The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-01-27

ed and soon TO find that the coolest
iay had not arrived d. one had first to
find the coldest--I mean the Oldest
inhabitant. He. of course, was pres
eut and uD to the occasion, to throw
cod water on the compromising
thought that the cold was the coolest
ever.
And, despite the sights Of freezing
humanity on the streets, the rush of
fire horses over pavsments slippery at
the crossings with ice, despite the riot
Of the winds and it was here per-
haps that the situation got its falsity
of impression--the old inhabitant was
right as he is so disgustingly in like
emergencies, for the weather man and
cold memary is with him and the
palIry IA degrees of the present snap
is as to the frigi3ity of the past as a
desert to a Steppe. But thus it ever
vast The present is always full of new
things, but it can thold a handle with
the past whenit comes to furnishing
stunts by the elements. No matter how
one may blow his chilling breath in
winter or evaporate in sunmer--ff
there be summer more. the crushing
| thought must e'er remain that this
| is not q circumstance 10 "Steenty-
nine. Degenerate days, when the eff
| forts of the thermometer are never
ace high or ankle deep to the glorious
| days of yOre
With some faint hope that this
might not always be reporter yester-
| day saw Mr.. Won Hermann, who keeps
| the tab of the weather and his fears
were fully realized. Mir. Won Hermann
smiled and went to his book, where
| the memory of the oldest inhaoitant
| is on the written page. Coolest ever!
| well, hardly" Look at the figures be-
| loW-and keep warm!
Cold Weather In Raleigh.
1.-THE present cold period cannot be
| considered in any way remarkable"
| said DR.. Won Hermann. On the con-
| trary, except that there was so much
wind, the conditions have been rather
pleasant than otherwise. The degree
| of cold reaching about IA above zero
has not broken any records. Plenty
| of people remember the cold winters
of 1898. 1895 and 1899, in all of which
| cold periods occurred more severe and
| Of much longer duration than the
present one. For instance, in January,
1898 the minimum temperature at
Raleigh was below 90 degrees for II
consecutive days from the 9Th TO 23rd
Except the l. when it was p de-
r~ees) with such readings at de-
grees. Z degrees, 4 degrees, degrees,
/ aBa degrees in succession. IN Feb
rua~, f995, and again in February
Z ISIS 'o's. ST from to 10 Duration
8 g..-h minimum temperatures
Sa l-syreas. during all of these
8 -sE peT. rs much snow was
:. .-4 4a5 conditions 9TH
= ,sr,r1 .4"e unfayOrable
! suas5 ~ srg '}f -aF he worst cold
? 80. o.a lv,s ta 81 nbruarN'
! | degrees tetCs'~ 49,,
"es so az .ea ui. Snow
s,, sne srou. nae es winters
during the last tl-, veaC ,ar. s.. s,F.
lows (mean tempe. suye fEa ts.-s
winter months):
1888, mean So degree, Ise tr,o.l,,
- degrees; 1897, mean 4es.-es.
ls99, mean 40 degrees, 1902. .aaar &
degrees; 1903. mean 43 degrees, an
;SoS-4. mean 38 degrees. The wine
or 1908 to 1904 was the lowest on rec
ora III North Carolina since 1872, bu
me winter was characterized by cor
tlnuously low temperatures without
any specially low minimum readhg.
Taking the averages for the Stde
| t.t large, the mean for North CAROLYN
| winter 1904 was 36.9 degr ees. tie
lowest on record. The previous neare,t
| approach to such a low winter mean
occurred in 1892-1S93 with 37.S de-
grees; the winter mean of 1S94-5 was
1871 degrees.
l
State) Will be much '7e.orl an. ~.
t42 degrees) BIZ o0t as low q. IL
| or 1896.
| The lowest ac0 gar winter 5enps5.
| ,tAfes observed das31.~ n mas: feu
ears 3l haieigh ar. January. 3l43.
es on tIth, |9UuaTE. $40,
ss.ss .'' iz 1alh; F2 Cary. 1897,
eea@e,. 29tr. rebruary, 1895,
gree o. tle sth; February, 1899,
. g le1ve.. below zero on the 14th: De-
cclaDer, 1899, 8 degrees on the 3lst.'
| Airy Any Rate.
| 1t will be seen from the foregoing
that it is All a mistake about your
| having been cold. II was just the
wind. TIE sound of it was chilling, no
ioubt and it scared @orle water pipes
until they could run no longer and
made milk bottles Eli themselves up
| with ,he purest kind of ice cream. to
say nothing of making the avera : :
walk run to shelter and lnonC pcliz-
| ing such conversation as was pt ssibe.
| There will be something Of the same
conditions today. but fear not. 1t is not
cold, really. Look at '99 and feel the
| glow of those figures!
/ Again, let it be said, Il is not cold
| just airy perhaps, but not cold!