Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-02
COLO WAVE ARRIVES
Springlike Conditions DispeIIed
by the North Winds.
JACKIE FROST RESUMES
Sudden Decline of the Mercury Noted
by Weather Bureau.
MONTHLY WEATHER SUMMARY
Forecast of Colder Weather Tonight
Grounding Has Ample Sunlight
for Shadow Dance.

Jack Frost has resumed business at the
old stand, as veteran weather man ex-
pressed 1t today, after an absence of sew
eral weeks. during which time spr!nglike
conditions prevailed He came in late last
night on a howling and marrow chilling
north wind, and sent the mercury rapidly
down, until at $50 o'clock this morning 1t
was but thirteen degrees above zero.
1t is regarded as a coincidence that the
prevailing cold wave arrived on grounding
day. with fair skies, which. according to
ancient belief, means forty days more of
wintry winds, snow, sleet and icy con-
ditions generally. There is no question but
that the little weatherwise animal saw his
shadow just as soon as he emerged from
his burrow this morning, in which he had
been taking a long winter nap, and that,
according to tradition, he scurried quickly
back into the aperture to continue his sleep
six weeks longer. 1t is said the super
stition of the grounding and his shadow
can be traced back nearly two thousand
years, and today it is regarded as "the
Bible truth" By many farmers in this
country, some of whom never deign to con-
suit Uncle Sans weather reports on Feb
ruary 2.
Prof Edward B. Garriott, the weather
forecaster, said to a Star reporter today
that the temperature will continue to 20
down, and tonight 1t will be somewhere
between the and 10 marks above Zero
The fall between yesterday morning and
this morning was 13 degrees.
Candlemas Day.
In the calendar of the Catholic Church to-
day is known as Candlemas day, when all
the candles to be used in religious cere-
monies are blessed by the clergy Tomor-
row will be st. BIasius' day, when, at the
late mass at o'clock tomorrow morning
the clergy will bless the throats OF their
parishioners with appropriate ceremonies.
The monthly weather summary for Wash
ington just issued by Prof. Willis Moore,
chief or the weather bureau for January,
shows that the highest temperature during
that period was IL, on January %, while
the lowest was IL. on January 10. The
mean temperature for the month was 4Oo
which was the highest in thrty-fve years
with four exceptions. The mean for jan
uary for thirty-sx years is given as
33.30. The absolute minimum for the same
period was IA below zero. The total rain
fall for the month was 81 inches and the
snowfall IS inches. The prevailing wind
direction was south, and the ma aximum wind
velocity was thrty-eght miles on hour, from
the west, on January g. There were eight
clear days during the month, hfteen partly
cloudy and eight cloudy, and eleven on
head of miscellaneous phenomena" it Is
recorded that there was a solar halo on
January IL. lunar halos on January and
IL and fog on four days.
No Prospect of Snow.
AT late hour this afternoon Prof Gar
riott said there is no prospect of snow
and the temperature was ranging between
Is and II degrees above zero. The pros
rects are for biting cold weather tonight
and tomorrow morning.
Below zero weather was reported to the
weather bureau this morning from the lake
regions and the west. The temperature
h.1n nr nal Ont tntn ho
low at Sault Ste. Marie. Mich; 10 below at
Duluth, the same at Des Moines and Keo-
kuk, Iowa, and 16 below at Moorhead
MINI.
Downtown Temperature.
Temperature recorded today by Feast &
Co.'S standard thermometer: 9 am, 90; II
m, 220; pm, "a.