The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-03-20
CLIMATE CONDITIONS
FAVOR FIGHTERS,
SOLDIERS WILL HAVE
FAVORABLE WEATHER AND
TEMPERATURE.

WASHINGTON, Mar American
soldiers On the battle fronts in France
will probably escape our American tor
rid hot spells OF summer and oar biz
zardy winters, extremes of heat and
cold in France being less severe.
They may expect however periods of
sustained cold in the trenches. cold of
themoist. penetrating character pecu-
J liar to the continental climate of north
ern Europe, but in general no startling
change from weather conditions at
home
An exhaustive study of the subject
by Preston c. Day, chief of the climat-
illogical division of the Weather Blu
reau, shows that winter in northern
France is not so severe from the stand
Ipoint of low temperatures, but there
is consistency of moderately cold
weather which is not usually exper-
fenced in the United States. Rather
| low temperatures sometimes occur
there, but such extremity of cold
weather as has been experienced this
winter, in the United States is UNI
known. The coolest weather of record
in Northern France ranges from about
zero, Fahrenheit, to 10 degrees below.
Summer in Northern France is cool
| as compared with most of the United
States, the average temperature for
i July and August, the warmest months,
being SO to 65 degrees, even lower
than along northern border Moder-
}tely hot weather sometimes occurs.
but extremely high temperatures such
Us occasionally are experienced in
much CT the United States, are I'M !
known i'll France, Temperature as i
high as 100 never has been reported
YIN France, while III the United States
100 to 10 degrees have occurred gen.
orally.
With the transition from winter to
spring the rapid warming up, familiar !
to residents in most sections OF the
United States, is not so noticeable in
'brance, the average temperature for
March being only to 4 degrees high
9r than for February April and NAV |
IRE moderately cool and not unpleasant
the length of the day increases much
rapidly than in most sections Of the
United States, and here is cores
Dondingly large increase in the amount |
of sunshine, while rainfall is compara-
lively light, although occurring rather
frequently
The summers are pleasantly as com |
pared with much of the United States. |
the day temperatures being mostly |
moredate and the nights cool. Occa-
sionally hot weather is experienced. |
but the heat is not so excessive and !
the heated periods are usually of short
duration
Fall also is usually pleasant, especi !
ally in September and October. The |
rainfall usually becomes heavier. how !
ever.
The battle fronts Of France lie in a
latitude north of the United States |
'2riS is farther north than any point !
in tho Irni+od Ctntoe I,o;,o ron ,,,i1o,
nearer the North Pole than Chicago |
Along the northern coasts of France |
temperatures are very similar to those
Of our northern Pacific coast, the
monthly average at Dunkirk, France, /
and Seattle, Washington, being idenei-
cal for nearly half the months Of the
year and differing only slightly for
other months.
Not considering the higher noun
tains. rainfall in the eastern half Of /
the United States, especially in the |
south is much greater than in France.
Compared with Paris, the average rain
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as large; at New York, more than
twice as large and at New Orleans,
nearly'three times as large.
Over the lowlands of Northern
France snow is fairly frequent and
may be expected from November to
April, inclusive. although it rarely at
tains any considerable depth on the
ground, At the higher elevations OF
eastern and southern France, particu-
larly in the mountains bordering on 7
Germany where the winters are long
and cold, snowfall is more frequent
and much heavier.