Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-10-18
Weather Bureau Furnishes Interest
ing Information for Visitors.
"Boos1" FOR THE EXPOSITION
Conditions at Site of Tcr-centennial
Are Almost Ideal, According TO
Government statistics-Strikss 4
Happy Medium.

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Jamestown Exposition can pui forth
Il confident statcmcnt +, Tho nubl,,
rccardin. Tho cIim,,;, noo,.,, ao,,,t
,;, $500
'' s"'""'''ihS 'he scene OF IN"
great exhibition that will take place
next year.
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"'ehl on the subject under cunsid-
Grafton which issues from the United
States Weather nrn,u .rbo oy
no.;,i,,, .u,
" w. o'ci ''' '"c -''li aaE OF
"''' ''oHc VII 'nc SUN daN oi
NoNeiliher. me intervening time be.
tween these dates covers. therefor,
three seasons of the var. sprInr
summer and autumn. With the data
AT hand giving the mean tcmperp.
turc Of these seasons. an instr,,ctiy.
lesson is conveyed. the value of which
VIII Nc paramount To those contem
pia''hS Il VISIT.
The latitude of the Jamestown Ter
Centennial Exposition grounds Is 81.
This is the natural average for the.
country, being about cuui-distant from
the nJrthermmost point at n. ami
i!oih me southern end OF Florida II
- rms happy medium shcers on
,"r cNCe"aSS 81 pom extremes and
iuius we oc''er Clements.
ne substance pl the report oil the
l'!ii''n Si3eS weather bureau Is mere
WIN submitted:
Sprnig-The average temperature
Tor III" spring months is 81 which
IL about ten degrees ablve that Of
Atlantic City. The average. during
this period nj Atlantic City and it,
contiguous territory as far ms Phlla-
delphia and New York hoverS around
the freezing point
Summertime average during the
season is obviously higher, though il
is worthy of remark that the range
of temperature is not so great as
farther north Hampton Roads. ia.
Atlantic City, 70.4: New York. lis.
Boston. G9.l.
Autumn-This season is n repeti.
tion Of the spring season. To many II
is more delightful. The average TEN.
perature is G0i while at Atlantic
City i. is sc: New York. 81: Boston
81. During this season all the pleas.
ureS OF outdoor life may be enjoyed
10 the full.
Humidi,y-Artcr temneroturo The
u.ost i1nuortau, nlemcnt I'm tho cnn.
sidera;ion of climate is ,,o Ioyrec
OF humidity. This section il, encci.
ally fortunate in Thai regard While
II does not rank in the class win tho
extremcly drv climate 3r Nov Novice
and Arizona. vet if stands ahead
of all The Atlantic resorts i'm noints NJ
drvness of the atmosDhere For tbe
sprng months the mean relative hu
midity of HAMPTON Roads is G7.S.
summer us: autumn 74.S anu win.
ter 72.G. For the wear the average
is IT'S Atlantic CIV for the yepr
is 1914. difference of S 10 points
In favor of Hamilton Roads. THE
average for New York Is GOT. RIocE
Island SIS, Nantucket, sos. we are
even ahead of jacksonville, Florida
with It's average of 70 ana Charles.
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