Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-01-25
T IS A COLD DAY
The Mercury Ten Degrees Below
Freezing Point
this MEANS SUFFERING FOR THE POOR
low Zero in M any
Places.
1T WILL BE STILL COLDER.

The cold wave is here at last, and being
unaccompanied by any disagreeable fea-
lures, such as rain or snow. Is a welcome
relief from the unreasonable weather of
the last few weeks. The weather today is
clear and bracing, and Ia highly appreciat-
ed by everybody but the poor. and it is pre-
dictcd that the charitable citizens of the
District will see that they are all provided
with fuel as well as with provisions.
The fall In temperature is general all
over the country. and occurred here last
night on schedule time. Lieut.. Dunwoody,
the weather forecaster, Is modestly 1ubilant
over the complete verification of his predic-
tons as to the approach and extent of the
cold wave. Ample notice of its coming was
given to all parts Of the country, and If
any section was caught unawares 1t was
not from lack Of timely warning.
A General Drop.
Lieut.. Dunwoody told a Star reporter this
morning that this is the most extensive
cold spell of the season, the temperature
being below freezing point as far south as
Galveston and New Orleans. 1t is extreme
ly cold throughout the central valley to the
gulf coast, and the temperature was two
and Minnesota it is from 10 to 80 degrees
below zero, and In the Missouri belt 1t is
about 10 degrees below
Last night the cold wave extended east
ward to the lower lake region, the Ohio val
ley, Tennessee and the gulf states, attended
by rain and snow and followed by clearing
weather.
The storm. which was central in the lake
regions In the morning, is now over the low
er saint Lawrence valley, and souther1y
gales with rain and higher temperature pre-
vaii on the New England and middle At
lantic coast
Los ,texl,t H.
TO hfty degrees from the lake regions south
ward to the gulf coast. 1t was warmer on
west.
The area of high pressure covers the cen.
tral valleys and lake regions and extends
eastward to the Atlantic coast.
The cold wave has reached the middle and
guif coasts. causing the temperature to fan
below freezing point in western Florida,
southern Louisiana and southern Texas
The temperature is below zero as far
SCUM as tennessee. and from 20 degrees to
81 degrees below zero in the upper Missis-
sippi valley The temperature has fallen
from ~ degrees to 40 degrees from the low
er lake region southwark to the east gulf
coast. 1t has risen from 10 degrees to so
kotas. ~
Snow and rain prevailed during the night
along the Atlantic coast, followed by clear
ing weather, except on the south Atlantic
coast, wnere rain continues this morning
Colder Tonight and Tomorrow,
The temperature in this city at 8 O'Clock
this morning was % degrees, a change of
Is degrees during the twenty-four hours.
The coolest day here this winter was De-
cember 6. when the thermometer registered
IL degrees. and the warmest day since De-
cember last was Christmas day, when
1t went as high as 65 degrees. Generally
fair weather is predicted for this region for
this evening and tomorrow. It will get
colder tonight and tomorrow morning, with
blasts from the north. but there will be
q gradual rise In temperature by Saturday
The severity Of the cold wave may be
noted from the following temperatures at
places which were yesterday in its path:
Duluth, Mimi, % below Zero
Des Moines, Iowa, "a below zero.
Springfield. ILL.,, IA below zero.
st. Louis. Mo-, below zero.
Springfield, Mo-, IL below zero.
Kansas City, Mo-. below zero.
Omaha. Neb., 10 below zero.
st. Vincent, MIMI, and Valentine, Neb.,
were the coolest places in the country, the
thermometer registering 50 degrees below
zero at each place. An evidence of the
change is shown by the fact that on the
same parallel of latitude the thermometer
on the Atlantic coast yesterday marked
so degrees above zero and in Kansas 20
degrees below Zero difference Of 20 de-
grees.