The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-03

compiled by the government in book
form, Kansas may expect a long winter.
Although the ground hog summed him
self he found it cold for the minimum
temperature Sunday was below zero.
There is some doubt, according to the
government book, whether the winter
viii continue four or six weeks. On page
81 is found the following: If the ground
hog is summing himself on the second of
February he will return for four weeks
to his winter quarters again." Another
on the same page is There is always
one fine week in February On page
101 is this: IF Candlemas day be fair
and clear, there'H be two winters in that
year.
The book also contains some warnings
which the public should follow. One is:
Have on CandlemaS day one-haf your
straw and one-half your hay" Another
is: "On CandlemaS day just SO far as
the sun shines in. Just so far will the
snow blow i'm
When asked what he thought about
the ground hog proverbs, Observer Jen-
nings said: The ground hog saw his
shadow yesterday and that means. ac
cOrding to the proverb, six weeks more
OF winter Last winter the ground hog
did not see his shadow. The weather
bureau forecaster announced cold
weather anyway. 1t was the ground
hog against the prognosticators- We had
winter right along just the same. This
is unusual weather we are having. In
fact all the weather we have is an
nounced by some one to be unusual.
Prospects are good now for the weather
to moderate. In fact the nearer we get
to spring the better are our chances"
The government today sent out the
following forecast: Snow and colder
tonight. Tuesday fair and colder" The
temperatures throughout the northwest
have not moderated and the high and
low barometers are chasing across the
country playing tag with the thermom-
eters and hide and seek with each other.
The weather bureau has given up all
hopes Of controlling them and the de-
parCment is now waiting for spring.
When the buds start the announcement
will be made officially that the mercury
will not get 20 below zero until next
winter, maybe.
Saturday night at midnight the mer-
curry was degrees below zero. Early
Sunday morning the thermometer regis
tered degrees below and during the
day got up to II degrees above. The
wind early Sunday morning was blow
ing Is miles from the northwest and by
noon had moderated to IL miles an hour
from the west. The snow which fell
Saturday afternoon amounted to three
tenths of an inch.
Observer Jennings has complied the
figures which show that January was
not as cold as usual but was much more
wet The mean temperature in January
was 81 on the 9Th and the minimum
10 degrees below zero on the 9th. The
wind blew most from the northwest and
during the month made a record of o.
80 A-AACS GIL oFS o6C "a ClSAlt IAAeS an
hour. The maximum velocity was 20
miles an hour on the 21st and the 2Sth.
The precipitation for the month was an
inch and Sc hundredths. The normal
precipitation is SO hundredthS of an
inch The total snow fall for the month
was II inches and four tenths. There
were 10 clear, Is partly cloudy and 8
cloudy days in the month and several
rainy days
The minimum temperature this morn
Ing was one degree below zero. The
wind this morning was from the south
blowing 16 miles an hour. The hourly
temperatures today according to the
government thermometer were as fol-