St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1865-05-04
ABOUT MINNESOTA.
From "lA'nnesota, as Home for Em;grants. -
80 80 CLIMATE

FROM "A'nnesota, as Home for Em;grants. -
Prominent:among the questions pro-
posed by the emigrant seeking a new
home in q new country, are those con.
corning the climate, its temperature,
adaptation to the culture Of the grand
staples Of food, and its hcalthfulness.
The climate Of Minnesota has often
been the subject Of unjust disparage-
ment. ''1t is too far north ;" "the
winters are intolerable; )" "corn will not
ripen = "fruit will not grow" These
and other similar remarks have found
expression by those who should have
known better. To the old settler of
Minnesota, the seasons follow each 9TH
er in pleasing succession. As the sun
approaches his northern altitude. win
ter relaxes his grasp, streams and lakes
are unbound, flowers spring up ae If by
the touch Of some magic wand, and
gradually Spring is merged into the
bright, beautiful June, with its long,
warm days, and short but cool aud re-
treshing nights. The hurvest mouths
follow in rapid succession, till the gold
en- Indian summer Of early November
foretells the approach of cold and snow !;
and again. winter with its short days of
clear, bright SKY, and bracing air, and
its long nights Of cloudless beauty COM
pletes the circle. .<.s[i i..- -. :.
It will be remembered, that. though
Minnesota s'v@ has no mountain peaks, its
genera al elevation gives it; the character
istics Of mountainous district that,
while 1t is equidistant from the oceans
that wash the, eastern and western
shores Of the continent, and is therefore
comparatively unaffected by oceanic in-
tluences, it has great water system Of
lakes aud rivers within its own borders.
These, combining With other Influences, Is
give the State a climate in many re-
spects dissimilar to the other northern
States. ~ :'%'l<- IA 81" ~'''f" -
p One of the most striking OF the pc pc
culiarities Of this climate, is the great
variation between the extreme cold Of
winter. when, mercury congeals; and
the intense heat of midsummer, when
it stands for many consecutive days at
$50 above zero, in the shade. -. <.,:a
=. But these extremes afford no index
to, the real character Of the climate Of
Minnesota. Fortunately We have am
pie means by which to determine its
actual temperature, and also Its temper
ature compared with other and more
widely known localities. sa.a 80 ~ ~-.
From records kept for a series Of
years, at different places, the commits
sioner Of statistics in his report for
1860, furnishes the dates for the. fol-
lowing summary: Central Minnesota ,,ot
has = mean: Temperature 10 spring
as 6') equal to Northern Illinois,
Southern Michigan, Massachusetts, and
Rhode Island. Its summer mean tenn
pera:ure (70.6) comedies with that Of
Central Wisconsin, Southern Pennsyl-
vauia, and Central New jersey. tia
autumn temperature (49.5) is the
equivalent of Central Wisconsin, North
:ern New York. New Hampshire and
Southern Maine, Its winter mean
temperature d (ls.1) equals. that Of
Northern Wisconsin, the southern linn
itof Canada East, Central Vermont and
Now Hampshire, and Northeastern
Maine. --...e, -. ..,s..--,-...-.-,-... .
@o! Its yearly mean temperature (44.6)
| comedies with that of Central Wis.