The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1890-01-28
CENTENNIAL WEATHER.
A Curl Gus Showing of Mildness
i'm January.

| From a scrap-book 10 the possess
ion of gentleman of this city, we
are permitted to extract the subjOined
article clipped from paper published
i'll Philadelphia, in February, 1876:
The remarkable mild weather of
the past month has sadly puzzled the
wiseacres who had predicted an extra
ordinary cold winter, commencing In
November. And even the oldest
inhabitanis" have set their wits to
work trying to account for the back
wardness of the season As a conse-
quence, items are published in news
papers of all sections, furnishing paral-
lels to the unparalleled mildness.
Another interesting fact has been re-
called in this connection. tG-wit /:
That the first month of this Gen.
tenniai winter closely resembles that
of 1776. The newspapers of that day
speak of the extraordinary weather.
1t was even said that the lack of tho
usual ice In Boston barbOr prevented
Washington from crossing his forces
and attempting d surprise OF the city,
and the Americans were enabled 10
continually send forth vessels from all
parts of the harbor TO the West Indies
for munitions of war. The mild sea-
sou allowed Gen. Schuyler. in the
first days of January TO dispatch his
well. planned little expedition up the
Mohawk Valley 10 surprise the High
landers under johnson. On the con-
trary the news of that year from Eu-
rope indicated an intensely cold win
ter.
"The weather records of Philadel-
phia disclose many facts worthy of
note in this connection. ln cOmpar-
ing the mean temperature OF the past
month with ths. of each January for
the last century it is found that in but
seven instances was the temperature as
high as in the month Just closed. Last
Friday the thermometer reached
seventy degrees, point, which, dur
ing the whole century. was only
equaled in the years of 1890 and
| 1870, and was not exceeded at either
period. The day may therefore, be
considered a 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.
According to the records at the
Pennsylvania hospital the mean ten.-
perature for last month was thirty
eight degrees, the minimum falling
only to seventeen above zero. This
was six degrees above the average for
January and during the entire CEN
fury that point was only equaled in
this section in the years 1902, 1928.
1843, 1858, 1868, and 1876. In 1870
the mean temperature was A 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 seventy degrees in the shade at
midday.
sit is chronicled in Pierce's report
of the weather that boys were seen
swimming in the Delaware and Scbuyl.
kill rivers. The unusual weather WAS
continued up to February T. In 1902.
the trees and shrubbery were blossom,
ing in January, and in 1928, the Del
aware was as free from ice as in June.
The first month of 1870 was the
warmest January on record after that
of 1890. While in nearly all
these cases the winter has
been remarkably mild, there have been
Instances noted when the winter did
not really commence until February
and continued far into the spring sea.
son. at one time up to June.
! even during those winter:
when little or no snow fell,
the summer following the unu
sual season was generally re
ported to be an exceeding cool one.
So il will be seen that the clerk OF the
weather is such an eccentric genius a:
to defy all lovers of precedent, refus
ing even to do the bidding of those
old fogies who claim to know by the
color of goose's breastboue under
what conditions he will present him
self in this section"