Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-16
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 results of his observations for this
 year to the Hartford Courant, The
 result of his forecast is of Il distinctly
 depressing character. as the outlook
 is for cold and stormy weather dur
 ing 1904. April. November and De
 cemher are to be characterized by
 clear but cold weather but the rest
 Of the year promises to be marked by
 anore. than tho average ilansber of storms. s 1
 As every intelligent person knows
 who was born or reared in northern
 Connecticut, tho twelve days begin
 hing at 11;O1 a. ln. on December 2o
 and ending at il :59sp h. an. ,Ianuary
 ,, are observation days for the aaw
 year. The weather for the month of
 January, is to be marked by the fea- tures characterizing December 25,
 February by the weather of December 26, and so on The method pursued in Danielson and elsewhere of recording sthe observations for the twelve days is to mark out a circle for each day. If December 25 is clear from midnight 10 midnight the circle is left un- touched, q record being made under meath it to indicate whether or not the temperature is above on below the average for the time of the year 1 should it prove cloudy or stormy dun ing the first part of the day the left 1 hand part of the circle is shaded ac. ! eording to the degree of cloudiness ol storm, the shading to occupy the same proportion of tile circle as the storm or
 cloudiness does of the day. The same
 course is pursued With the sucoeedin4 days until the close or January ;, when 1 the forecast for the year is completed. Judging hy the weather for the [ twelve days in question. the present tmontl1 is to be marked by warm and stormy weather, the latter part of th, month ahoundinef with storm. Fehru ary k like unto it except, In addition 1 to the storm. there is to be very cold iWeather Iarch is to bc marked by teeold weather. the first quarter to 1e i clear, but to be followed by q @avere 1 storm near the middle of the month i April according TO this prognostication l is to be clear and cold. May will open | with cIeaf weather. but two-thirds. al ! least. of the month is likely to bf 1 cloudy or stormy. June is to be marked fny clOuuS aHQ storms TOT the fnfSl part but the month will end with cleal weather @ l Like all the other months in the wear, except January, the thermometer 1 is likely to be below the seasonal aver 1 age. July and August are both marked l by cloudy weather. September may open with week of clear weather ! but the latter part of the month is oi l ebon blackness, as is the first half oi October. while the latter part of tho ] tenth month is clear. November an6 1 December are both clear and to be
 marked by extremely cold weather their thermal cues from Monday anC l Tuesday of this week.
 Regarding his predictions, MT Wood
 ward writes: Mrs Ellen n. Larne6 ] figured out that my prognostications for 1902 were correct; Ipfear she cannot make forecast for 1903 as nearly cor
 rect, but still think they compare 1 fayorably with the United States l weather bureau predictions. These compared with the actual weather fol l three years, 1901. 1902 and 1903. make 1 AIS days practically correct, 322 par 1 tially correct and 1S7 wholly wrong"