Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-07-11
The smart housewife always asks for
EliHGSF0RD'S
CSWEGO STARCH
rrce inferior She has
f04na BY experience that "SlLVsR GLOSS"
laundry gives md finish that is unequalod
ALL FIRST GLASS oRocERs.

Time. ana that IL at the observatory Of
{ D. lNu college. Havana.
the climate ~ the Wost indies pre-
H.uta. with respect tu both TENT ri-
tur AMI rainfall. cpnsld rah'' vlra-
TONS from tha generally conceived idea
nf tropical uniformity TnrHe IrI.
lions are largely. N nIt entirely, ctu7ed
hy differences in altitude and pHFltiuu
with respect to the prevailing winds 3i
The zone.
"The average annual temperature ~
Havana. nH determined ff1m the ODE
eor,duuna ne Heigu college. made dur
Ing The dec0nnlum 4 ,-9i. may o. STATE
90 lu round numbers aa 81 dHrtrc1
Fahr In ihIH deceunium One highest
annual temperature was az u. $50
Fahr. and this occurred upon three
occasions. and the lowest annual tem-
p'U'lru was tb1 degrees FHhr. and
happened upon only one occasion HhuW-
INK loo the ton years an oxtrcma range
ln annual averages ~ but a. . rfrrf.
% would therefore seem urubHb thft
the mean Temperature Tor the drrsuulHl
pnslI lAss-pi o. about % true average
COT Havana Tor amy long period. ThH
wlrn"rt month ~ Havana D. Iuy. with
400 average temperature N s2f drrr. .f
flhr Tho coolest month o. January.
The hIrhDHt .WunruturO recorded Ua#
iO1d degrees Fair. iu July 1921. HnI
ihu lowest i,.G degreoa Fahr in F.b-
rulry. 1876.
"For Matanzas.on the coas, about NJ.
- miles east Uf Havana. there Dr. u
record for twp years. sr1m this the
mean annual temperature Ht MltHngts
urp"1tH 90 hr about 1s drrrH.H FHhI
AZ Santiago 81 ls apparently Higher
than uu the northern aud Wratarn
cllHirnrd from tho mcagfe data avail
lblr arrears TO De about O.Ehiy de-
"rhs relative humidity of the ntmn.
srh0ru appears 10 BE- fairly Constant. ns
flr HH can be determined from the
observations available. and averages
about % per cent. 81 alturltion
tn. absolute humidity Or very EroHf.
a. Havana The average a. about 10
ruIn1 NJ vnpor 60 the cubic foot %
1Ir The nvCr1rc uinfall fIr Havana
r. about MNty-tWo inches fur thH year.
ON am average thr rruuiest rainfall oc.
gufs in October and the next Weatoat
10 June.
THE description M tho rainfall Of
cuba vlfuIliW resolves itself Hl far
uf prnrOut Information goes. Into that
~ rainfall ut Havana. Tho number 10
Gays upon which rain falls D. upon the
whole cnns'l f1hlc about one day out
0f t.ir,e ut Havana.
"lhH prevailing winds OF ths Wcn
indies nrc che 'uprthe1a, trades Tho
average velocity " the Wind n ~.
VuuH De- about 90 mIloH I'm hour In
climates having such hIfh tampHrn-
lutD nrd humIIiilgH ORE shown f0r th
MDrI indies thH velocity of tho wind
ana i'a tuntHUcy Hro az thn rrcitrnt
lmpliuu 60 both comfort and
health"
AH may ho gathered from the portions
quoted. Aig Phillips report ls hIrhly
Interesting, ana should serve 60 remove
cHtinln mltupprchrual1uH. which now
rNIHi respecting The temperature and
rainfall ~ cuba The belief D. Wide.
apri that the heat aud rainfall nr.
Infinitely greater than ir any rnrt II
thIH roIuify3 whereas In r6niliy tho
average summer temperature uf iIn-
ynu1 a. hut uuln hlrhUr than that ~
Now orleans. while HH rainfall IL Hr.
tunlly l'.f The climate ~ the low
coast lands M cuba o. that NJ tho Tor.
ga Epue. ana ln the rainy Hrlrona
doubtless rNerCirrg O. prrnic.Hua ,nort
upon tho health NJ mICe'lmHtirrd
white mon. The hirhor Interior ~ tho
Islands enjoys % more temperate at
munph'rn.