The Wild Swans at Coole
The trees are in their autumn beauty,
The woodland paths are dry,
Under the October twilight the water
Mirrors a still sky;
Upon the brimming water among the stones
Are nine-and-fifty swans.
The nineteenth autumn has come upon me
Since I first made my count;
I saw, before I had well finished,
All suddenly mount
And scatter wheeling in great broken rings
Under their clamorous wings.
I have looked upon those brilliant creatures'
And now my heart is sore.
All's changed since I, hearing at twilight,
The first time on this shore,
The bell-beat of their wings above my head,
Trod with a lighter tread.
Unwearied still, lover by lover,
They paddle in the cold
Companionable streams or climb the air;
Their hearts have not grown old;
Passion or conquest, wander where they will,
Attend upon yhem still.
But now they drift on the still water,
Mysterious, beautiful;
Among what rushes will they build,
By what lake's edge or pool
Delight men's eyes when I awake some day
To find they have flown away?
William B. Yeats |
I was wondering how much of a stabilizing effect proximity to large bodies of water plays on temperature variation so I charted the temperature for my normal Central Park weather station and also LaGuardia Airport which is spitting distance from home and is right on Long Island Sound, JFK Airport which is on Jamaica Bay and right off of the Atlantic Ocean, Newark Airport which is near NY Harbor, and Westchester County Airport in Westchester County which is probably the farthest station from water.
I also looked at Relative Humidity
I also looked at Relative Humidity
