," with "the wind
blowing from the Neartheasterly direc-
ton all the time" On the contrary
Sunday, March 20, was very warm
and pleasant day with a fresh breeze
from the Southwest all day. At the
residence of the Editor of The Press the
thermometer registered seventy degrees
in the shade at 1 O'Clock in the after
noon. In Atlantic City the official
statement of the weather bureau gives
the maximum temperature during the
day at sixty-six degrees and the wind
southwest with velocity of ten and
eleven miles per hour at 8 O'Clock A. M.
and 8 P. NJ, respectively.
On Monday, March 81, the noon tenn
perature was fifty-six degrees, and the
highest in Atlantic City was fifty-four
degrees warm day for March. In the
morning there was light rain from to
O'Clock, after which the weather was
cl0udv all dar Tho w;nd wou Northoouf
and blew with diminishing force all
day.
Tuesday, March %, was more like our
correspondents kind of weather. The
highest temperate was As degrees, the
wind was moderate from the Northeast
and three-tenths of an inch of rain fell
during the day. From these official
figures "Eeatherwise" will perceive that
his own statements are the best evidence
against the correctness of his conclu-
sions. He will also discover that the
condition of the weather is easily for
gotten, unless one keeps daily record
Of it, as the Editor of The Press does,
and has for more than thirty years.
Long before the September equinox, we
will venture the assertion, Weather
wise'' will think this locality hotter than
the hinges Of Tophet, and will be signing
for some of that cold "northeaster" that
didn't show up on the twentieth of
March,