The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-01-02
IN Winters SNOWY GARB
Washington Gets a Taste OF
Arctic Weather.
COOLEST IN MANY YEARS
The Low Temperature to Last Two
Days-Ihe Move: Jingle of sleigh
Beiis-MeteoroIoEica Comparisons
The Wide Extent OF Frigid Con-
ditions.

Washington and the region round about
Washington was full of weather yesterday.
1t was good, strong, triple-X weather, and
its strength surprised even the weather
man.
The balmy blizzard which ushered in
the New Year also ushered in very cold
the new year also ushered in q very cold
wave, which is slated to remain in this
vicinity until Tuesday night The cold
wave opened up operations early yesterday
morning and managed to run the tempera-
ture down to the lowest point known On
any New Years Day in fifteen years. AT
s o'clock last night the mercury stood at
IL degrees above zero. AT 8 o'clock it
was II degrees above, and at 10 o'clock it
had run down to 10 degrees and continued
going down until degrees was reached at
midnight.
The blizzard of Saturday night was the
worst experienced in this city since the
big storm of January /, 1881. During the
latter New Year blizzard the thermome-
ter went down to Il degrees below zero,
the lowest ever known in this city.
This years storm was severe enough to
suit everybody, however, and the instru-
ments at the Weather Bureau show that
the fall of snow measured five inches,
while the wind travelled at a very high
rate of speed.
The last big storm in this city was that
of January 81. 1898. when as
inches of snow fell, but the lowest tenn
perature registered only "a degrees above
zero.
Yesterday was a long round of misery.
Only those who were forced to face the
cold appeared upon the streets, and these
were wrapped and bundled up la Can
adian habitat The streets were piled with
snow and the sidewalks were hard punches
OF slippery ice. The sun managed to get
in few rays during the day and warmed
the snow into slush, which was soon frozen
again, and contributed not a little 10 the
general discomfort OF pedestrians.
The street cars were run without trailers
all day after many of them had become
stalled on the icy tracks, and the motormen
suffered much from the biting wind.
The morning air was filled with the jim
gle of sleigh bells yesterday for the first
time since last January. Everyone who
could obtain anything with runners spent
the day in healthful driving. and the young
man who could not treat his best girl to a
bracing drive in sleigh was indeed unfor-
tunate. Wheeled vehicles were conspicuous
by their absence and plowed heavily
through the snow, which was hard packed
and frozen.
The small boy and the small girl had
delightful time with their sleds, while
others were content with forming icy slides
and attempting TO skate on frozen snow.
The cold weather will not break until
after Tuesday. and the indications are
said TO be. for today, colder, with increased
northwesterly winds.
The trough of this cold wave was
through Virginia and storm signals are
displayed On the upper Atlantic coast.
Chief Hazen, of the Weather Bureau,
stated that the South suffered from the
wave last night. The east coast of Florida
and portions of North and South Carolina
were frozen out and much damage done
The velocity of the wind on the Atlantic
Coast last night was fftytwo miles per
hour which is considered alarmingly
high. The coolest place in the United
States last night was PASSPORT, Me-,
where the temperature was 60 degrees be-
low zero.
The weather man advises much dligent
attention to stoves and furnaces, as the
mercury is steadily going down. Storm
coats and fur caps are also in fashion, and
sleighing will be good for at least two
days