The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-02
YEAR WITHOUT IN AURORA
Their FROM THE NORTH
pOLE
NO NORTHERN LIGHTS SEEN
Local weather Observers Electrical
Instruments Detected No Such
Manifestations During the
Year just Closed.

While the recent weather conditions
have seemed to indicate that ST. Paul
was rapidly moving out of the ice palace
belt, it remaired for the popular tradi-
ton to be reinforced by the annual re-
port of p. T. Lyons, the officer in charge
of the local weather bureau, who calls
attention in his annual review OF the
weather for 1900, to the fact that not
during the whole year was there Il local
manifestation of the phenomena known
to science as the aurora boreals, and 10
people generally in colder climes as the
northern or polar lights
In his review Mr.. Lyons says:
Whether in the natural procession of
Genealogical cycles or otherwise, ma
ture supplemented the year 1852 which
was marked by extremes in temperature,
with another year of extremes that were
less marked in temperature but pro-
nouncedly so in precipita ton. The early
portion of 1860 had much less than aver
age snow, but the deficiency in moisture
became serious as the growing season
came on, and up to July 1 there was
deficiency Of 6.55 inches, most Of which
was due to the falling off in rainfall
since April last. 1t was then that thi;
section was confronted with what
threatened to be a drought of not only
serious but calamititous tendency; but as
in the instance of deficient temperature
in 1899. the law of final average or COM
pensaton was realized because the sue
ceeding months of July, August Septem-
Der and October vastly more than COM
pensated for the deficiency, and that
with the almost tropical temperature
that prevailed during the summer
months, and that merged into a remark
ably mild Autum, SO mild that the
tenderest vegetation in sheltered locali-
ties in fields and gardens survived up 20
Nov. Z, that being the date of the first
general killing frost However, light to
heavy frost occurred previous to that
time.
The average annual Temperatures for
st. Paul and vicinity deduced from the
last thirty years record is 43 degrees, the
average for the last year is IS degrees.
or a daily excess OF degrees; the high
est and lowest temperature was 90 above
ami below Zero registered Aug. and
Jan. g. and FEB. 8, respectively; the tenn
perature rose above so degrees on eigh-
teen days; it went to or below freezing
point (52 degrees) at some time of the
day or night on AS days, and it remained
below that point al all times during the
day and night on 81 days. The last frost
OF the spring season was noted May g.
and the first killing frost of autumn
came Oct. 8, but as stated heretofore it
was not generally killing. From these
statements it will be seen that an in
during which the condit' ons were not
adverse to vegetation at all as regards
temperature, and all products of the field
and garden had-about matured long be-
lore the first killing frost mentioned
above. a+1.
Inc average precipitation (rain and
melted snow determined the same as
temperature is 21.47 inches; the total for
the year 1900 is 1922 inches or an excess
Of So inches; one-hundredtll of an inch
or more of rain .ors melted snow fell on
l02 days, SO of which snow to depth of
one-tenth of an inch or more, unmelted
fell; there were III clear, $50 partly
cloudy and SO cloudy days, and s DAYS on
Which there was light to dense fog that
TASTED one or more hours; light but not
injurious hail fell on 4 days
There were ~ thunderstorlns. of which
May had 2; June,6; July, s; August, u;
September, 8; October, 5.
Mean barometer corrected to sea-Ieve1
1901, or about normal. Mean relative
humidity, 1872 per cent.
Inc wind blew oftener from northwest
than from any other point. The total
movement in miles, all directions in
cluded, is 7,436; highest wind ve,ocitv
determined from five minutes record
northwest 9S miles an hour, January
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The stage of water in the Mississippi
was suitable for navigation during the
early spring months, and also the mid
die summer and autumn months, but was
very scant the informed ate portion
owing to the drought, and towards the
END OF June and out to the early part of
July, navigation was practically sus-
pended for time because of the tscantv
stage of water; the lowest stage indi-
Gated by the gauge was or of foot
July 2; the highest was Sc feet registered
October l. Comprehensive tables accom-
pany the review.