The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-22
COLD WEATHER
IN ENTIRE SOUTH
APRIL RECORD NOT BROKEN.
ALTHOUGH 1T SEEMED SO TO
THOSE IN THE STREET.

Every April for Last Ten Years Has
Brought Forth Colder Weather.
With One Exception, However, Ii
Was Coolest April Fl on Record.
Coolest April Day on Record Was
in 1001-WarminS Up Process BE-
gins To-day-Fruit Yield Appar-
emily Unharmed.
Despite the assertions of the oldest
inhabitants" that this April is the
coolest in the history Of Savannah"
such is not the case.
Every April for the last ten years
has had colder weather. With the ex-
ception Of April 81, 1901, however, yes
terday was the coolest April 81 on rec
ord.
The highest point reached by mer-
curry was 5S degrees. This point was
recorded at 1905 o'clock Thursday
morning. From that point slow
falling off occurred until 10 o'clock in
the morning, when the lowest point for
the day was reached, As degrees.
Then the upward Journey began and
SAS"AJ boS ShiCly IlCECuIy CllIIlDeQ Ine
tube until 4 O'Clock in the afternoon it
had attained the "a degree point. Then
a downward journey began again at
s O'Clock last night the official reading
was 81 degrees.
The day seemed colder than it real
ly was owing to the almost total alb
sence of sunshine. Late in the after
noon the sun made an heroic effort
10 pierce the heavy, gray clouds, but
the slight warming. UP lasted only for
a few moments. Then all was again
shrouded in gray.
The wind added not a little to the
unpleasantness Of the day, During
the entire day a cold northeast wind
blew, chilling pedestrians. Toward
nightfall 1t changed to the direct north
and at 10 O'Clock died down almost en-
tirely.
Relief Is Promised.
Relief is promised for to-day by the
weather man. Warming tempera-
lures tonight and Friday" was the
official bulletin hung out in the morn
ing. No sunshine is promised. how
ever, showers" being the best he
could say regarding the weather in
this line.
Though apparently very cold, former
Aprils have outdone this month. and
there should be no great cutlery raised.
Ihe official compilers of records claim
that the coolest April during the last
tnlrty-three years was April of 1901
when the monthly average temperature
was only 81 degrees.
- ne lowest temperature ever reached
on an April day was SO degrees, the
record established on April 2, 1881.
Other Aprils since that date have all
produced lower temperatures than has
this month thus far. Frosts have oc-
Cured on April 3.
Fruit Trees Unframed.
The reports sent in to the local
weather bureau office from other
points in the state indicate that the
fruit trees have been unframed by the
cold spell and that there is no reason
for fear that the yield this year will be
small one. In speaking of the mat
ter Local Forecaster H. B. Boyer said.
Il do not believe that the fruit yield
has been injured. Though in the
fruit-growing sections 1t was cold
enough for frosts, none were reported
to this station. The cloudy weather
acted against frosts and thus pre-
vented the cold weather from doing
such damage as might reasonably
have been expected. The warming up
process viii begin Friday"
At O'Clock last night, when mer-
curry at Savannah stood at 81 degrees,
at other points in the South the fol-
lowing records were made Charles
ton, 81; Atlanta, so; Augusta, 50:
Jacksonville, 60; Asheville, so; and
IIatteras, 49, The coolest station to
report last night was Marquette, at
which place mercury could get no
higher than 80 degrees