Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1899-02-15
ARCTIC WEATHER,
BIG SNOWSTORM,
SNOW 80 ms. DEEP.

ne zero weather tnat began ITS
advance upon us on Wednesday of
last week WAS preceded by three DAYS
Of sunless skies, during each of which
there was fall of snow, the white
mantle it brought reaching thick
ness of about min. inches. Th.- higt.
winds which prevailed throughout
the day caused the snow to drift con.
siderably, but OH wide roads the
drifts did hot reach sufficient depth
to interfere with travel.
On Thursday morning at daylight
the Thermometer read 8 below zero:
on Friday morning 20 below. on Sat
urday morning - below, on Sunday
and Monday mornings it recorded
zero. Thursday and Friday the
weather was clear, and the winds.
though not very strong. were biting.
a sort of haziness ohScured the sun
"n Saturday morning, hut the wealth
- '"''' ." NhC NaN uioicidttN uhGcT
the influence Of bright sun, ard We
hogan To hope the arctic wave had
passed. About : O'clock ia the af-
ternoOn. however. II began To grow
! cloudy. aud by ! o'clock "A smOwsturn
from the southeast was prevailing,
although the Washington weather
bureau announced ON Friday night
that SNOW Was no where in sight.
/ Sunday morning this suUwstOrn. an
der pressure OF Il northeast wilma, Was
"a aciiN" ~ the preceding e,enlug.
anG continued throughout the dAv.
with the "iIi Veerlug and blowing
from the north. CA Monday morn
/ my the suOwsturm wis IA evidence.
with IN rrasing severity, under pres
Surc OF wilder winds from the north
west thar were piiing its SINAI. flakes
( IN drifts. The snowsturm ceased
some time during Monday might.
The arctic weather made the Geld
rst record within the memory of those
+ living. \ cold wave in the seventies
recorded / : degrees below zero. bat
a> thermometers do not register alike
under the same temperature. Ne eau
not tee certain about the intensity of
the cold of the two periods less the
test Is made by the same thermome
ter
The Washington weather bureau
officials say that last weeks arctic
wave started In the northwest aud
spread over almost all of the country.
The high pressure had two centres,
one IN Montana. the other in West
Va. 1t was doubtless the West Va.
centre that seat the mercury SO low
IN this part of our biz country. Last
Friday morning the thermometer at
Mr.. Daniel Woods mill recorded. we
are Informed, % degrees below zero;
at the railroad Statio4. Front Roval.
- he low; at Charlestown, p below:
at Winchester, ii below; at Wood
stock, 40 below, and at Lnray, % be-
low. In PENNSYLVANIA, New York.
Connecticut, New Jersey. Ohio. Mich
igan, Illinois, Nebraska. aud Dakota
records were made from 8 TO 80 de
grees below zero. Even northern
Texas recorded ] ) below.
From u gentleman who came from
l-oudoun on Saturday morning, be
fore the big snowstorm of Saturda,
evening To Monday set in. we learned
that the roads along the foot hills of
the Blue Ridge were impossible t.
vehicles because of the snow drifts.
Their bad condition was doubtless
rendered worse hy the last snow
storm. At this writing we have not
heard anything from the narrow
roads running north and south in
this county, but the high winds OF
Sunday night and Monday. and the
dry, sitting character of the snow
that was being precipitared TO the
earth must have filled them with
drifts.
The churches were closed on Sun
day because 1T was impossible to heat
them, and could they have been mad,
warm the weather was such that nc
one was willing TO venture out except
Imperative duties called them to fac,
the snowstorm. Train running over
the n. x W. r. Il. was suspended
The mail train managed To reach
here on Sunday morning from lIag