The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-07
Camille FIammarlon, Noted French
Astronomer Is Almost Ready to
Believe That Such is
a Fact.
RECORD OF FIVE YEARS
Cold Summers and Mild Winters
Have Been the Rule Recently
In All Parts Of
Europe.

From the European edition OF the
New York Herald: When the slight
est change or a passing irregularity
in the distribution of temperatures oc-
ours we are often told that the sea-
sons are twisted around. In general
the only foundation for this assertion,
as I have often stated in these col
umns, is an erroneous deduction
from passing Impressions. But today
we are forced to submit to the evil
l.dence as far as the lateness of sum-
mer and the high temperatures of all
tumn for several years are concerned.
There seems really to have been
! change in the seasons.
/ The year 1910 will be inscribed as
one of the most baleful in the an
nails of meteorology. After the disas-
trous floods of January, the soil in
our ATTITUDES, was absolutely saturat-
ed with water, rains continued, and
the earth was cold and sterile for al
: most all manner of agricultural pro-
duction, from the grape to the potato,
and the seasons were unproductive.
i At the same time, in the spring and
contrary, suffered from extreme
heat, which also in certain trans-At-
ilantic districts was disastrous for the
crops through excessive drought. The
i almost constant winds from the west
arrived in Europe saturated with va
por gathered in their course over the
Atlantic ocean. This vapor condensed
! on our cold soil and gave rise to tor
rents of rain along zone stretching
, west to east over France, Belgium,
I Germany, Austria and beyond. 1t was
t a dark, rainy, lamentable year.
) Fine weather began only in the mid
die of September, and it must be
; noted that this is what has happened
o for several years.
: In 1909 the months of June an6
July were particularly cold. The near
e Temperature for the month of June
. was 14.5 degrees at Paris (Parc
$ nt-Maur), the normal being 1876 de
g grees and in certain years being as
g high as 1875 degrees. The mean TEN
2 perature for July was 1873 degrees
/ the normal being 1873 degrees. Aug
4 ust enjoyed fine sunshine and almost
!. every day in October showed a TEN
4 perature higher than the normal
Y There were maxima higher than those
8 of July. For example, on October Il
the maximum was 204 degrees, while
1t was only 1877 degrees on July 8
The temperature was rather mild vi
, to November 4.
The autumn of 1908 was just as ra
diant, with really warm weather from
). September is to October IL and max
j ina often greater than those of June
J. Eor July. In 1907 June was relativel.
cold and July extremely SO. In Angus
$ too. the temperature was below thu
$ normal, September and October, OF
+ the contrary, being much above it,
n In 1906 there was warm weathe
$. from the middle of June to abou
September 10. The rest of that mont
IS was cold and october was very warm
n In November too, the temperature
E. was above the normal. In 1905 tn
II autumn was cold
: So since 1906-that is to say, 70
the last five years-the summer ha
a. been late, arriving only in autumn
al That is a very remarkable fact. In tn
e year 1910 the mean daily tempers
~ lures of June. July, August. Septen
e Der and October were respectively
tle.5 degrees, 1853 degrees, 17.2 d.
grees 14.2 degrees and lis degrees.
1t is seen that the month of Jul
was very cold, colder than June, tt
is temperature being two degrees lowe
A. than the normal which is 1873 d.
grees. In August and September, a
l. so. the temperature was lower tina
e the normal, while in October 1t wa
q nearly two degrees above the norma
Is 1t was only toward the eighth of Sc
TENDER that the sun decided to sho
IS itself. too late for the crops. TIL
n characteristic OF the year 1910 i
lie moreover, the amount of its rainfall
is Late summers and warm summers
le there is resume of our climate IL
n the last five years.
Ii 1t is seen that since 1906 the ter
peratures are nearly all above til
M normal and that in 1908 and especia
ly in 1909 and 1910, the month :
Ia, October has been remarkably war;
Il. It is, as have remarked, kind
overturning of the summer which a
rives now in autumn.
Will 1911 be continuation of TIL
"a heterogeneous and irregular serie:
q To Judge by the month OF Decemb
\. which has just ended and which,
M place of being cold, gave as MAJ
le very warm days, it would seem so.