The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-24
SNOW AFTER SLEET
STORM WAS PREDICTED BUT THE
FALL WAS LIGHT.
TWO BELOW FREEZING.
REGISTERED BY TIE MORNING
NEWS THERMOMETER AT 4
O'CLOCK THIS MORNING.

Weather Bureaus Prediction Is for
Fair and Continued Cold To-day
and Tomorrow Fair With Rising
Temperature.-NOt Expected That
the Cold VIII Seriously Damage
the CrOpS-The snow Record at
savannah for February City
Forces Omit Work
For some time yesterday 1t looked as
Ihough Savannah was to be visited by
a genuine snowstorm Before daylight
rain and sleet began to fall and continued
for several hours. A few minutes before
10 o'clock snow began TO fall, but only
occasional fakes. and within half an
hour it ceased though the rain and sleet
continued until afternoon
At 2:S0 O'Clock the Thermometer regis
tered the minimum for the day. 80 de-
grees. The maximum occurred at mid
night the night before when AZ degrees
was registered. The mean temperature
for the day was 40 degrees. Is below the
normal. and gives the month an accumu-
lated shortage of heat Of 30 degrees. and
TO the year an accumulated shortage of
so degrees
The rainfall amounted to 90 of an inch
which increases the accumulated excess
of the month to ..S5 of an inch. and that
of the year, so far. to 1.20 inches.
At 2:S0 O'Clock the weather bureau re-
ceived a message from Washington In
strucung that the northwest storm sig
nails be displayed as there was storm
central near Jacksonville, which was ex-
pected to move northward along the
coast with increasing energy, bring ng
with it high northeast shifting to north
west winds, and snow. The forecast at
night, however, was for fair and contin-
ued cold to-day, and fair weather with
rising temperature tomorrow, with
brisk to high northwest winds.
The prediction of snow excited interest
generally. and the bureau officials were
kept busy answering questions One man
made several trips to the bureau to find
out the latest, and explained as the rea-
son of his solicitude, the fact that mis-
children would be very much disappointed
If the snow did not come.
The heaviest falls of snow with which
Savannah has been visited within the last
twenty-five years have occurred in Feb
ruary. In December of 1886. 1898 and 1899
there were traces of snow, and similar
slight falls are recorded in January of
1879, 1884 and 1886. In January, 1898, is
recorded the third heaviest fall of snow
recorded Ia the Savannah bureau-one
inch. In February. 1889 and in 1896 there
were traces Of snow. but February. 1896.
Is inches fell, and In the same mon
In 1899 occurred the snow record OF Sa-
vannahs history-two inches.
If the pl eseni month passes without q
fall of snow 1t is hardly probable that
there will be any in March, as in twenty
two years snow in March is recorded only
once, a trace in 1880.
Though yesterday was disagreed Bile, it
was because of the rain and sleet rather
than the cold, and though the business
along the river fornt was interfered with
to a certain degree, a Knocking off of
hands was by no means general. 1t inter
1ered with the pubic works, however.
and the forces were not at work.
Hands cannot work with any satisfac-
tory results in such weather, and there
Is pneumonia and many kindred ills in the
attempt. Only the pumps were kept go
ing on the house drainage work to keep
the bitches from filling with water.
At l o'clock this morning the thernom-
eter at the Morning News Office registered
20 degrees, and was still falling.