The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-04
AT FREEZING POINT.
Mercury stood mt Midnight and Was
stiII Falling.


Mercury is expected to reach a point
between the 20 and 2S-degree point
some time during the early morning
hour to-day. At midnight last night
it stood at the freezing point. and was
still falling, with no indications of
any let up The cold wave which was
predicted is now lying over the entire
country east of the Rocky Mountains
and in the North bitter cold tempera-
lures are resulting.
Mercury, which began its downward
fall in Savannah shortly after the noon
hour Saturday, continued falling slow
ly until o'clock yesterday morning.
1t was at that hour that the maxi
mum temperature for the day was re-
corded, IS degrees. The first touch of
the advancing cold wave reached the
Georgia coast at about the same hour
and a rapid fall of mercury began at
once.
The rain, which began at 6:15 O'Clock
Saturday afternoon, cleared away
shortly after midnight, and the first
touches of the northwest storm was
felt. During the early hours yester-
day this storm covered the entire cOun-
try east of the Mississippi and north
of the mouth of the Savannah river.
Although there were no unusually high
winds in Savannah, in other parts of
the country northwest winds were
blowing with high velocities.
At o'clock yesterday morning At
lanta reported a wind of As miles,
Charleston had a wind of IS miles: 80
miles an hour was recorded at Biz
mingham, New Orleans and Winning
ton. Philadelphia, Asheville and
Knoxville each reported SO miles of
wind. Correspondingly high winds were
reported at other stations.
Cold Wave Followed storm.
The storm moved rapidly in a north
easterly direction and was followed
closely by the cold wave. At 10 o'clock
Yesterday morning the storm warnings
were ordered down. and already the
cold wave was beginning to make IT.
self felt. The storm had in the mean
time swung far to the north and the
ni=ht reports sent in to the Weather
Bureau showed it lying due east of
Boston and moving rapidly out TO sea.
The rapid movement of the storm
caused a correspondingly rapid move
DleUI Oh lHt COlu NeiNC iOlAbNAAi- -
it's wake. Mercury which commenced
a ra&id downward flight at o'clock
yesterday morning, kept falling stead
ily. At o'clock in the afternoon 1t
was lowering close to the 40 degree
mark. BY 6 o'clock ii had slipped
down to 81 degrees. and when the
observation was taken at o'clock it
registered a temperature of "a degrees,
the lowest point recorded that far.
There were no signs of let up,
however. and the fan continued stead
lily. At 10 o'clock it registered 80 de-
grees and at midnight was standing at
the freezing point. Mr.. H. b. Boyer,
the local forecaster. predicts drop of
several additional degrees, and during
the early morning hours to-day the reg
istration will probably be somewhere
between 26 and % degrees. The dura-
ton of the cold wave is uncertain, but
it is probable that the warming up
process will begin Tuesday or We'd
nesday.
At Other stations.
From all parts of the country ex-
cessively low temperatures are report
ed, though no station last night sent
in registrations below the zero point.
The morning reports, however, showed
several of the Northwestern towns and
cities to be shivering with bitter cold
temperatures The coolest station to
report last night was Boston. In that
city mercury stood at the 2 degree
points and was still falling. other cities
reported as follows:
Atlanta. rs degrees; Asheville. 16
Charleston. "a: Charlotte, "a; Augusta
30: Montgomery. 80, and Mobile "a de-
grees. The two warmest places in the
East were Jacksonville and Key West.
At Jacksonville mercury stood at the
AZ degrees point while at Key West
it had not fallen below the 6S point.