The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-11
COLD WEATHER IN THE WEST.
LOW RANGE or TEMPERATUREs
HAS BEEN PHENoMENAL.

Except on the Gulf ana south Allan
tic Coast There VIII BE No Abnte-
ment for Several Dnys-Mercury
Was Way Below Zero All Through
the North and WeSt-CoId Wave
signals StII Displayed In the
Northwest.
Washington, Feb. l0.--The weather bu-
reau tonight furnished the following
statement:
The thirteenth consecutive day of abnor-
many cold weather in the central valleys,
West and Northwest, has been marked by
some moderation in the Ohio and Upper
Mississippi and Lower Missouri valleys,
although the temperatures in these dis
tricts still remain in the neighborhood OF
zero.
In the Middle Atlantic states the wave
has continued with undminished severity.
particularly at Washington. where min
imum of degrees below zero was re
corded this morning.
The mean temperature for Friday was
two degrees below zero, the lowest daily
mean temperature ever recorded in the
history of the Washington station The
mean temperature for the past two days
was zero. also the lowest two days mean
ever recorded.
This morning the temperatures in the
Ohio and Middle Mississippi valleys, West
ern upper lake region and Middle Atlantic
states were from one degree to eighteen
degrees lower than any previous record
for the first zen days of February. Al
| Parkersburg it was % degrees below zero,
| or Is degrees lower than any previous rec
ord, and al Pittsburg 20 degrees below
zero, or degrees lower than any previous
record.
Some Temperatures Rising.
During the day however. there was
marked rise, and tonight the tempera-
ture in the Upper Ohio valley is close to
zero, which is also about the average New
| England temperature. In the Northwest
and Central Rocky Mountain region there
has been another decided fall accompan-
| led by snow, the temperature having fallen
from 10 degrees to 40 degrees, and ranging
from zero in Central Colorado to 80 de-
grees below zero in Northwestern North
| Dakota.
In the South there has been tendency
/ toward slight rise, except along the
| West Gulf coast.
Snow is falling In Southern Illinois Mis-
| souri,, South Dakota and the middle slope
! There were also light local SHOWS in
Lower Michigan and Western New York,
and light local rains and SHOWS in the
/ South Atlantic and Gulf states.
In the Plateau and Pacific coast regions
there were light SHOWS and rains In the
! northern portions, followed by generally
| fair weather without any temperature
changes of consequence.
May Continue Several DAYS.
Shows and rains are indicated I'm the
| Southern states and snow from the Ohio
! valley westward and in the Southwest.
Generally fair weather viii prevail else
where
The cold wave will continue generally ex-
cept on the Gulf and extreme South At
! lantic coasts and there will be no marked
| abatement for at least several days. In The
District of Columbia still lower tempera
| ture may be expected Saturday inornine.
followed by a slight rise during the morn
| ing.
Fresh to brisk northerIy winds may be
expected in the Atlantic coast states
Cold wave and northern signals are dis
| played generally from South Dakota and
| wyoming, southwark, except in eytreme
/ Southern states, and advisory n1essaee es
| have been sent TO Lower Michigan. Jnfi-
ana and the Middle Mississippi valley stat
| ing that there VIII be no appreciable mod.
GRAFTON Of the severe cold weather for se v
eral days to come.