Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-01
FAIR.
Somewhat Colder Tonight and Thurs
day; Fresh Westerly Winds.

Forecast till s pm. Thursday: For the
District of Columbia, Delaware and Mary
land, fair and somewhat colder tonight and
Thursday; fresh westerly winds.
For Virginia, fair tonight and Thursday,
colder tonight, and In eastern and central
portions Thursday; fresh westerly winds
Maximum temperature past twentyfour
hours, 81; year ago, 81.
Weather conditions and general forecast:
With the exception of light snow along the
upper lakes and light local rains in the
lower lake region and New England, fair
weather continues in all parts of the coun-
try.
The upper lake region disturbance of
Tuesday has advanced to Ontario, and is
moving rapidly down the ST. Lawrence val
ley. A ridge of high pressure stretches
from Tennessee northwestward to Idaho,
having altered It's position but little in the
last twenty-four hours. second disturb
ance is moving eastward north of Montana.
Fair weather is indicated for the Wash
fngton forecast district. except that snow
tlurries are probable tonight in western
New York. where sharp fall in tempera-
ture is indicated. 1t will also be colder in
the middle Atlantic states; elsewhere the
changes will be unimportant, with a tend
ency to warmer weather in the Ohio valley
and the lower lake region Thursday.
The winds along the middle Atlantic coast
will be fresh to brisk westerly. becoming
northwesterly on the south Atlantic coast
light to fresh northwesterly; on the east
gulf coast light northerly, and on the lower
lakes brisk northwest to west.
Storm warnings are displayed on the low
er lakes.
Steamers departing today for European
ports will have fresh southeasterly shift
ing to southwesterly winds and fair wealth
er to the Grand Banks.
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
rolIo
thermometer and bar, eter at the weather
bureau for the twenty-iour hours beg ming
at pm. yesterday:
Thermometer, October 81, pm. 81; 8
pm, Of; II midnight, AZ; November l,
am. Al; I'm, Al; IL noon, 80; pm. 50.
Maximum, 62, at pm. October 81; mini
mum, Al, at I am, November l.
Barometer, October 81, 4 pm, 1905; 8
pm, 5000; u midnight 20 95 November /,
am, 29.s5; am, 1888; noon, $3.50; 2
pm. 2919.
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide 30 m and $50 D. M !;
high tide. I'LL am. and II "a pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide. 620 am. and $50
pm; high tide, 12:0S am.
The Sun and Moon
Today-Sun rose. 6:26 am; sun sets, 5
Tomorrow-Sun rises, 6:27 am. ..,....
Moon sets, 9:13 pm.
The City Lights.
The city lights and naphtha lamps all
lighted by thirty minutes after sunset; eX-
tinguishing begun one hour before sunrise
All arc and ncandeScent lamps lighted fif-
teen minutes after sunset and eXtinguished
forty-five minutes before sunrise.
Up-River Waters.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
HARPER'S FERRY, w. Va, November
1.-The Shenandoah is clear and the Po-
tomac cloudy here today.
Washington Weather in November.
The weather bureau has issued compila-
ton showing the weather in November in
Washington in the past thirty-five years
The mean temperature has been 45 degrees.
The warmest month was in 1902 when the
average was 81 degrees. The coolest was
in 1850, when the average was 40 degrees
The highest temperature was 80, on No
vember 49, 1879. The lowest tempera ture
was u, on November %, 1880 The average
precipitation (rain melted snow for the
month has been 2.71 inches. The greatest
amount of snowfall in twenty-four consecu-
tive hours was four inches, on November
13, 1904. The average number of clear days
has been 10; partly cloudy, 10; cloudy, 10
The prevailing wind has been from the
northwest.