The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-09-03
MERCURY At 81 Makes
HOLIDAY CROWD SH|vER
New Workers in Chilling Mist,
While West Swcltcrs in
Midsummer Heat.
STORM CENTRE Is MOVING
To-day Expected to Be Fair and
Warmer-Last August Cold.
est Since 1903.

While folks here were getting out thar
overcoats and heavy clothing yesterday
and cursing the janitor for not firing the
furnace. the middle West and South wers
suffering from midsummer heat and
Labor Day sports were celebrated under
bright sun.
In New York. New Jersey, Pennsv,.
vania and the New England States tho
skies we're overcast and the mercury hung
down about the 60 mark lnterrn,ient
showers relieved only by heavy mist
that sent shivers through the s,rce,
crowds drove almost every ono indoors
and sent thousands home from the noun.
tains and seashore before the day passed
The lowest temperature recorded yes.
terday was 6i degrees. That was al An
A. NJ The thermometer climbed SLOWLY
until s o'clock. when it showed an on.
couraging SO. From O'Clock until
p. NJ. the mercury stayed at 63. and then
it went up one degree. A cold wind tha,
searched out the very marrow bic around
he street corners and made all but tho
most ardent fans shake their heads and
remain indoors when it was time for
games to start.
Another cold blow struck town at 2.3o
clock when the thermometer read At
degrees and at 3 O clock it had gone down
to G.. The temperature rose slightly
after that. and at 43O o'clock IL was back
to ca. The weather sharps thought that
it would continue to rise until to-day.
when some perceptible relief could be
looked for.
An unusual humidity accompanied the
low temperature and made it threefold
worse. At o'clock in the morning The
moisture in the atmosphere measured
within three points Of precipitation
This changed rapidly to a2 at o O'Clock
and 81 at 10 O'Clock. Then a heavy mist
drifted in and at noon the humidity was
05 II huctuated all afternoon between
sd and a5
A smart shower broke over the city
az $50 A. NJ. and dashed the hoyes Of
he early risers. but stopped at 6:l5 and
held of until 1915. when a heavy mist
dropped from the leadcn sky, saturatng
clothing and driving even the mos,
venturesome pleasure seekers indoors
| The barometer was slightly above 20
all day.
A mean little storm centre which
lowered over the New Jersey coast was
the cause OF all the mischief. Its cold
and water laden circumference stretched
over he Middle Atlantic and New England
States and delayed the warm wave which
was expected yesterday by the experts
of the Wcat her Bureau. The local fore
casters Yesterday believed hat he centre
| would move up the New England coast
over the ocean and that with 1t would 20
all tho ram and the low Temperature
II was said hat to-day probably would lie
fair and much warmer.
Although the low temperature Of to-
day was exceeded in 1909, when the ther-
mometer stood at J2 on September >. and
IN several other cases. this has been an
unusual day" said one of the assistants
at the Weat her Bureau
IF you We're to make a mean Of the
minimum and maximum Temperatures
TO day II would be very low in comparis
with the records of other years. When
his condition changes the temperatu
will rise rapidly and there will be quick
transformation. The bad weather is
local here and in New England. For
he past few days it has been cloudy as
far west as Pittsburg, but west of Pitts
burg and south of Baltimore il has been
clear and unusually warm The tempera-
ture on Sunday at Raleigh. \. g., was ps;
AZ Baltimore. s., and AT Phlade phia ~.
| he same conditions prevailed over the
Ohio valley. the Middle West and south
of there to the Gulf"
The heat was extreme in the South
Atlantic States. and at Atlanta. Ga it
reached record of 90 degrees OH Sunday
with little improvement yesterday 4,
Columbus. =. c.. the thermometer regis
tered 10 degrees. and at Charleston II
was The same. At Tampa. Fla, 95 de
grees was attained which was only one
degree below the record
The records of the Weather Bureau
show that August was colder than any
corresponding month since 1909. The
average temperature was 7O,7 degrees.