The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-02
SIX WEEKS MORE
OF COLD WEATHER
THIS IS TO-DAY'S DICTUM OF
PROFESSOR GROUNDING.
The Weather Bureau Shifts at
Grounding Superstitions and Then
With Them-Another Heavy Drop
in Temperature Is Coming.

This Is the day upon which the du-
ration of winter doth hinge, according
to folklore. but not the weather bu-
reau. The grounding made his APP
pearance this morning and saw such
a distinct shadow that he lost no time
in getting back into his hole. This,
if old stories be true, portends at least
six weeks more of coal shoveling and
shifts at the grounding and regards
him as a, pariah in the weather fore
casting business, but he has his
friends nevertheless.
Candelmas day has long been re-
garded as that upon which to deter
mine just how soon the winter wealth
err would break up. All over the world
this belief exists TO a greater or less
extent. 1t has been celebrated in cpl
gram and in verse. The weather bu-
reau has just made a compilation of
weather folklore and the following ex-
tracts apply to to-day:
Candlemas Day! Candlemas Day!
Half our fire and half our hay.
(That is we are midway thru winter and
ought to have half our fuel and hay in
stock)
At Candlemas Day another winter Is on
| it's way.
! If Candlemas Day be fine and clear,
Corn and fruits will then be dear.
| The shepard would rather see the wolf
| enter his fold on Candlemas Day than the
sun.
If Candlemas Day be fair and bright
| Winter will have another flight.
| But if Candlemas Day bring clouds and
| rain,
Winter is gone and won't come again.
| If a storm on Feb. 2. spring is near; but
if that day be bright and clear, the spring
will be late. -."
Forecast Says "Colder.'
In the face of the collected folklore
Of the centuries it appears that Min
nesota sis up against it, for six weeks
at least While shifting at the ground
hog, Section Observer Outram unwit-
tingly corroborates his forecast by
announcing fair weather tonight and
Wednesday, colder tonight and ris.
ing temperature Wednesday. The
sroundhog was wise in his ways as the
weather man thinks the thermometer
may drop to 10 or Is degrees below
zero by tomorrow morning. II was
zero at o'clock this morning. The
cold snap has reached Minnesota iron
the far northwest territory and is
spreading over Minnesota and the Da.
kotas Winnipeg is the coolest poin-
} on the weather map With % degree:
below zero and Galveston is the
;; warmest place in the United States to
day. Denver nLu d. UIOp IIOi1l III
warmth of yesterday Of SO degrees.
The wind made life miserable yes
J terday afternoon, reaching a velocit!
) of thirty miles an hour between 4 ant
? 5 o'clock. The cold snap scheduled
! for tonight is thought to be the after
math of the storm Of yesterday. Tha.
8 boisterous entertainer is central in thu
lake regions to-day and is still dealin:
, out snow in chunks and at high rapid
1ty. After the drop Of tonight
warming up is due and mayhap tn
3 grounding will reconsider his decision
1 Of to-day and allow bit Of livabl
: weather to creep in.
Weather in January.
The local office of the weather blu
9 reau has just issued the meteorolog
3 ical summary for this vicinity for tn
month Of January. The mean tenn
y perature for the month was degree
a | above zero. The 7th was the warmes
o day Of the month with temperatur
of 38 degrees above zero. The coldes
day was on the gath when the ther
a mometer registered 33 degrees below
It The mean maximum temperature fo
IS the month was 1872 degrees and tn
# mean minimum was OIL degrees be
low. It was the coolest January j
:e eleven years.
e The total precipitation for tn
le month was 0.43 inches. Ten day
E. were clear, seven were partly cloud
, and fourteen cloudy. Snow fell dul
ing five days Of the month.