The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-02

aOoA0So " 6SAo ILL WHo - ~
degrees above at 10 o'clock last night.
Wasps were flying about. Local ice
men have not yet harvested their
men have not yet harvested a cake Of
ice and are fearful that they will not
be able to do so this season.
At Syracuse genuine summer wealth
er conditions prevailed. The local
weather bureau station was closed and
no official temperature takeE, but from
~ to "A degrees were registered in
many parts of the city.
At Buffalo the temperature was the
highest ever recorded in January. The
mercury touched so in the afternoon.
nearest approach TO yesterdays rec
ord was in 1874, when it was SO de-
grees.
At Binghamton it vas the warmest
January day for thirty years. The
temperature was 70.
At Schenectady the atmospheric con-
ditions were phenomenal for this sea-
son. The thermometer registered Sc
degrees above zero and the humidity
was high.
At Poughkeepsie midsummer crowds
thronged the streets because Of the
weather conditions. The maximum
temperature registered rs degrees.
At Gloversville at 3 o'clock yester-
day the thermometer registered so de-
grees, the warmest January day ON rec
ord and % degrees warmer than a
year ago.
At Albany the weather was like that
of later April. The streets were filled
with Easter-like crowds. The temper
AZURE reached SO. the highest here in
January since 1890.
TOO HOT IN PHILADELPHIA.
At Philadelphia yesterday a maxi
nun temperature of SO degrees pre-
vailed at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon
and the humidity averaging more
than 80 per cent. The city experience
ed the warmest twenty-four hours of
the winter. The minimum temperature
was 48 degrees at 10 o'clock yesterday
morning.
Balmy, spring-like weather brought
Out of doors an unusually large mum
Der of persons. Paramount Park and
other favorite promenading places
were filled with persons, who found
the warm sun and unreasonable tem-
perature a bit uncomfortable.
LOWEST TEMPERATURE SATUR-
DAY.
The vagaries of the weather are mys-
teries even to the weather-wise Scien-
lists who look after the governmental
weather reports. Both last winter
and winter before were very cold. and
at this time of the year Washington
was icebound. and a hot fire was a
comfort. So far this year the wealth
err has been fine. but little snow, no
ice, and no necessity for a big coal
bill to keep warm.
Yesterday the lowest temperature
registered was SO degrees; a year pre-
viously on the corresponding day the
thermometer registered 20 degrees, and
tightly buttoned up coats were in Or
der. January 10 Of both this and last
year the temperature was the same-33
degrees being lowest on record of both
days. January Is this year the T }cord
shows a minimum temperature Of Il
degrees, and is the only day last week
that it dropped below the freezing
IOint, and a year ago it was down to
% degrees. On the 18th of the month
ibis year 35 degrees was registered,
while in 1905 on the same day the :em-
peratGre was down to IA. January Is,
1905, was a bitterly cold day, the
temperature going down to 9 degrees.
while this year the temperature regis
tered 81 degrees as the coolest of the
twenty-four hours. January Is of this
year we had a minimum temperature OF
So degrees, but a year ago the Their
mometer went down to 16 and made
thick ice on the river.-Washingtor
Star.