The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-02-08
From The United States Gd=ene.
REVIEW OF THE WEATHER, Sc, FOR JANU.
AIRY 1910


REVIEW OF THE WEATHER, &C.. FOR JANU.
AIRY, 1912.
During every mild day which occurred in The
month just closed, we were frequently accosted as
follows Did you ever know such mild weather IN
january" These repeated salutations induced us 10
examine our journal Of the weather for many gone
by wears and have found the result follows, as
TO mild winters, viz: The month of January, 1870,
was so warm, that boys went into the Delaware and
Schuylkill rivers TO swim. And such was the mild
ness Of the winter of 1923, that the river Della
ware was not closed by ice during the whole season
The winter of 1855 mild until the I'D OF Jan
uary, when the river closed. The winter oil iool-@
was remarkably mild the Delaware did not close
until the Sd of February. The winter OF loo9- ~
very mild until the 18th Of January, when me
Delaware closed, and the weather became Intensely
cold for several weeks. There good deal OF
mild weather during the winters Of l6ll-l2 ID ana
IA The winter of lSl7-'l6 was very mild until the
I'd of February, after which it intensely cold
The winter of 1894 was very mild, although there
were few days which were real singers The au-
tumn of 1927, one of the coolest remem-
bered but il was followed by of the mdest win
tiers which had occurred for twenty-seyen years
peach and apricot trees were in full bloom on the
both of February The winter of l629-3O was mid
until the 23d of January, when the Delaware closed
and the weather became intensely cold The month
of January 1886 was mild until the 10th; after which
there followed five weeks of severe cold The win
ter Of 1878 was remarkably mild, and the Dea-
ware free from ice las IN November, uhtil the
Both Of January, when winter commenced IN good
earnest, and the Delaware river was frozen com
pletey over on the morning of the st tof February
and the weather continued intensely cold for great
err part of the time until the 5th Of March, and every
vessel would have been blockaded from the isl oil
February the 10th of March, but for the Ice boats,
which rendered essential service To the egress and
ingress of the shipping The month of April which
followed was very cold. There was ice on ten
mornings during the month As we have before
observed in some of our Reviews we now repeat
that after very mild winter, cold backward spring
and cool summer, generally succeeds, and rice pe,Sd
We had usual quantity of cold during the
months of November and December last. On the
29h of November, snow fell to the dep'h OF eight
inches when four days Of excellent sleighng sue
ceeded with mercury on the mornings OF those days
ranging from 90 to 26. December commenced with
mercury down to 10, and good seIghing. On fifteen
| mornings of the month, the mercury was below the
freezing point On the 22d, it was as low as ID
Jack Erost is frequently in advance with his payments
but if at any time he becomes little in arrears he
very soon ponies up. During six thousand years he
las never had note protested, but at the close OF
every year. before the midnight hour has struck, his
accounts have all been balanced As proof OF ms
our readers referred to Review, published IN
tie United States Gazette of the first day Of The pre-
| sent year.
! January, 1912, commenced mild and pleasant
The first two days the mercury ranged from 81 to AZ
But on the morning of the Sd it sunk TO II, and CON
tnued cold through the day, the mercury not rising
above "a. The 4th mild but the fifth and 6th
were again cold with mercury down to 20 On the
7th the atmosphere became soft and mid, and con-
tnued until the Odd The Goth uncomnoniy
warm and the mercury rose TO "a in The shade, and
in the it run up to summer heat In the eyc mag
of the 22d il became quite COOL and the following
morning the mercury had sunk to ~; and on we
moi ming of the Oath it down to l3 above zero,
which is 10 below the freezing point On the 2oth,
the mercury at sunrise was "a, after which II became
very mild again. and continued so until the month
closed.
! The average temperature Of the whole month just
closed was 34l, viz at sunrise, 81 at o'clock, All
at 10 P. M. 81. That Of the corresponding month
of last year, was 49,
The quantity Of rain which fell the past month,
was only one and quarter inches. That which
fell in January lS4l, was within tractionof eight
inches
On the 25th January there was conjunction of
the two largest planets of Solar System (Jupter
and Saturn which occurs only once in twenty
years.
Late English papers TEEN with accounts of great
floods and freshets which experienced all over
| England during the month of December, and which
| did immense damage. The wheat fields and pastures
presented one sheet of water for miles together
not vsage Of the hedges were to be seen. The
cottagers compelled to take refuge IN their gar
rets the lower part Of their houses being completely
under water.
Great changes and vicissitudcs have taken place
| in this city during the past month. Some persons
who commenced it, thought themselves rich IN bank
stocks, sc. but ended it comparatively poor, 81 he
best stock a man can invest in, is the stock OF a
farm the best shares ploughshares and the best
| banks, are the fertile banks of rural streamthe
more these banks are broken, the better dividends
they pay =. r..
! Philadelphia, Feb. /, 1912