Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-01-25
1T is A COLD DAY
The Mercury Ten Degrees Below
Freezing Point.
THIS MEANS SUFFERING FOR THE POOR
low Zero in Many
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
the last few weeks. The weather today is
clear and bracing. and is highly appreciat
ed by everybody but the poor. and it is pre-
dicted that the charitable citizens Of the
District will see that they are all provided
with fuel as we'll as with provisions.
The fall in temperature is general all
over the country. and occurred here las,
night on schedule time. Lieut. Dunwoody
the weather forecaster, Is modestly jubilant
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 II
any section was caught unawares it was
not from lack Of timely warning.
General Drop.
Lieut.. Dunwoody told 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
degrees below zero at Nashville. In Iowa
and Minnesota it is from 10 to 30 degrees
below zero, and in the Missouri belt it Ia
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
Dy rain ana snow and followed by clearing
weather
The storm, which was central in the lake
regions in the morning is now over the low
err Saint Lawrence valley and southerly
gales with rain and higher temperature pre-
vail on the New England and middle At
lantic coast.
Last night the temperature fell 30 degrees
TO fifty degrees from the lake regions SOUTH
ward to the gulf coast. 1t was warmer on
west. "
The area Of high pressure covers the cen
trail valleys and lake regions and extends
eastward to the Atlantic coast.
Inc cold wave has reached the middle and
gun coasts, causing the temperature to fall
below freezing point in western Florida,
southern Louisiana and southern Texas
Inc temperature is below zero as far
south as Tennessee, and from 20 degrees 10
81 degrees below zero in the upper Missis-
sippl vaiiey. The temperature has fallen
from 70 degrees to 10 degrees from the low
er lake region southwark to the east gulf
coast 1t has risen from 10 degrees to 30
degrees from Texas northward to the Da-
kotas.
Snow and rain prevailed during the n,,b,
along the Atlantic coast. followed by clear.
ing weather, except on the south Atlantic
coast where rain continues this morning.
Sohuer Tonight ana Tomorrow.
The temperature in this city at g 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 u when the thermometer registered
IL degrees, and the warmest day since De-
cember l last was Christmas day, when
1t went as high as Is degrees Generally
fair weather is predicted for this region for
this evening and tomorrow 1t will get
colder tonight and tomorrow morning with
blasts from the north but there will be
a 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 it's path:
Duluth. Mimi, 20 below zero
Des Moines, Iowa, "a below zero,
Springfield. ILL.,. II below zero.
St. Louis, Mo-, q below zero.
Springfield. Mo-, u 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 80 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
80 degrees above zero and in Kansas 20
degrees below zero, a difference of 20 de-
grees.