The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-11-29
WAS A KILLING FROST.
Mercury Went TO 81 Degrees and
Vegetables Touched.


Vegetables Touched.
For the first time this season killing
frost. and. in fact frost of any kind.
fell in the cotton belt of the Southern
states night before last, the same con-
ditions prevailing last night though
the weather is moderating, and will be
somewhat warmer to-day than it was
yesterday.
Yesterday morning the thermometer.
between 6 and s O'Clock. went as low
in this city and section as 81 degrees
minimum, with 50 degrees maximum
for the twenty-four hours. ending at
p. m.
This frost" said Local Forecaster
Boyer, probably did considera bic
damage TO vegetables and other vege-
tatiOn of a tender nature that had
taken on growth by the extremely
warm weather of the past few weeks,
though as yet / have no reports of its
effect"
Inquiries were made at the market
and other places where vegetables are
handled, but very little could be ascer-
tanned, as the truck gardeners had not
had time TO tell what the result had
been. though it was generally conced-
ed that the vegetable crop had not
been greatly injured.
The official announcement for last
night and until o'clock tonight is as
follows: Continuing its northeast
course the storm which on Wednesday
was central near Pittsburg is now
central in the st. Lawrence valley, the
depression still covering the north
eastern portion of the country. Anoth-
err storm area has developed since
Wednesday, and is central in Western
Kansas with d pressure of 1856 inches
at Dodge City. During the past forty
eight hours the temperature over the
southeastern portion of the country
has dropped IA to "a degrees, carrying
freezing conditions eastward and
southwark to Central and Southwest
ern Georgia Frost has been general
throughout the cotton belt. over the
Ohio valley and Middle Atlantic states
it is only 6 to IL degrees colder. while
throughout the region between the
Rockies and the Mississippi a warming
of from 6 to Is degrees has taken
place. During the past twenty-four
hours precipitation has occurred in the
Ohio valley and over the Lower Lake
region and the extreme northeastern
states"
Forecaster Boyer has compiled from
the records for thirty-one years, some
interesting news as to the weather for
December.
The mean temperature for December
is So degrees: the warmest December
was that of 1889, with an average OF
60 degrees; the coolest was that of 1876,
with an average of Al degrees the
highest December temperature was so
degrees, on the 29th, in 1875: the low
est, u degrees. on the 9th, in 1894. The
average date on which first killing"
frost has occurred in autumn, is Nov.
q: average date on which last kill
ing" frost occurred in spring, March l.
The average rainfall for December is
3.15 inches; the average number of
days with OF of an inch or more is g.
the greatest monthly precipitation was
1.99 inches in 1887; the least monthly
precipitation was a trace in 1889; the
greatest amount of precipitation re-
corded in any twenty-four consecutive
hours, was 1888 inches, on LIST and I'd,
in 1896. The greatest amount of snow
fall recorded in any twenty-four con-
seCutive hours, the record extending to
winter of 1SS4-S5 only, was a trace on
the 9Th, in 1886, and the 9th in 1892,
and 31st. in 1899
The average number of clear days in
November is II: partly cloudy days,
10, and cloudy days, O..
The prevailing winds have been from
the northwest The highest velocity
was 3Ss miles.