New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-18
ARCTIC RECORDS IN NORTHERN NEW
YORK
THE MERCURY IuS TO 10 BELOW ZERO AT
SARANAC LAKE-uEEP SNOW ~ THE
ANINNNnACKS REGlON.

THE MERCURY TITS TO - BELOW ZERO AT
sARANAc IAKE-urEP SNOW ~ THE
ADRoNDACKs REGION.
Watertown. ~ Y. Feb. l7.-One OF tho coolest
atmospheric waves that passed Northern
New-Yorl1 IL In transit. II began at Water
town on Saturday right. the thermometer reaching
below zero by Sunday At A. m. from to 10
b..ow ali day sunday. and reaching tn. minimum
al 6 o'clock to-day with a temperature OF from g
10 IS below. The skies are clear and winds south
west. Tho s three feet deep on n Lowell.
At Ensburg this county. the temperature was
3s below this morning and at Antwerp % below.
Reports from towns in the northern section of
jefferson County give thermometer records as from
~ 70 fG below
saranac Lake. y. Y. Feb. 1.-THE mercury
dropped to - degrees below zero last night. III"
lowest point on record In Saranac Lake The cold
weather has lnterfcrcd with railroad traffic, ana
trains are reported hve and six hours late
Malone Fen l7-This morning was The most try
Ing ~ the winter on account of the fact that with
a SIN breeze blowing the Thermometer ranged
2s to 81 degrees below zero at this point Ia"
mercury touched - degrees below nero at Mountain
View 81 at Brusnton ani ~ at Medcnam Lake.
CoopersiOwn. y. \. Feb. l7.-I.ast night Was the
coldcs. night OF the winter The mercury d1olpei
10 IS degrees below zero here
Schenectady. Feb H-At y o'clock Midnight the
thermometer registered from /. to e degree h"I""
zero, with Lttie change w 10 . "A. H. fio"'"
eaIs. noses and faces are numerous to,iAy: ...,.
SaratOra Feb 1.-THE temperature III thlS Fc4h-
iiy reached a lower mark within the last t"eny
four hours than any previous ume tnis winter
This morning The mercury register I - Drio" zero
in Saratoga. and AT Saratoga Lake y 6e,ow
Niagara Falls. Feb. l1-This ls the coldeSt daN OF
the present winter. The thermometer feI 10 Z
below zero last M.snt. -
Rochester FEB. 1.-THE mercury fcll to = below
zero here this morning At Palmyra the thermom-
eter registered - below
Buffalo Feb. l7.,Thc weather here to-day is the
coolest Of the season. The thermometer this morn
ing marked below, and AT II O'Clock stands AZ
zero. \ storm of marked energy Is reported 10y N"
local weather bureau 10 be on It's way from ihe
Northwest and viii likely reach here tomorrow.
It will cause rise in temperature Of from ~
10 80 degrees. The Urea Of high pressure a
companying the present cold wave hal It's centre
last night at White River Canada. north OF Lake
Superior. where the temperature was = below zero.
Rome Feb. 17.-At $50 a.. today the mercury
stood at q below zero.
Auburn Feb. 1.-THE second cold snap OF the
season reached this region last night and sent the
mercury ,ower than upon the first occasion. The
thermometer in exposed places reached 20 degrees
below at dawn. and later In the morning II hovcTei
at about 10 below. Advices from Ensenore state
that Owasco Lake Is frozen over for the first time
this winter.
Blnghamtor Feb II AS a result OF the cold
wave the mercury dropped here u degrees In
thirty-six hours reaching % degrees below zero at
8 O'Clock this morning