The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-01-12
HAS GONE DOWN EAST.
The Cold Wave Is Now Visiting the
People Of the Middle West
ern States.
The Forecast In Montana To-day
Is for Fair and Warmer
Weather.
Little SNOW ON the HanKas-Why Their
momoters Vary Wcather Crop hui
letin for December.

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Washington, for the weather in the state
WAS away of, because on Saturday there
WAS a continuous snow fall, while Sunday
in Montana was a bright, clear day. The
Washington weather prophet Was a little
more careful in his guess for yesterday and
to-day. He predicted fair and warmer
weather." Fair" weather. according to.
tho Interpretation of the weather bureau,
hold good unless there is almost IN inch Of
precipitation. Mr.. Harrington, however,
guessed it correctly OF the temperature.
Sunday evening at six o'clock, according to
Observer Glass, the thermometer registered
eleven below. During the night it dropped
two degrees lowst, ana at six q. IN. yester-
day it was only seven below. Then it be-
gan to rise. and at noon it was three below.
Later it went q few degrees above, so that
Harrington will probably come out all right
on his forecast. It is much colder in the
eastern part Of the state, however,
being twelve below at Miles City
yesterday evening. The wave that was CEN
trail in Dakota Saturday has moved east,
and is now down in the middle west. Trains
or the northern routes were somewhat de-
layed yesterday, the Northern Paciiclbeinp
eight hours late from Che east, and The
Great Northern an hour and forty-flVe
minutes. AS the storm has moved east, it
il probable that there will be no more
tronble until another storm comes.
on the fact that there is such a variation
between the thermometers in general use
and those used by the government observ-
ers. Another thing that is very noticeable
is that, take half adozen thermometers alone
M ain street, and they will show a different
temperature. Observer Glass explained the
reason Of the variations yesterday. The
top of buildings, put in cases and SGT ten
feet from the roof. So placed there is no
radiation from the ground or
walls to. affect them. Their
mometers p laced along sides of buildings
at any distance from the ground that ia
from the brick or stone against which they
are placed, n also by that arising from
the ground. "There are always" said Mr..
Glass, currents of air rushing about. The
air ia like a choppy sea, up and down
and wheeling in every direction. Take two
thermometers that will register exactly the
same when placed side by side and put one
on one side Of Main street and the other on
the opposite side, and they will vary sev.
eral degrees. This difference is occasi o ned
by the different currents of air l have re.
ferred to-. However, the degree regis tered
by a good street thermometer is just about
what IL pedestrian is expesriencing:"
Reports SO far as received from Montant
ranges are to the effect that while the snow
fall was general it was not deep and tina,
neither feed nor water were much affected.
Quite a brisk wind prevailed and the nj v
drifted.
The following is taken from the weather
crop bulletin Of the department Of agrioul-
ture for December: The month Of De.
cember has been warmer than usually gen.
orally throughout all districts east of the
Rocky Mountains and from the Dakotaa
westward to Washington. The mean tenn
perature of the month was unusually high
from northern New England westward to
Montana, over which region the excess in
the daily average for the month range from
eight to ten degrees. In the central valleys,
including the principal winter wheat states
the temperature was from six to eight de-
grees higher than usual, while over the
greater portion of the cotton region the
temperature was from two to three degrees
above the normal.
The month was colder than Usual over the
central and southern plateau and Rocky
mountain districts and in California, the
departure from the normal being slight on
the Pacific coast, while it was more marked
over tho plateau regions, where the daily
deficiency in temperature was about eight
degrees. s
Only two cold waves of marked extent
occurred during the month. the first on the
18th n Sth, occurred more generally over
the southern portion of the country, carry
ing frosts and freezing weather as far
south rs the gulf coast and northern Flor
ida, timely warming of which vas sent out
from the central Office. The second, from
the 25th to the 9th, prevailed over nearly
the whOla oOnntTv aaHE IF tha Ron XIV mO11O-
talns, but was of brief duration.