Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-01-27
The Winter Here and Abroad.

having a desperate TIM To recall any
,hine. like il i'm his Youth. Intense cold
waves and grc;,, storms have f"iloWt"
each other in rapid succession during
,l,.. past few weeks. The lowest tenn
r,,r:tu:t..; eyer recorded III Maine har"
been annot.nrc.I. Mercury thcrmomr-
t.rs have run ~ low that The mrrrury
snngcaI,d. and in sniril thermometers
the ;lcohol mas nestled down in IN"
lulb III the bottom and only sl"p!'"
ti,,ic because i coIld go no lower.
rh. man with ne theory that the Gulf
stream is moving further out I" sea
gets Il more respectful hearing than
form. rly. and the philosopher VINO
:irad,s that the san is being trans-
formed from 4 Bali "i fire into an aerial
i,,.b"IG is lau"u,.d ~ "nl:' in a hall
hearted way. tales Of "ai Her winters
ui extreme coli are busted and then
laid back on the shelf: they fail to
arnne.. any interest il view of present
.nndii ions.
Ana il is not only colo and stormy
nInt-r. but 'iurnIg the year just closed
tlr average temperature for each
month was lower than ever before il,
the third of t century that the gov
crnn.c'it weather bureau has had OBJ
>,ry.,tion II ,iinns in this section
Sever hrfnrc Nas the weather a nlol"
l.r"ir,inrut topic Of conversation. still
1"n4 was Il prosperous year for tn
stat, ana Nation. ana there is every
reason /" brii'v" ;hit 1905 will be-
equally 50. The winter is Wearing
.ruay, and soon there will h" IN end
f." some months III irast to 10 below
z,r" temperature ana bowling blizZards
that block the high ways and delay tn
trains. II mas remained. rs i often
il,. ease. for he Maine Press associ-
alton and the federated clG9,Nomrn to
bring with ihrn to thrir annual meet
nirI 10 show the Woriu how easily they
rise superior ID the obstacles of unruly
Clements NuV tha, these meetings
az, held. H., IL, hop. tlIat the climax of
the cold srasurt 3 past. dri that W" are
on Il more u '.tSiInt lrlti way toward
the g"ntl" .'pringtim'. In III" mean
lin" let us shovel the paths as braN-ly
az We can. keep our ml.ds from tn.
depleted coal bin. read Nhittitr's inl-
r'nkc plans or our vacations when the
good old summer time is here.
II is not om'y here in the northeast
crn corner of the t'nlon that the winter
j.. one Of unusually low temperature
and high drifts. Southern cities are
shivering and having slr.shridcS. And
oyer in the Dli World ii is a winter Of
curious extremes. There the usual
conditions AZ" upset ana southern
t,urnp" is g-,,ilg Il ircc;.c while the
northern rant "t tn" continent is get
Ting along more comfortably than
l;"slon Transcript tells Us about it:
This has been curious winter for
Europe. English people who left home
Tor tie Riviera left q temperature 81
>. degrees. or even SO. They found the
,htrnionl"trr lnere ~ Nice. AZ
I'rpiana. registering IS d, grees or less.
Al Munich, III the SuI;h of Germany,
il WAS 3 dcgrr $ below zero. All over
The south Of france. along the MrIi-
icrr:tncan. th,. cold WAS equally severe
- breaking records everywhere. AT
Tnulnn Their" was Il heavy tall of snow
he first for five y"Lis-that covered
Railways two metres deep. AT Rome
the cold WAS most intense Of ALL de-
erres below zero. From Tunis, in
North Africa. 4 heavy fall of snow was
reported. \ snowfall in Italy about
the same time exceeded anything il.
memory. That was on New Years
Day. And all he while what was tn"
state OF things III thn Arctic region :!
L. Norway the Thermometer had
jumped up at a trcme nGouS ratc--to 2S
~ TIaparan'la and 20 - at Hado the
.:ly station Within the Arctic circle
The warmcst spot in England was at
.\s'IIi III 'N''il'tt' WIFI a.
~ II degrees, which was hearty 80 de-
grers warmer than a; any spot in the
Riviera or in the Soutl of France g"n-
orally. Marin. i'll the south of E.uG
land WIS - degrees warmer than
Paris and actually ~ degrees warmer
'han the capital of bavaria. 1t is
probable that there never was such a
distribution of temperature in Europe
such a complete exchange of the
tnrrid and fright zones. The cause of
this intense cold along the Mediter-
rrnean. a coll 'nuCh greater than any
thing commonly experienced in the
south of Enel-tnd. is laid to heavy
gales which recently Swer: down over
Germany and France from the north,
bringing an influx of Arctic air. In
the case of the south oe France ami
Italy it would Gppear that the form
alton Of Il deep depression over the
Gulf of Genol had l.,oduCcd a gren
thrush of air to those regions from the
already ice-houni districts lying TO the
northward. /. O.. central Europe. the
APPS and the Tyrol. And the weather
conditions promise 7 continuance OF
The cold. 1t is prohable. too, that ir
cute OF its severe frost the south 81
France was more enjoyable than Lon.
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