The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-12-30
IS THE WEATHER EcCENTRIC7
MT ron ITS VARYING CHANGES
LIFE WOULD BE 4 MONOTONY.

MT ron ITS VARYING CHANGES
LIFE WOULD M 4 MONOTONY.
~. variations "A Part of the Laws of
Nature and sooner or Later They
ueaeh "A General Average-Thi.
Yrar VIII End with a Large Sur
pius Of TtrnperRture a. an Offset
20 preceding Years-The study OF
ueteoroIogy From "a MeteorIoEtst's
standpoint.
rs the weather eccentric9 Webster de-
.aes the word eccentric. as deviation
ron the center. or from the usual course.
md taken IN this sense. the weather Is
.ssuredly eccentric. as u seldom runs
long the lines OF It's normals. or when
Ct. does touch these lines its stay Is brief
taken Ia a broader sense. these appar-
,r- ercentricities are a part OF khe fixed.
.,mutable laws OF nature which are being
.rried out under what We term the laws
az ,eonpe nsatlon. This swinging, back
and forth over che normal lines has not
,be regular. rhythmical stroke OF the PEN
auium. for II Il had general forecasts.
years in advance could be made. On the
ronfrary. the swing OF the weather from
month 90 month is quite erratic, but tho
sum total at the end OF the year 90 may
ross.bly take several years.. will coincide
Nth the normal In other words. II our
neurological balance sheet be against
Odd. this week. month. season or year.
.mpensating departure In tho form OF a
..rplus Will surely be entered on the
.-sIlt side later on. a deficiency In atmos-
r1cr.c phenomena over a particular region
90 A certain time. Is counterbalanced by
IA excess over some other portion o. the
country or globe. and this is worked out
and maintained an equilibrium. not IN
chose elements which 20 10 make up the
vr.ther only. but In all nature. As re
rds temperature AID precipitation. the
.go clements which probably affect or
.4ric life the most. their apparent vaga-
+.s we're aptly described recently Ia the
N.W York Tribune:
ANY one who compares the actual
mean temperature for a month with the
4verare for that month for the previous
-a.rty or nifty years will almost invaria-
NV detect considerable excess or den-
~Iencv The same Is true or the precip-
itqtion. The difference may he small and
scarcely noticeable or 81 may be large
put II h. practically always discerniole.
-cot once in a hundred times probably VIII
either che average temperature or rain
OF for four consecutive weeks be exact
h, normal. And So while there is often
good deal OF extravaganza IN popular
comments on the weather. and especially
,.nardlng the remarkable character, u
b. nevertheless the fact that u Is always
rftle warmer or a nttlo colder ana a
t.te dryer or a little wetter than Il ought
90 be-"
That 70 is"aiways a little warmer or
ar a
vrstter than q ought 20 be" is forciby IL
1rs.ra,ed by che fact that at Savannah
4.trirv the past ten years, 10
,ponths May 1900 was the only
month during which We received exactly
Ia. much heat ns we are entitled to; While
during the same time there was not
month during which we we're permitted
20 record our exact allotment OF precipita-
ton-oIways wetter or dryer.
SIS it g. with the months. 50 iSis win
mo years. Taking the year 1870 u Is found
inat tke pendulum Of temperature depart
DAT. from the normai--usiug suggestive
ra-lse--it IS found that s. swung 20 the
s.de o. deficiency during the months OF
January. February and March; during
Arr.l Il oscilated b tho side OF excess
Tor May IL hung motionless ~ normal
qn unusual occurrence as stated ABOVE
eDinrInE 20 the deficiency side again
during June 70 then passed back TO the
s,da 81 excess during July August sep
TENDER. October and November WINE
December promises to end with siient
negative quantity. As a whole tho year
viii end with quite a large plus balance
90 us credit but we need only 10 turn
hack 20 1881 and 1855 when 4 was iarger'
or fo 1891 1892. 1895 and $50 when th@
balances were the other way.
la precipitation the pendulum has
swung 70 the excess side, viz; January,
April October and November, December
promising 10 give uE a slight deficiency
ard thus the last year OF the nineteenth
century would end Indebted 10 us 10 the
amount OF approx mately inches OF rain
Fan Here again We may turn back 20 the
years 1899 and 1892 when the deficiency
was greater. or 20 '93, -. '95. N ana 49,
when We had more than our allowance.
These drviations resolve themselves into
me grand averages or normals. converse
lr. therefore, the normals are made up or
sariesa 81 ahncrtnsls or ccccutricties.
But, TO phlosophize little, what would
no be without these abnormais which
Isud spice and zest 10 everything7 This
recalls the words Of tho familiar song
spring Would BE But Gloomy Weather
litd We Nothing Else But Spring which
WILDLY brings to mind memorable and
protracted period, at = place nesting near
inc tropics, wherein the eloudless skies
NfA CONTINUOUS kidfe OF hl4AhA eeAHWine
nearly became uubearable. while on an
other occasion the wearisomc irksomeness
% clouds and rain for - days became al
most intolerahle-a period during which
every man. woman and child became mis-
anihropes aud perslmists. II causes ono
2" Shudder merely TO contemplate what
existence would be under non-ecccntric
weather conditions. Tor its terrible mo-
toiony would be simply awful.
u. n. Boyer.
Local Forecast Ofiicial.