Bisbee daily review., 1912-10-05
.B|SBEE CLIMATE ExELLS OTHERS
Town Been Too Busy Ex- tracting Copper to Praise Its Weather for Bene-
 fit of Tourists
LOWER THAN AVERAGE

Although Bisbee always has been too busy mining copper to pay any attention to the claims that might be advanced that this district is eith- CT suited for a summer resort or a winter resort every time a climate logical report is received from the agricultural department, it becomes clear to him who would study the figures that if Bisbee cared it might we'll lay claim to being suited for eith- CT or for both.
 Figures show a more equable eli mate here than in any other city of the state that reports and an absence of extreme as well. Had the cities of Arizona that seek tourists the climate that belongs to Bisbee they would re- joice even more loudly than they do, would sound their own praises more valiantly and persistently than ever
 But Bisbee keeps On taking copper from the earth and while visitors are always made welcome no effort is put forth to attract them This has been because the city was not located on a transcontinental railroad and when the Rock Island begins run ming over the Southwestern an effort will be made to have that railroad give to Bisbee a little of the publicity that other railroads have given to other Arizona cities along their routes.
 Those who remained at home in Bisbee during the summer know how comfortable they were able to keep but for those who went away some quotations from the latest climatologi- cal report, that for July, received yesterday, will prove interesting.
 July in Arizona was uniformly cool CT than the average, ranging from to g degrees below the normal accord ing to the point of observation. In Bisbee this departure was 35 de- grees and the mean average tempera- ture for that month was 71.S de- grees Bisbee was on an average of degrees cooler than Benson, 1-2 cooler than Douglas, Phoenix had 13 1-2 degrees more heat, Tucson 10 degrees and even old Tombstone was 5 degrees warmer. The warmest day of the month in Bisbee was 95 while Benson had 106, Douglas IO7, Phoenix 1O9 and Tucson 105. The lowest that
 
 greatest daily range was 5I.
 Douglas had a low temperature of fl and an extreme range of 56. Phoe- nix had extreme changes of 46 de- grees in a day, Tucson 5Il, Flagstaff 49, and Prescott 42.
 Precipitation was heavier than the normal throughout the state and the excess in Bisbee was 3-4 inches. It seems peculiar that there should De such variation in rainfall noted in cities close together but the rainfall here was more than twice as great as at Douglas or Benson.
 Yuma used to be the subject of much joking on it's summer climate and was inclined to be peevish on that subject. The palm for heat must be awarded elsewhere in 1912. in July the highest at Yuma was no and the average SSS the latter being only 1-2 degrees higher than PhcouIx. Maricopa reported a ma<!.num of 114 degrees and haIf a dozen other sta tions from no to 113. Sentinel ranks as the hottest point in Arizona for last July it averaged for mean tenn perature 906. Other warm points were Quatzits S9.2, Alpine ss.9, Park CT SS.4. Gila Bend SS.I and Maricopa Ss So it is plain that there were at least four warmer towns than Yuma and several others that were running neck to neck in the heat
 Even a casual comparison can not but show that the climate of Bisbee is far and away preferable to that of the majority of cities and towns of the state. And at that the price of copper in the eastern market keeps the mind of the average Bisbeeite from dwelling upon how fortunate he is in other respects as well.