The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-01-27
COLD WAVE
HERE. AGAIN ! IN !.
Big Drop in Tempe ature Prom ON:
,ised and Bitter Weather Prom
A ised BY Tonight.
HAS BEEN A COLD WINTER Y ] :. ;
And There Are Probabilities
That Next Summer Will
be Very Hot.
HAS BEEN A COLD WINTER ] Z 7

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Another reign OF ice and sleet and cold
IS the prospect that stares Richmond IN
the face this morning.
The expected snow for last night did
not come, nor was the temperature low
cred. On the contrary, the weather was
moro pleasant than usual and the sky
was clear. with many a twInkling star.
In 1t. But the weather man solemnly
ayers that a cold q very cold, wave Is
sweeping toward Richmond. Warnings
we're sent out yesterday. Bitter weather
is expected and by tonight 1t will be
very much below freezing. AL OF this
means more suffering. a among, the poor
/ or the city. l KS Is 81
No one can doubt that this winter
has been cold. and the fact naturally
raises the question, will next summer be
hot? The Tlmes-D Dispatch has had the
privilege OF q long and exhaustive inter-
view with Mr., Edward A.. Evans. direc-
tor Of the Weather Bureau for " rglnla.
seems moro than probable that next
summer will be as much too hot as this
winter has been too cold, Taking the
temperature BY and large. year IN and
year out, 1t tends to approximate rixed
average and the departure from that
average for one month, whether over
or under, Is sure to be made UP later ~
a yariatlontin the opposite dire elton.
Taking, the twelve months OF 1903, we
find that the daily variations were as
follows: ) >
January. ol below; February, s;s
above: March, 81 above: April. normal
May ~ above; June, sol below; July !.
below; August III below; September, Y.
below; october. .O4 below: November, 40
below; December. 81 below.
COOLEST ON RECORD.
This interesting statement shows that
from the average temperature taken for
period of twelve years. December ana
June being 81 degrees below the aVerase
temperature each day, December oe'ns
the coolest month OF which there y any
record at all In Virginia, November nsso
was very cold, being 4,6 degrees peloW
tho normal, and August which Is the
month OF high temperatures was the
coldest August, OF which there is any re-
cord except 1894 and 1902. IT Ia interest
Ing TO note that the hottest days loF
tve,ve wears have always occurred nen
tween the 9th and 18th OF August, every
ons recalls the fearful heat Of 1900, WMeh'
for twenty days successlvely, tne tUe'.
mometer registered over ~ desFees' o oN
some occasions running as high as lu!'
There Their e was not single cool day report,
ID agrns that month ~ A9 sS y thu tse s9
heaFap Pc T hnttest o' was tho nth, whe,,
9 R'enm ,oa 'S had empsratare e ios
1908 was al, almost Tbo as sva srase ds,ls
ten,nerature for June last year was U.s.
degrees I which Is degrees below Ing
5gD nave sp Sa.n 4 sa as s's sys
ON feev n than we're reported for 1903.
Tow IN 1902 in virginia there was frost
dates June q hvss p 3nKns Ss
w w, t eMsHs nv q whole, that We fell nearly
s"u degree a day below the average nor,
nal tsmperaturs and unless ses', We ne nave VII,
SsW T., m4 al PROBABILITY an unusually hot
n nnd9 t ~ summer for It IS not likely
that Mi loss OF temperature Will 80 IN
til til next winter without making up the
st Tn : Bitter tI cold wave. which Is on !ts