The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-02-14
GUESSING AT THE WEATHER.
Psuxnosticatious Of nm Illinois Metrerologl

Pruxnostications Of nm Illinois Metrerologist
Prof. G. @. Blake, of Decatur, ILL.,,
has issued the following weather calcu-
lations for 1679-80:
March, 1870-Fun average of storms
and precipitation, though not a severe
month; the equinoctial about March %,
1879, will be quite severe, though not
very cold.
April, 1879-Will be moderately
warm and moderately wet month-will
gradually grow warmer and wetter till
toward the end Of the month or LIST of
May, when il will be a little cooler,
though there will be some cool days
early in the month.
May, 1879-Win have some good av-
erage weather for the season. few
cool days in the first half of the month
and few wet days later in the month,
but no great excess of either.
June, 1S79-Will be fair average
June weather--no great excess or def
cheney either in temperature or prscipi-
tation.
July, 1879 Will be little warmer
ar drier than the average for that
month.
August, 1879-Will have considerable
fair and warm weather, but some heavy
showers, especially toward the end Of
the month.
September, 1S79-Wil be warm Cor
the season, and, at times, quite heavy
showers and storms may be expected.
A full average of rain will fall in Sep
TENDER. While it is possible that light
frosts may occur in limited localities in
this month, yet no serious frosts may
be expected till toward the last of Oc-
tober.
October, 1879-Will be quite warm
and showery.
November, 1871 hardly know what
to say about this month; my calcula-
tons make it sort of chopped sea I"
"a conglomerate mixture of all kinds
of weather, but not very cold.
December, 1S79-Will be like Novem-
Der, "only more So" 1t will be warm.
wet, and disagreeable-cold snaps will
be short and sharp.
January, 1SS0-Will be rather warm,
wet and muddy, part of the time.
There will be some cold weather, but no
steady cold weather.
February, 1SS0-Win be mnch
like January--a considerable amount of
rain and snow and moderate amount
of cold weather.
March. 1880-Will be changeable |;
rather wet, especially in the middle of
the month, and only moderately cold.
Generally the suppmer of 1879 will be
warm and very dry, but not excessively
so, while the winter of 1880 will be
warm and wet, with few cold snaps, of
limited duration; but it will be colder
than the winter of 1878. It will be O
changeable, peculiar, and rather disa-
greeable winter.
As the summer of 1879 will be very
good crop year, people should use the
greatest energy to provide for the year
of famine, as the summer of 1880 will
be very unpropitious. 1t will be hard
year for all grades of mankind in this
part of the country, and to some extent
it will extend to other countries. /
have not yet worked out the details, but
have gone far enough to see that its gen.
eral nature will be bad.
From April l, 1879, to near October,
1879, will be about as favorable a season
as could be expected or wished for, in
the Northwestern States. At times too
much rain will fall in localities of linn
tied extent, sometimes embracing only
few coun'ies, and at others whole
State, or parts of several States, while
at other times it will be too dry in local
tiles of said extent; but, on the "gen-
eral average" it will be quite favorable
for all the Northwestern States.