Evening star., 1939-09-10
Breeze Swept South
Found Cooler Than
Northern Cities
Discoveries Leading
Americans to Expand
Summer Travelling

MIAMI. Fla, Sept 9.-Another
old wives tale has been exploded
1t has been generally believed that
the farther South you go the hotter
it gets; that temperature is twin
OF geography.
But, Pan American Airways re-
ports, actual weather studies and
the experiences of air travellers fly
ing between North and South
America show that about the only
truth in the old belief is that in
general 1t Is warmer at the Equator
than it is toward the poles of the
earth.
Surprising and striking are the
exceptions to this old rule, which
is SO general that it scarcely fits
any places at all
1t has never been so hot in Miami
for example, as it has been in New
York, Philadelphia or Detroit. The
entire Caribbean area is often cooler
than our Northern cities. The aver
age summer temperature of San
Juan, Puerto Rico, is lower than of
Jacksonville, Fla.
Water Responsible.
1t is often forgotten, or not known
at ALL that the same thing which
keeps some of our southern countries
warm in the wintertime also keeps
them cool in the summertime
namely, an ocean, or any large body
of water. This applies not only to
our Atlantic coastline but all the
way down through Florida, Cuba,
the Bahamas and the West Indies
but also through the Caribbean area
down to the Equator itself. At the
Equator, OF course, the seasons are
reversed and you begin to get into
winter again-the farther South you
go. the more winter. of course.
Some surprising facts are brought
out by actual weather studies and
by the experiences of steamship and
airWays travellers to the southern
countries. Here are some of these
facts:
These figures should be considered
along with the fact that any given
temperature without breeze is an
entirely different matter than the
same temperature with a breeze
1t is these winds which often make
places within the semi-tropics much
more pleasant than other places
farther north where few or nc
breezes prevail. A room at IS de-
grees without an electric fan is ar
entirely different story, so far as com
fort is concerned, from the same
room with fan merrily blowing
The same is true of cities, and this
applies particularly to cities alone
the seacoast, such as Miami, Havana
San Juan, Puerto Rico, Nassau ir
the Bahamas, or any one of nu-
merous other cities in the semi
tropics
What the Figures Say.
Average summer temperature
Weather Bureau figures:
New York, IS degrees: Chicago
81 degrees; Philadelphia, 88 degrees
Miami, 10 degrees; Havana, 80 de-
grees; Nassau. II degrees; Cristoba
Canal Zone, "a degrees; Caraca.
(Venezuela), II degrees; Port o.
Spain (Trinidad, 78 degrees
Paramaribo Netherlands Guiana
10 degrees; Para. Brazil (almost a
equator), n degrees; Kingston
JamaicaD, 80 degrees; San Juan
Puerto Rico, 70 degrees.
Now let's pick some spots way
down toward the equator, in the
Caribbean area, which after all /.
only a days travel from the Uniteo
States by the international airline
The average temperature of George
town, British Guiana. way down or
the eastern coast of South America
toward the equator. is 80 degrees
Granada, In the eastern Caribbean
Sea, 79 degrees; St. Vincent Island
nearby. 78 degrees; Barbados, Is
degrees; st. Lucia and other Carib-
bean isles, 81 degrees. And in all
these places there are the fresh
breezes which constantly blow from
the sea.
Warmer at Home.
The same situation exists In
Miami, Nassau, Havana and other
Southern places. These vacation
spots are hot, of course, but the
point is that they are not so un-
bearably warm on the average dur
ing the summer as many of our cities
in the temperate zone: and also they
have the decided boon of cooling
ocean breezes, not to mention easily
accessible seashore bathing beaches
These are some of the reasons
together with low hotel rates-Why
Florida's Atlantic coast resorts, par
ticularly Miami and Miami Beach
formerly known as winter resorts
are now enjoying 20 per cent in
crease in summer business and are
nearing the close of summer season
marked by unprecedented number!
of visitors from inland States who
sought the surprising cool breeze!
of Florida's parodoxical peninsula.