TODAY IS THE WARMEST 



NOV. 16 EVER RECORDED 



MERCURY CLIMBS TO 72 DEGREES 

 BY NOON, BEATING LAST YEAR'S 

 HIGH BY ONE DEGREE 



Today was the warmest Nov. 18 of 

 which the Boston Weather Bureau has a 

 record, exceeding by one degree last 

 years' high for the day. By noon the 

 thermometer, starting from a low last 

 evening of 60 degrees, had climbed In 72 

 degrees. Previous to last year the record 

 high occurred in 1897 when the mercury 

 registered 68 degrees. 



The clear, warm weather is still due to 

 the area of high pressure which has 

 moved eastward. Today its center is 

 in the Atlantic Ocean and its passing will 

 be marked, the Weather Man says, by 

 rain tonight and possibly Thursday fol- 

 lowed by cooler weather on that day and 

 a decided drop in the mercury by Friday. 

 A storm area lies to the westward, form- 

 ing a trough which extends from Quebec 

 to Louisiana, while a secondary storm 

 area is developing in that State. There 

 has been rain in the lower and snow in J 

 the upper Mississippi valley and heavy I 

 rains, running from 1.4 inches to 3.5 

 inches, have fallen in Arkansas, Louisi- 

 ana and Tennessee. It was below zero' 

 in south. vest. -rn Canada, in the vicinity 

 of Manitoba last night, while It has been 

 around 20 degrees above fro 

 the Mississippi to the eastern slope of the 

 Rocky Mountains. This morning's tem- 

 perature in Chicago was 34 degrees. 



