Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-02-08
100 YEARS OF WEATHER.
Records Characteristic Of a CentuF!
Of Winters.

Oh winters.
The Present Mild weather bv no
Means Exceptional.
Following is a record of the weather for
one hundred years, the point Of observa-
tion being Philadelphia.
1889. 4 severe winter, Delaware closed
from December 26 to March 10; at Hart
ford Connecticut, % below zero February
sve
17e9-9O Open winter; ice on Delaware
February to II; March 10 the only snow
remained three days.
1790-91. Open winter, very hot summer
1912. Mild winter.
1923. Very mild winter, blossoms
April 4, spring two weeks earlier than
usual
1884. Another mild winter; lowest
thermometer in New York city, 13 degrees
above zero.
1794-5. Mild weather until middle Of
s january; Delaware closed only days.
1856. Most moderate winter for 45
years. The Hudson river was closed at
Albany until January %. Navigation on
the Delaware uninterrupted.
1867. Coldest winter in so years
At South and West very cold.
1878. Winter long and cold. Hudson
closed in November; Delaware, Dec. !.
1889. Long, severe winter; March II,
deep snow; cold spring; ice April 20; frost.
June 10.
1900. Remarkably open winter;
snow three feet deep in Georgia; snow and
nail in Florida.
1912. Very mild winter.
1923. Cold winter. May 7, ice; on
the 9Th snow that broke down the poplars
in leaf.
1904. Warm ia fore part Of winter,
lattss; Delaware frozen over March
b4ss.A
o4s5. Delaware closed December 18;
vaTiaExe winter; no rain after middle Of
June: thermometer tllrough July so to So
degrees.
1866 Open winter; Hudson open
February 20.
1867. Navigation closed December l8
to 20.
18O7-s. Delaware open to January H.
1869. Middline cold winter with cold
spring; snow April 18th; on the 26th ice
thick as dollar; ice May 9th, frost on the
18Th. November "a, snow foot deep.
1910. First ice January 10. Hudson
open till Janury la.
1901. Delaware closed December 18;
ice in February.
1811-12. Delaware full Of ice December
2e: river fast till February 8; May 4, rain
and snow, cold summer with wet harvest.
1928. Sehuylxill frozen over Decem-
Der g.; Delaware closed to navigation till
February 2.
1894. Variable winter.
1S14-15. Mild winter.
1916. Summer cold; both 1912 and 1916
were memorable as cold summers 10 all the
Northern States; snow and frost occurred
in every month Of both summers. Indian
corn did not ripen-
1917. Mild winter.
1s17-1s. Cold winter; Hudson closed
10S days.
1850. Winter severe in New Eng
land: snow in Pennsylvania, October 25.
1s19-20. Mild winter.
1s2O-21. Cold winter. This was one of
the four winters in century in which the
Hudson could be crossed on the ice from
New York to Panlus Hook.
1923. Mild winter.
1s24-25. Another mild winter.
1s25-2e. Cold winter.
1s26-27. Mild winter
1929. Variable winter; Hudson clos
ed only 4s days.
1s2s-29 Cold winter; Hudson closed SO
days.
1s29-30. Open winter.
1s3o-s1. Very cold in the south; ice
formed al New Orleans.
1885. Coldest winter in SIS years Long
Island Sound closed by ice.
1887. Cool summer
1913. March was the coldest month; Is
inches snow in Georgia. In August a re-
markabIy heavy rain at Newark New Jer-
sey, q fall Of 1884 inches.
1874. January cold, spring warm, sum-
mer cool.
1845. The thermometer did not fall to
within 8 degrees of zero all winter.
1856. Colder than usual; summer
cool.
1s47-48. Warmer than average
l848-49. Cold winter.
1s49-50 Warm winter and fall.
1s50-51. Warm winter