The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1890-11-26
a VERY coED WINTER.


N8FN8AUH Wa&@Ms
Prepare, everybody, for cold, long
winter. Lieut.. Fielder M. NJ. Beall,
United States signal officer at this point,
has Just completed compilation Of
weather statistics covering period OF
100 years, undertaken with view OF
predicting the kind Of winter the APP
preaching one Ii 20 be.
II thought when I began last SUM
mer.H said Chicagops efiiclent weather
clerk this morning 20 reporter for the
Eusntsag Posf, that could find certain
cycles Of cold and mild winters. To do
this went hack 20 the year lTo5. and
took into consideration not only the
temperature bnt moisture and dryness,
certain astronomical phen0mena. re-
ports of which had access 90. and all the
ofIaar conditions could find that would
either directly or indirectly interfere 20
determine the weather from en- every
aaS standpoint To what conclusion did
eonse9 Well. III the first place, | haa
occasion to knock over m0st 0f the 90
called natural signs. found thai the
garnaeras cid and time-honored sized pre-
dsction based on tho thickness Of the
corn shmek was not reliable. that the
shuek was shickest following good corn
sea eas0n--whnn the rains came st the right
time and the sun did lts duty. l found,
comparing agricultural statistics and the
weather record, that the theory, a heavy
harvest aud o hard winter was not re-
liable, as In large number of instances
mild winters followed the heaviest har-
vests"
what conclusion did you arrive at,
lieutenant, with regard 10 this winter"
he was asked.
III came to the conclusion that the
coming winter would be colder and
harder. with more snow, than either of
the two last winters. do not mean TO
predict, though, that the winter will be
an especially hard one as winters go. In
the past 100 years there have been NO
distinct conditions; as rule, not more
than two mild winters come together.
There would be an indefinite number OF
cold winters, then two mild ones. then
another Indefinite number of cold win
terra The wet seasons do not seem To
weigh a. much in affecting the winter
temperature as might be at first sup
posed. For instance flood seasons have
bress followed by vrry rUfrt winters, and
/ IN other instances bv mild open weather.
The Winds have great influences In deter
mining the temperature, and no general
prediction can cover the direction or
velocity Of these.
This year the storm center OF the
| United States has been southern Illinois.
That fact, carried out 10 . legitimate
conclusion, would mean cool summer
weather and warm winter weather for
northern Illinois, including Chicago.
| But no legitimate conclusion can be
drawn without going farther than this
| fact. Southern Illinois as storm
| center, would mean q circle OF storms
1 blowing around this center from west TO
east south of she center, and from east
| 10 west north of the center. That would
| mean, ordinarily. easterly winds for
Chicago, which would be not very cold
in .point of temperature, but wet
and penetrating. Now, then, sup
pose this storm center should
change so that Chicago winds would
blow from the northwest-y0u can
readily see that we would have dry but
exceedingly cold weather, and II Ii
agreed that q temperature of zero, with
the wind from the northwest, IN prefera.
Bile in point OF comfort TO q temperature
at 30 degrees above with the wind from
over the lake.
Taking all my observations into con-
sideratlon would say. however, that the
winter VIII be little colder than usual
with fair prospect OF enough snow 4
protect the wheat and crops generally
that must lie In the ground during th'
winter. &C Chseago Post.