Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-02-09
Almanac Days.
WEATHER FORECAST FOR THE YEAR is
OF A DEPRESSING CHARACTER.

W. w. Woodward of Danielson, who
forecasts the weather for the coming year
by careful observation of the "almanac
days" has forwarded the result of his
observations for this year to "The Cou-
rant" The result of his forecast is of a
distinctly depressing character, as the
outlook is for cold and stormy weather
during 1904. April, November and
December are to be characterized by
clear but cold weather but the rest of
the year promises to be marked by more
than the average number of storms.
As every intelligent person knows
who was born or reared in northern
Connecticut, the twelve days beginning
at 1901 A. NJ. on December % and ending
at IL: 80 p. NJ. on January 5, are Obser-
walton days for the new year. The
weather for the month of January is to
be marked by the features character
izing December %, February by the
weather of December 26, and so on.
The method pursued in Danielson and
elsewhere, of recording the observations
for the twelve days, is to mark out a
circle for each day. If December 20 is
clear from midnight to midnight the
circle is left untouched, a record being
made underneath it to indicate whether
or not the temperature is above or be-
low the average for the time of the year.
Should it prove cloudy or stormy dur
ing the first part of the day the left hand
part of the circle is shaded according to
the degree of cloudiness or storm, the
shading to occupy the same proportion
of the circle as the storm or cloudiness
does of the day. The same course is
pursued with the succeeding days until
the close of January 3, when the fore
cast for the year is completed.
Judging from the weather for the twelve
days in question, the present month is to
be marked by warm and stormy weather,
the latter part of the month abounding
with storm. February is like unto it
except, in addition to the storm, there is
to be very cold weather. March is to be
marked by cold weather, the first quar-
ter to be clear, but to be followed by a
severe storm near the middle of the
month. April, according to this prog
nostication, is to be clear and cold.
May will open with clear weather but
two-thirds, at least, of the month is like
ly to be cloudy or stormy. Juneis to be
marked by clouds and storms for the
first part, but the month will end with
clear weather.
Like all the other months in the year,
except January, the thermometer is
likely to be below the seasons average.
July and August are both marked by
cloudy weather. September may open
with a week of clear weather but the lat
ter part of the month is of ebon black
ness, as is the first half of October, while
the latter part of the tenth month is
clear. November and December are
both clear and to be marked by extreme
ly cold weather.
Regarding his predictions Mr.. Wood
ward writes: "Mrs. Ellen d. Larned
figured out that my representations for
1902 were correct; l fear she cannot
make forecast for 1908 as nearly correct,
but still think they compare favorably
with the United States weather bureau
predictions. These, compared with the
actual weather for three years, 1901,
1902 and 1903, make AIS days practically
correct, 322 partially correct and 1S7
wholly wrong. Hartford Conn., Cou-
rant