Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-26

Criticism directed at the weather here
in Summer Is not borne out by Govern
ment statistics, which show, to the con-
trary, that Washington is blessed with
remarkably good climate in comparison
with other cities of the country.
This is the finding of special COM
mittee of the Washington Chamber of
Commerce which set to work recently
to produce facts on the subject.
There is no intention on the part of
the committee, it is stated, to denj or
to smooth over the fact that Washing
ton has its share of hot weather-for it
can prove that other cities also have
hot weather-but that Washington has
been the victim of unfair propaganda
the committee also is certain.
The chambers committee today made
public the results of its preliminary
studies, and 1t plans to dig even deeper
into the subject in order to answer I'M
favorable comments.
YES, we have some hot weather"
said a member of the committee. but
we find that there are other cities STAT
also have not only some out much hot
weather We find that when Wash
ington is perspiring other cities are per-
spring, too. and some are actually
sweltering or blistering.
I'VE are not seeking to mislead peo-
pie into believing that hot days are I'M
known here, but we do wish to remind
the world that Washington has a won-
derful year-round climate and frequent
relief from the hot spells that do come
our way"
The committee urges Washington's
critics to consider the following fact,
taken from official reports OF the United
States Weather Bureau:
That Washington has experienced
temperature running 100 degrees or
more only % times in the last So years.
Then the committee would suggest that
the unbeliever study up on high or ex-
IRENE temperatures recorded in cities
in comparable locations, such as Kansas,
for instance.
From the Weather Bureau the cham
Der obtained figures on annual mean
Temperatures for 16 cities on which
comparable figures we're available. 1t
was not known beforehand what The
facts were regarding these cities, which
were selected merely because Ct The
availability of statistics, 1t is pointed
out.
Washington Below Average.
The chamber reports that nine of
THESE CLUES SIlOW6Q IltSllcL U'IlAhdl
average temperature and six showed
lower mean temperatures. Washington
ranked nearly three points below the
average for the Is cities.
Tampa, Fla, showed a mean annual
temperature of 70; Galveston, Tex,
69.6; New Orleans. La, 1913; Jackson
vile, Fla, 692; Los Angeles, Calf,
62.6; Nashville, Tenn, 594; st. Louis,
Mo-, 563; San Francisco, Calf, 56.2;
Baltimore, Md. SIS; Washington, SIS;
Philadelphia, Pa, 54.4; Cincinnati,
Ohio, $50: Pittsburgh, Pa, 52.6; Cleve-
land, Ohio, 49.2 Buffalo, N. Y, 46.9,
and Minneapolis, AT.
Then the chamber looked into that
old saw, "It isn't the heat: it is the
humidity" Here the chamber discov-
cred laugh on a number of other
cities, figures obtained from the
Weather Bureau showing four which
had higher humidity and others but
little less than Washington.
The committee reports that the an
nual mean humidity, based on monthly
mean figures, for 8 am. and pm. are
as follows: Galveston, 80.5 per cent;
rs; Buffalo, rs; Cincin-
natl, 10; Washington, 70; Philadelphia,
It's: Portland, Greg. II; Minneapolis,
70.5: Nashville, So; Cleveland, SO, and
st. Louis, SO.