The Atlanta constitution., 1900-11-07
DELAY OF COLD WEATHER
PUZZLES THE FORECASTER

The past fortnight has witnessed al
most phenomenally warm weather. 10y
all the rales Of precedent. this sec'ioA
should have had its first light frost some
ter da7.s ago. and the last third of ~"
north should have been light oVetc"te
weather The average date OF liSnt ff""''
based Gn The government mcteofoio-4c'''
records for TWENTY-FIVE years. is oc'otef
18th. Within that period there nave ht.'ii
several instances Of frost appearing thr
latter part of Septemba". Indeed. ~ re
have bean kit!ing frosts much e2rller ih
the month than this. The earliest hi''i'i9
frcst was on October I. iS>2.
we are trying 10 locate the deferred
cold wave said Forerlster Marbu'N
last week. but 50 far il has b3iiied the
science OF this Gcpa rtment The temner-
iture 50 far for the month is IN deEtt'S
warmer than normal. or about degrees
n day. S'ngulariv enough. the h'SheSI
daily temper lures have occurred during
the lattee half of October. From the SIN
10 the 18Th IL averaged u degrees below
normal and was little too cool Tor COM
fort ON the 18th the mercury fell 70 u
Since the 20 the temperature has aver
aSed Is degrees day aDCVe the normal
The normal for October IS g degrees. The
I maximum Yesterday wa a.. and sodtV
has had about the same temperature. Inc
forecast for the next thrty-siX hours IS
fair and stationary.
STILL continued the professor. taking
the weather as a whole for The wear, i
can not loo called phenomenal. 1t is IL
degrees ahead of normal TO date. \ cold
srap. which might come any time. would
soon cat down thGse figures Former
wears have shown higher figures ABOVE
normal than thesa. There IS nothing 20
justif.- predictions OF ara abnormal winter
in am respect. In this latitude We need
lot look toy genuine winter weather ne
core January LIST. OF course. We have
plenty OF sharp weather. even in Noyem-
Der November has never escaped freez-
ing. and has davs when the mercury how
ers in the POS. The WaCmesL minimums
recorded ia any November Were ia the
eos and on ove-coat is comfortable with
such n ten ,peTature.'
Professor AIarbury said the rainfall for
the month was thrCe-fourths .. an inch
above normal. being 10 date 90 inches.
When shown the prediction OF Andrew
Jackson DeNoe. the celebrated New Jer-
sey weather prophet whose predictions
the rdsj five years have been regarded IS
snsularly accurate. Professor Marbury
said astrcI omy was ont of his sphere, and
that The weather bure2u took no stock IN
prognostiC ators who relied Ju the methods
of the ast' clogers OF old.
The EeNoe prediction for this winter,
as given by one who interviewed him re
ccatiy at his home. IL as follows:
Mr. DcNoe predicts a very Geld fan ana
a severe and early Wiut ec. The Cpldest
wCa her might Oc expected. n said, in
Dccembc-. which would b- also very
stormy. BY cold weather. MIR. DeVoe
sand, he meant what is popularity known
Is Zero weather, and he prem SEES with IL
good slei2hing. Winter. according To Mr..
Devce. WI start in To do business about
Novembe. Sth, when We VIII have a co,d
weather seem very ,ame. From that time
to the end of the month there Will be a
succession of storms and freezing wealth
er. IN December there VIII - heavy
storms on the 9TH ana Sth. and sleigh
riding during the middle of the NOR IN,
mas viii see a slight change. but zero
weather Ill begin in January witr SNOW
storms and q taste IF the winter of years
ago.
Il make these predictions" said Mr.
DCVoe from Astronomical conditions |
receive chart Of these every day from
one of the best astronomers IN the United
States There is absolutely no guesswork
about ii. / make my forecast right on
these conditions. For instance whom Z
wrote over a year ago that a great storm
would occur in the gulf in September the
astronomical conditions We're such thaC 7
arrived at that conclusion The chief
thing on which l base my forecast is the
position of the suns eclipse Wherever
surface it will be followed by very severe
storms and ii will be the great storm
battle ground for six months This storm
belt is going to travel north. and there
will he eight great storms in progress, in
different parts of the earth at the same