Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-10
SUMMER To
RE Pulls Sc
WINTERS
ATTACK
Weather Man Admits Tuesday
Broke All Sorts of Records,
but Denies Snow Fell.

Br-r-r-r! These chilly June blasts
do SILVER ones understand they viii
continue, too, until Wednesday, for
Weather Man VonHerrmann says so,
after a most careful observation Of
clouds. barorneters. maps and things
peculiar to the profession.
The fun began along toward mid
night Monday. when the mercury
dropped down, down, down until it
reached the 50 mark about I o'clock.
Blankets and coverlets. relegated 10
the shelf weeks ago. were hauled out
all during the wee sma' hours ana
some folks with temperate DISPOSE
tions 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, Officially" 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.
"Mean" Record Is Broken.
Perhaps the most interesting thing
locally. however. from strictly
scientific viewpoint, is the fact that
Tuesdays minimum record Of 50 de-
grees. registered at a. m. smashes
all existing records for June TO- The
only 10th day of June which comes
anywhere near to-day's record was
that Of the good year 1912. when
minimum OF Sc degrees was regis
tered.
But this is not all by any means
another record. which Mr.. NonHerr-
mann calls the mean" has been torn
into smithereens for period of "a
years by the good big margin Of 10
degrees. In other words, Tuesdays
mean" will be something Ike IS de-
grees; while the lowest mean" or
record, that OF 1885 and 1891. how
cred well above the SIS mark.
Other Junss Were Colder.
However chilly, disaRreeabIe and
soggy Tuesdays brand Of weather
may be, 1t isn't the worst on record
for June, by any means, for the old
records. exhibited by MT vonHerr-
mann Tuesday morning. indicate that
the people of Atlanta had good big
fires on June ] 1889. when the mer-
curry dropped TO 80 degrees. June 10,
1903. was also cold one with min
imum record of 46 desrees.
Nevertheless. Tuesday. June 10,
1912, is in a class by itself. AND il
Mr. VonHerrmann's predictions come
true. it will remain so for long time.
Farmers Might Suffer.
Commissioner Of Agriculture J. j.
Conner. in his office at the Capitol
Tuesday morning, declared that if
the cold continued farmers would
suffer damage TO their crops.
"Of course, cotton can not stand
very much cold" declared the Com
missioner. "and If the cold weather
continues it will be badly damaged"
Dispatches from Washington d.
e. say the Middle Atlantic and New
England States are suffering the cold
est June weather ever known in those
parts. a high barometric pressure
Of great magnitude" is the Official rea-
son. Frosts are reported in Vermont,
New York, New England, Pennsyl-
vanIa- Ohm Michigan and Wisconsin