New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-03
THE WEATHER YESTERDAY.

FOURTEEN DEGREES THE LOWEST POINT REACHED
BY THE THERMOMETER.
cold, winter sunlight shOne all day yesterday
upon the roofs and streets of the city, It glisened
in reflection from the church spires and taller build
ings; it revealed in wavering Wilderness the thou
sands of steam Jets .hat above the hOusetops in
ever-shfting outlines and it cast over the broad
bay long. yellow track of undulating light
which, with the mellow haze and light
clouds impaired deceptive appearance OF spring
mildness to the harbor Scenes. The air was chilly
and had that exasperating mixture of GOODNESS and
dampness to which the cpl bets nasty" and raw
are applied. There was much comfort to be cleaned
however, from the fact that the mud-ponds which
have adorned most of the streets for many days
were frozen. There was little wind. and the dust
lay in undisturbed profusion upon the
pavements, whose existence is accepted
on faith alone by all except the
unfortunate citizens who havo travelled skyward
recently in company with paving stones. manhole
caps and other bric-a-brao unearthed by exploding
steam or gas pipes. When light breeze did
meander through the streets there was no stopping
II Its banefu course up the sleeves and down the
nrcks Of pedestrians It's Journey was marked by
terra-cotta and electric blue noses and Ivy the
shvers of suffering thousands. AT a. IN. hudnuts
a. m the mercury had risen to 100 only, while by
noon it had reached 200. The effect of the sun
light obscured though it occasionally by light
film of clouds wasshown before $3.50 p. M, when the
mercury STOOD at 26o. IL remained Mt that point
all the afternoon and far into the evening.
1t was ann unced yesterday morning that an
Other cold wave had escaped from It's keepers IN
Manitoba or Alaska or Vancouver Island, and had
b"eu wandering bout III the free an bouniless
West without seeming TO have very dehnlto designs
u on any particular place IN the East. Inc same
tantalizng policy was kept M yester Iay; the cola
wave was here and there and pretty nearly every
where. At Fort Garry the temperature was 24o be-
low zero At YanktOn. OAK, IL was 50 beio ~ al
Moorchead, Num-, lSo below at y sm1rck,
Deadwood OAK 100 below at luth, Mimi ~
brlow and at Marquette. Mich, %. In Chic1go
the mercury stood at 2OS above zero at Cleveland.
300 4: at Buffalo, 49,: while ut Albany the Their
mometrr registered 27'. The sky was more or less
overcast IN noIrly all parts OF the country ana IN
MANY places especially in the Northeast and The
Lake Region. there was lignt snow. In tire south
there some rain. There was an
almost un versll fall IN tho barometer; IN ~
thus city that instrument registered JUL
inches aud Indicated fall of .O3 of an inch IN tae
ght hours previous 10 3 p. IN. The fall OF the ba-
romrcr was particularly noticeable" III the Norm ana
West strong winds were not nearly 80 prevalent
thfOurhOut the co utrY as on Thursday. In
N-w-York the general direction of the wind was
southwest. In the early morning II attained u
maximum velocity IF ten miles an hour FOR tho
rest OF the day It's velocity ranged from two to hyo
miles an hour only. At san Antonio, lex the
velocity OF the wind was twenty IN les an hour at
Milwaukee, eighteen miles; a. Bulal0, SIX miles,
and n Albany the wind was call Il Nght,' OF less
than six miles an hour in velocity.
At he signal station on the Equitable Buudng
il WAS said tha the indications FOR to-day wer" mat
II wolld be moro cloudy with snow and higher
temperature.