The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-02-11
From the Centsry Weather Report.

From the Centsry Weather Report.
The remarkable mild weather Of the
past month has sadly puzzled the wise
acres who had predicted an extraor-
dinarily cold winter, commencing early
in November. And even the coolest in
habitants" have set their wits TO work
trying to account for the backwardness
Of the season. As % consequence, items
are published in newspapers of all sec
tons, furnishing parallels to the SEEM
ingly unparalleled mildness. Another
interesting fact has been revealed in
this connection, 20 wit, that the first
month Of this centennial winter closely
represents that of 1776. The newspapers
Of that day speak Of the extraordinary
weather. 1t was ever said that the lack of
the usual ice in Boston harbor prevent
ed Washington from crossing his forces
and attempting "a surprise of the city,
and the Americans were enabled to con-
tinually send forth vessels from ALI
parts of the harbor TO the West Indies
for munitions Of war. The mild season
also allowed General Schayler, in the
first days of January, to dispatch his
well-planned little expedition up the
Mohawk Valley to surprise the High
landers under Johnson. On the con-
trary, the news of that year from Eu-
rope indicated an intensely cold winter.
The weather records Of this city dis
close many facts worthy of note in THE
connection. In comparing the
mean temperature Of the past
month with that Of each January for
the last century, it is found that in but
seven instances was the temperature as
high rs in the month just closed. Last
Friday the thermometer reached 20 de-
grees, a point which, during the whole
century, was only equaled in the years
of 1880 and 1870, and was not exceeded
at any period. The day may therefore
be regarded as q remarkable one. The
mean temperature, however, for the
past month does not reach the mean
temperature attained in either OF the
years alluded to, but still the weather
for the month was unusually mild. Ac-
cording to the records at the Pennsyl-
vania Hospital, the mean temperature
for last month was 3S degrees, the
minimum falling only to II degrees
above zero. This was 6 degrees above
the average for January, and during
the entire century that point was only
equaled in this section in the years 1902,
'2S, '43, '5S, '63, 20. In 1890 the mean
temperature was A degrees, the mildest
January on record. Fogs prevailed
very much in the morning, but the hot
sun soon dispersed them. At that time
the mercury often ran up to 20 degrees
in the shade at midday. 1t is chroni-
cled in Peiree's report of the weather
that boys were seen swimming in the
Delaware and Schuylkill Rivers. This
unusual weather was continued up to
February Z. In 1902 the trees and
shrubbery were blossoming in January,
and in 1928 tho Delaware was as free
from ice as in June. The first month of
1870 was the warmest January on rec
ord after that of 1870. While in nearly
all these cases the winter has been re-
markably mild, there have been in
stances noted when the winter did not
really commence until February, and
continued far into the spring season, at
N time up to June. Even during
these winters when little or no snow fell,
the summer following the unusual sea-
son was generally reported to be an ex-
ceedingly fine one. So it will be seen
that the clerk of the weather is such an
eccentric genius as to defy all laws of
precedent, refusing even to do the bid
ding of those fogies who claim to know
by the color of the goose's breast-bone
under what condition he shall present
himself in this section.-Phaadelphia
Times.