The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-31
WEATHER CHANGES
WERE FREQUENT
DURING MONTH OF JANUARY.
SUDDEN CHANGES FROM WINTER
TO SUMMER MARKED MONTH.

Began Like summer But Dropped
Almost Immediately to Freezing,
and sleet Covered the streets-Im-
mediately Switched About and De-
lighted Savannah with Several
spring-IilSe Days-Latter Part of
the Month Marked with Days of
the Ibsen Variety and Rain Fell i'm
Torrents.
One complete year was summed up In
January. at least as far as the weather
Is concerned.
The weather man got busy and tried
out all varieties, thinking that the first
month of the new year would be an ex-
cellent one In which to test things.
From a sultry summer day he switch
ed the levers and turned on typical
winter weather and then, when the
growls of the shoppers and business
men became too loud, he pulled an
other and turned on spring. 1t was
month which varied far from the nor
NAL in all respects, and yesterday with
its bright sunshine, was given as a
Precipitation of the sins of the past.
The month began as pleasantly as
could have been expected with day
like summer. as far as temperature
was concerned, but with lowering skies
and rain falling until nearly noon. The
second day was a vast Improvement
and overcoats were laid aside. Mer-
curry scared as high as 70 degrees, and
no.
ideal weather. and taken as a good
sign Of the weather for the new year.
The third broke the record. however,
and began to grow colder, mercury
falling far below the normal and over
coats again being hustled out from
their resting places. Toward night it
began to rain, and the morning of the
fourth was one of the dreariest that
has been seen in Savannah in some
time.
1t was raining and freezing as IL fell.
Men slipped and slid over the icy pave
ments, and the majority of them said
things. Those that did not fall went
thrwough several systems Of gymnastic
exercises not down in the books on
physical culture. The asphalt paved
streets were about as bad as the pave
ment and horses fell in all parts of
the city. Icicles hung from the caves
of the houses and the trolley cars were
fringed with ice. II was real winter
weather.
During this day and the one follow
ing mercury could climb no higher
than 81 degrees, and Savannahians
shivered. The 26-degree point was not
too low for mercury to fall, and plants
and truck gardens suffered accordingly,
while the florists again started the fires
in their glass houses.
Touch of Spring Weather.
The winter hand-out lasted until the
5th of the month, when there was a
gradual warming up until the 9th,
when a real spring variety was dis
pensed from headquarters. Mercury
again climbed up past the normal and
made an heroic effort to balance
things. keeping up the struggle until
after the 18th.
Then it gave up in despair and be-
gan falling again, and the cold wave
signals were busted off and displayed.
on the 14th It began to rain again,
and though little fell, yet the days
were dark and dreary. and the blues
were in evidence. In all .0S of an inch
of rain fell.
Another upward climb was then be-
gun by mercury, and though it was slow
work, IL kept steadily at it until II
exceeded the normal on the 18th. Peo-
pie began to take heart again at this
persistence in doing good, but they
were doomed to disappointment, for on
the 18th and 18th the wires got crossed
again and mercury forgot its past re-
solves and fell.
A short recovery was made on the
goth and continued until the 21st.
Then the opposing, forces became too
strong and mercury grew disguised
and gave up the struggle entirely.
More Than Two Inches az Rain
Two of the darkest, dreariest days