ISTRANGE FREAKS OF BOSTON'S 

 • SPRING AS SHOW N UP BY CHART 



CHART SHOWING THE GREAT VARIATIONS OF TEMPERATURE IN BOSTON DURING THE PAST TWO MONTHS 



The Solid Lines Bhow the Normal Bise of Temperature from April 1 to May 31, the Broken lAwa ilte Aotu al VaH<jMons. . 



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Backsliding to Its True Nature, the Mercury 

 Upset April and May by Record Series 

 of Athletic Stunts in the Glass. 



That Boston really had "freak sprinsr 

 weather" is shown by a chart based on 

 ofiicial figures. Tt shows the excessive 

 Jumps from heat to cold and vice versa 

 to which Boston has been subjected for 

 the past two montlis. 



The figures to the left of the chart in- 

 dicate the degrees of temperature. Those 

 at the top are the days of the months of 

 April and IMay. The dotted lines show 

 the wanderings of the raercurv of the 

 past two months of this year, while the 

 isolid lines show the normal temperatures 

 of the same months during the last 30 

 years. 



A glance at the chart will show that 

 Aprd and Mav of 390V have been far 

 .from normal m so far as temperature 

 is concerned. A'S' itli .3:;. or freezing pomt. 

 .reghstered on tlie 7th ol April as its 

 lowest, up to 73 as its highest on the 

 19th of May. the mercurv lias logged 

 up and down unceasmgl?-, .sometfrnes 

 _iumpmg as far as IB deg. m the cour.se 

 of 2i hours. 



On most 01 ihe davs in April and iVtnv 

 tne temperarnre i.s marked below the 

 normal line, there bemg only 13 days nut 

 of a total of 01 in which warmer weath- 

 1 r 111 n Is I u ilh ixre t( d h is been r 

 coracfl. Durintr botli month. 



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and unsatisfactory. 



; disagreealjle 



rere only seven clear, 

 I those da.ys the tera- 

 with much humidity 



In May there 

 days, and even 

 perature was lo 

 in the air. 



The rainfall throughout New England 

 has, on the whole, been liglit. with the 

 exception of the 11th of May, when 

 nearly an inch fell. Otherwise, rain has 

 come in small, well-distributed showers. 



Althougli there have l^een colder 

 springs — that of 1882 and 1884, for 

 example— this year's has proved un- 

 usually unpleasant. When it has 

 turned the least bit warm it has 

 rained, and when it has not been rain- 

 ing it has been too chilly tor comfort. 



Says in May, '76, Glass Stood 

 15 Days Between 90 and 1 04 



To the Editor of the Herald: 



Speaking of the remarkaole coolness 

 of May. 1907. I desire lo draw the 

 marked contrast with the Mav of 1S76. 

 when the glass raneed from SO deg. t 

 111 iL. m the h > le iDi 1 ci nsf utn 

 days— the loth to tlie 30th— the Iiottes 



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-elv. dying 



by hundreds, and rivers and 

 were so low that water iiad to h 

 brought on trains to use for waterin 

 stock. "VERA." 



loi7 Washington street 

 Boston, May 31, 1907. 



