The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-09-21
FAIR WEATHER AHEAD
Some Words About Snow, Frost and
Rain of the Past.
MILD WEATHER FOR THE STAvE FAIR
There May be a Little Sncw During December
But The Heaviest Fall is Not Due in
Raleigh Till January ard
February.

Light rains may come today but it is
sure to remain cool.
That is the summary of the weather
outlook. The rain is not absolutely GER
tain. for the line of demarcation which
shuts out the rain is variable one.
The present unsettled condition of
weather in the Atlantic States is caused
by a slight baromctric depression over
Florida, which is carrying the cloudy
weather along the entire Atlantic coast.
light rain is to be expected today along
the immediate coast, but it may not
extend as far inland as Raleigh.
The cold weather, or rather the cool
spell, is not at all unusual at this season.
1t is caused by a high barometric condi-
tion in the central Mississippi valley
and west of that, and the change in tenn
perature during the past twenty-four
hours has been slight. In fact while the
cloudy weather continues no radical
change may be expected
There has been no frost yet in this
vicinity, though Oklahoma, Dodge City,
Memphis, Cleveland and Oswego had this
yesterday. There is no record of kill
There were light frosts in Raleigh on
September rs, 1887, September 80, 1888
and September %, 1885, these being the
earliest frosts in the past fifteen years,
all of them coming late in the month,
the average date for frosts here being
the eighth of October. No killing frost
may. be looked for before the first of No
vember
The SHOWS in the vicinity of Raleigh do
not usually come till after Christmas,
the earliest one for many years past be-
ing on November 90. 1891. Sometimes in
December there have been light SHOWS,
though on December 26, k27 and 49, 1892,
there was a fall of snow which reached
9i2 inches. In January and February
come our heaviest SHOWS, the heaviest on
record being 20 inches in January, 1898.
In February, 1899 the snow fall amounted
to III inches.
In the last five days the rainfall in
Raleigh has amounted to 4.96 inches. this
being the total thus far for the month
of September This is 1856 inches above
the average which is $40 inches.
Beginning with October we may expect
some very pleasant weather here as Oc-
tober and November are the most pleas
ant months. Little rain may be expect
ed during these months, the average for
October being 1888 with an average tenn
perature of 65 degrees. In November the
average rainfall has been 234 inches
with an average mean temperature OF ID
degrees, a little colder than October.
The rainy weather of the last few days
has not been the "Equinoctial Storm as
has been enormously stated in some quar-
ters The equinox does not come till
September %, and the Equinoctial Storm
business so weather forecasters say is
an exploded theory.
People who are looking forward to the
State Fair will be rejoiced to hear that
there is probably going to be excellent
weather during that time. An early frost
in the sections where it was already oc-
Cured usually gives this section pc
Rod of mild, pleasant weather from Oc-
tobcr 20 to 80 If this hits" this year
great will be the JOY of Fair visitors and
Fair managers.