The sun., 1899-02-10
COLDEST DAY THfwlNTER.
TEMPERA TURE AT TIMES BELOW ZERO
AND NAY STAY DOWN.

caster Emery Says-was the Coldest Feb
| o on Record-3.1o Below Zero tho Lowest
MRrk-Great Suffering Among the Poor
Tho cold wave which Forecaster Emery
spied In the Northwest on Wednesday got Into
town shortly after midnight yesterday morn.
| ing and treated New York to the coldest day
OF the winter and next TO the coolest day the
| city has experienced in eleven years. The
biting wind which came with the cold wave
made out-of-door life almost uncomfortable and
there was q noticeable decrease In the number
| OF people to be seen in the downtown business
district and the uptown shopping district dur
| ing the day. Broadway was full OF running
mon and boys all day long. Those who had
errands to do and appointments to keep which
necessitated their leaving the warmth Of their
Offices did them running. for the biting wind
was getting in beautiful work on the ears and
noses Of those who fingered along the way.
The wind was supposed to be coming from the
west and northwest. but to pedestrians it
seemed to blow in the face no matter which
way they turned There we're some who
seemed TO like it. and it certainly was flne
day so far as clear skies and bright sun were
concerned. but the average New Yorker voted
1t the toughest day in many a winter. and in
many ways Il was
When Forecaster Emery predicted n cold
wave on Wednesday and sent out warnings to
the owners Of perishable goods. he had no
idea OF the extent TO which his prediction was
to come true. He said on Wednesday that
there would be drop OF from 20' to 25' in
the temperature. Az matter Of fact there
was drop OF 331'. At 7:30 o'clock Wednes-
day morning the Thermometer at the Weather
Bureau registered 30o At 7:30 o'clock yes
terday morning 1t was So below zero. That
was the coldest time of the day. although the
In, tka thAr md
the zero point long after that.
In addition to being tho coolest day OF tho
winter yesterday was the coolest Feb. 2 on
record. The nearest approach to 1t was on
Feb. 8, 1875. when the temperature was | be-
low zero. Feb q Of last year was 36p warmer
than yesterday. The nearest approach to zero
weather in this city this winter. before yes
terday. was - above zero That was the tenn
perature on Jan. 2 last and again on Jan. IL
last.
The only colder day that New York has ex-
perienced in eleven years was on Feb. II. 1895.
when 1t was " below zero. On Jan. 6 OF the
same year 1t was 81 below zero. Yesterday
beat that just one-tenth of a degree. which
doesn't see n much to the layman. but is ac-
counted a very respectable margin by the
sharps at the Weather Bureau.
The temperature for each hour. from mid
night Wednesday night to O'Clock yesterday
afternoon. according to the Weather Bureau
Thermometer; was as follows: Midnight 10,
above; o'clock. above:4 @ O'Clock. i ) above: We
. O'Clock. i above; u O'Clock. zero: { O'Clock
dcosE SSio* zero" b"ow "3 oS9ck oS9ckk II aRsEe SRsI9w
O'Clock. % above, II o'clock. 3' above; noon.
=, above: o'clock, , above; = o'clock. 3
Many private thermometers In front of bust
ness houses registered 1, and = below zero
butthe oflciallgures make the minimum tenn
perature 81 below. Mr.. Emery said yester-
day .aiternoon that there was no warm wave
tnrday. on the average. although the tenn aerq-
ture may no! get below zero, 1t will he fair
slight rise In the temperature toward night.
1t is great many winters since a cold
1E h1s Gesn S 0H Eea seSt2n Of
received at the Weather Bureau yesterday
showed that there was freezing Temperature
little south Of Tampa to the Atlantic coast.
Just north OF Jupiter. There was minimum
at Jupiter and IS ABOVE e at T JacksonylIc iii "o0>o
The coming OF freezing weather TO this sec
ton of the country was forecast from Wash
ingtOn and warnings were sent To the fruit
raising and agriculture! sections through the
Florida stations, Despite the warnings. how
damage to the lruit section, possibly destroy
ing all hopes Of a cror in some sections.
cold period will be OF short dura ion in Flori.
da, however. and that there will be a return TO
normal temperature by Tonight or tomorrow
The temperature was abnormaally low
Yesterday over al! the district east OF, the
nesota. western Wisconsin. and the region 70
the northward baing embraced in the area OF
the from Gs to @ HeT
zero. while ine record tor the day was at Min
nedosa, Manitoba; where tho minimum tenn
perature was 5O' below zero.
The zero temperature yesterday extanded to
line traced from central Virginia over Ten
homa Al CINCINNATI the cold weather record
was broken; The thermometer fell to l6' he !
low zero; the lowest ,empierature for the city
on record.at the Weather Bureau thore. The |
Cincinnati was on Jan. J. 1886. and again on
FeD x. 1888; when the temperature was /?
below zero. There are signs Of a gradual mod |
Grafton in the weather. according 10 the Wash |
RGsfy N er at nS oa 5fS"" '"'' OF the
The low Temperatures in some Of the cities |
besides New York yesterday. were as follows: |
cugo. 20 below: Milwaukee,. ~ below; Du- |
lnil.. 80 80 below; st. louis 10 below; kamssa.
unusually lnw Temperatures in some OF rle |
sGS are h9ya sh9Wn XSw ~ hs f@%ws
above be GfSs Galveston. ~ 2ES; above >'" ''''S ~
The extreme cold in this city caused suffer
I'M ing e and ipeonvgnie,nce ,t, ", 70 many Policemen %
ing half-frozen men e. the station houses and |
thawing them out. Most Of the rnfortpnates
in the flowing bowl. and had II not been for the |
vigiIan .e Of: the. policemen more than one |
might have been frozen TO death before morn
ing
Policeman Fletcher found a man lying In a |
snow bank in Vanderbilt avenue late Wednes- |
day night and took him TO the sub station at |
the Grand Central depot. After q vigorous |
rubbing he recovered consciousness and said |
he was Frank A, Kellogg. an Assistant District |
Attorney OF New Haven. Conn. He said that
he had been i'll and had taken a glass of wine |
TO strengthen him. II went to his head and |
he wandered around town without knowing |
where he was gong. He was locked up for |
the night and In the Yorkville Court Yesterday |
morning. was charged with drunkenness. He |
was discharged
Peter Nolan Of $40 Second avenue was an
other citizen who miStook snow bank for his |
bed on Wednesday night He took of most |
of his clothing and was Iust doing Of in |
snow pile at Lexington avenue and Seventy |
first street when Policeman Goldhammer
came along. He refused to heed the police
mans advice 10 dress again and fought des- |
perately when placed under arrest. In the |
Yorkvllle Court yesterday morning he was |
fined SO Later in the day the fine was re- |
mitted at the request of his mother. who went |
20 court after him.
Harold Schil!ald Of 295 Third avenue was |
found living on the sidewalk at Twenty-sec- |
ond street. near j. irst avenue. 80 cold that he |
couldn't move. cigar which he had been |
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