Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1902-02-04
below 1ers.

This morning marks the fourteenth day
OF term of~unusually severe weather for
this part OF the United States. At no
time since January 21 has the thermometer
at the government observatory marked
degree above the freezing point. On that
day the maximum temperature was S5 de-
grees above zero for a part of the day.
That night there was a slight change IN
the temperature and the next day the
highest point reached was 81 degrees above
zero. or 1 degree below the freezing point
The next day was still colder, the highest
temperature recorded being 20 degrees
above zero. But these days, while cold In
comparison with those which preceded
them, were still above the normal for jan
uary DAYS
The real cold weather, compared with
January averages, began on January "a,
which was, however. warmer than any
since that time. The highest temperature
recorded that day was 2s degrees above
zero and the lowest S. giving deficiency
for the day of degrees. The next day.
with a deficiency of 8 degrees, maxi
mum of 21 and minimum Of s,
was not remarkable compared with the pre-
eeding day, but January 26 the mercury
for the FIRST time during the month dropped
degrees below zero and a maximum Of 6
degrees above. January 27 was the coldest
day Of the present term, having a mimi
mum of ~ degrees below zero. Since then
the mercury has been below zero on jan
uary rs, January 81, February and 2,
and at no time since January rs has the
mercury been above II degrees above zero.
Taken as whole, the month Of January
was unusually warm. Until January 20
there was an excess Of warmth for the
month amounting to S51 degrees. The de-
| iciencies Of other days brought this ex-
| cess down to 233 degrees for the month,
| making an avefage daily excess Of 7.5 de-
grees for January. f
Until January 20 there was no precipita-
tion recorded for the month"; but slpce that
time there has been fall OF three quarters
of an inch of melted snow, or shout eight
inches OF snow unnelted. ~,
One reason that the people notice the
present cold weather, is on account Of the
last two years. when that month was OK
ceedlngly warm. the average daily excess
in 1901 being 9 degrees and in 1900
IL degrees. Last winter there were
only three days when the mercury went
below zero and the coolest time was on
December 81. 1900, when degrees below
| was recorded -.f
This condition has, in the opinion Of the
local forecaster, led the people to forget
the usual winters Of Omaha, which are about
such as the one we are having now, with
perhaps a greater range. taking ten days
at time in consideration.
''The rough weather on the coast" said
Mr.. Welsh, sis a continuation of the
storm which passed over Omaha Saturday
night. 1t struck the lakes with a maxi
mum wind velocity of twenty-six miles ar
hour at Buffalo this morning and with
probably increasing velocity as It pro-
ceeded to the east
At the Omaha station at o'clock Mon
day afternoon the wind velocity wal
twenty-six miles an hour, and the nurriei
of snow gave appearance Of an inclpien
blizzard, but reports received at the loca
office caused the forecaster to maintail
that no serious storm would follow
y At o'clock this morning street ther
mometers varied from to below zero.