Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-11
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WINTERS
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Weather Man Admits Tuesday
Broke All Sorts Of Records,
but Denies Snow Fell.

Br-r-r-r! These chilly June blasts
do SILVER ones timbers-and they will
continue. too. until Wednesday, for
Weather Man VonHerrmann says so,
after a most careful observation Of
clouds barometers. maps and things
peculiar to the profession.
The fun began along toward mid
night Monday, when the mercury
dropped down, down. down until 1t
reached the SO mark about I o'clock.
Blankets and coverlets. relegated to
the shelf weeks ago, were hauled out
all during the wee sma' hours ana
some folks with temperate DISPOSE
lions actually started fires
"Snow" Is Not Official.
Shortly after o'clock many Allan
tans, with keen optics. saw" snow
at least they said they did. with some
emphasis, but Chief VonHerrmann. Of
the Weather Bureau. set all such talk
aside with the statement that snow
was impossible with a temperature OF
only SO degrees. The SNOW" he said.
probably was the scattered contents
of some chamber maids ash pan. At
any rate, "oficially" there hasn't been
and isn't any snow.
, Chief VonHerrmann admits. how
ever. that, snow or no snow, it's cool
--cold for June. The same weather
conditions. he says. prevail through
out the South, North and East. with
heavy frost in many sections.
"Msan" Record Is Broken.
Perhaps the most interesting thing
locally, however. from a strictly
scientific viewpoint. is the fact that
Tuesdays minimum record OF So de-
grees. registered at a. m, smashes
all existing records for June 10. The
only 10th day OF June which comes
anywhere near to-day's record was
that OF the good year 1912. when q
minimum Of So degrees was regis
tered.
But this is not all by any means
another record. which Mr.. VonHerr-
mann calls the mean" has been torn
into smithereens for a period Of "a
years by the good big margin Of 10
degrees. In other words, Tuesdays
mean" will be something like IS de-
grees; while the lowest mean" on
record. that of 1885 and 1891. how
cred well above the 65 mark.
Other Junes Were Colder.
However chilly. disagreeable and
soggy Tuesdays brand Of weather
may be. it isn't the worst on record
for June, by any means, for the old
records. exhibited by Mr.. VonHerr-
mann Tuesday morning, indicate that
the people OF Atlanta had good big
fires on June /. 1883. when the mer-
curry dropped to SO degrees. June 10.
1903, was also a cold one with a min
imum record of as degrees.
Nevertheless. Tuesday. June 10,
1919, il in a class by itself, and. If
Mr., VonHerrmann's predictions come
true, it will remain so for a long time.
Farmers Might Suffer.
Commissioner Of Agriculture ]. J.
Common in his office at the Capitol
Tuesday morning. declared that II
the cold continued farmers would
suffer damage to their crops.
"Of course, cotton can not stand
very much cold" declared the Com
missioner. "and II the cold weather
continues it will be badly damaged"
Dispatches from Washington. D.
c.. say the Middle Atlantic and New
England States are suffering the cold
est June weather ever known in those
parts. A high barometric pressure
son. Frosts are reported in Vermont,
New York, New England. Pennsyl-
vania, Ohio, Michigan and Wisconsin.