The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-17
OLD SOL LOSES OUT
JUNE HAS TURNED INTO A DE-
LIGHTFUL MONTH.
SHORT ON TEMPERATURE.
LITTLE CHANCE OF FORTY-FIVE
DEGREES BEING MADE UP.

Not Necessary for Savannahians to
Visit Summer ResOrts-The City n
Resort in ItseIf-June Has So
Far Been Cool and Pleasant and
There Is no Real Reason why il
Should Change - Wenther Man
Does Not Think That Big Defici-
ency for the Month viii Be Made
Up Either.
The reports made by the Savannah
Weather Bureau show that up to date
the month of June has been consider
ably below the mean in temperature,
and the indications are that the sum
mer will be pleasant.
Through the first half of the present
month the temperature has not once
passed the mean, and on several days
1t has been below the mean tempera-
ture, notably on last Saturday and
Sunday, when the deficiency was IL and
degrees. The total deficiency for the
half of the month passed has been over
As degrees.
The thermometer is a very small in
strument, but its readings are careful
ly noted by everybody. Rich and poor,
sick and well, laborer and millionaire,
all take considerable stock in the
weather, and the fact that Savannah
has had such a delightful two weeks in
the month of June is a matter that is
worthy of notice and comment. Not
that it is unusual in this city to enjoy
the early summer, but because the fact
cannot be too often brought to view
that Savannah has a delightful eli
mate and is a pleasant place to live,
winter and summer, spring and fall.
With a deficiency of As degrees already
in June, it is hardly likely that the
mean for the month will be caught up
with, and everybody should be pro-
portionately glad.
The only people who may have some
thing to complain of are the proprie-
tors of the resorts, who may lose some
business on account of the continuance
of fine weather in Savannah; but this
will not probably be real trouble, IS
those who have arranged to go away
for holiday trip are not expecting to
stop, even with good weather here, and
the excellence of the climate will be
enjoyed, anyway by the hundreds and
II have but recently returned from
a trip of several weeks in the North
said a gentleman in discussing the
weather, land / am glad to again get
into a climate where there are not such
sudden changes. In New York where
1 have been it was summer one day
and winter the next. You never know
what to expect and a person has to be
provided with all kinds of clothing in
ND 70 ha altar
the summer comes in it is pretty GER
tain to continue, and we soon get used
to a pretty high temperature. Our
clothes are regulated according to the
climate and we do not worry about
anything.
Il left the South some weeks ago,
and it was warm and pleasant, and
struck New York in a very hot spell.
For time it seemed like midsummer.
Then there was a cold spell and l was
obliged to buy an overcoat. Again it
turned warm and the thinnest clothes
l had were uncomfortable. Savannah
will do me very well for a. steady diet.
There are warm spots, no doubt, dur
ing the summer, but as rule the
weather is only what I call delight
full
Talk About CIOudbursts.
The weather man was asked to say
something ABOUT CIOuODuTSIS yesterday
and the terrible calamity that befell
Heppner, Oregon, was mentioned. He
was, however, not in a position to
give any official information about the
matter, remarking very aptly, that
such performances were entirely with
out warning, and no records were
made of them in the reports sent out
to the various stations in the coun-
try. The theory of forest fires causing
the unusual precipitation, commonly
called cloudbursts, was discussed at
some length, but the officials were not
ready to say that such was likely to
be the case.
The weather chart showed no trace
of the fearful flood that came direct
from the clouds. IF these things would
happen where our stations are located,
or if we could get the least infor-
nation of their coming, things would
be different with us, for we would be
very quick to seize an opportunity
for studying such matters. The re-
port of a low barometer and heavy
rainfall for the section was all that
the wires brought into the local wealth
er bureau regarding the conditions ex-
listing in the neighborhood of the Ore
gon town destroyed by water" Con-
tinuing the observer said that Savan-
nah was certainly safe from any such
source of trouble as the rising of the
river, as the city is very much higher
than the river.