The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-29
BELOW ZERO WEATHER.
All December Records Have Been
Broken.

The coolest weather of the winter
and the coldest December % on rec
ord were recorded together at
O'Clock this morning when the ther-
monleter cropped to IL degrees be-
low zero. On December this tenn
perature was reported, but the ther-
mometer at that time registered only
s. of degree below zero. II was more
than degree below this morning, how
ever and the coolest weather yet this
season was experienced by the man who
walks down town to breakfast.
At O'Clock the, temperature had
risen 2 of a degree and then equaled
the previous cold mark of the win
ter, s. of degree below. At Q O'Clock
the mercury stood at a point s. of a
degree above zero, but ten minutes
later dropped back to the nothing
mark.
No one was. more surprised at the
drop in temperature than the local
weather men. Yesterday afternoon it
was predicted that cold weather would
prevail, but Il was not expected that
the local thermometer would show a
fall below 10 degrees above zero. Yes
terday there was no zero weather in
the United States outside the Lake
Superior district, and that cold was
moving east. 1t did not affect the sit
uation here in any way as far as can
be learned.
The cold is declared to be due to
metric pressure in the northwest.
Cold air was pushed into this locality
and the coolest weather of the winter
resulted.
At o'clock Yesterday morning the
warmest weather of the present month
prevailed. The thermomete registered
35 degrees above. In "a hours the
coolest weather of the winter was be-
ing experienced and a record for %
years was broken. This should be
n to hN~oO "a aa%n
Zero temperature was recorded at s
o'clock this morning. when the cold
weather seemed to have reached the
limit
The mercury lowered around this
point until Z o'clock when it slipped a
degree. Then it rose slightly but fell
back quickly, despite the suns warm
rays.
There is no longer any doubt that the
snow will remain on the ground until
after 1910 is ushered in. The month
will break all snow records and have
several days to spare. Nothing short of
a driving rain would remove the snow
before January l. and this is hardly
rainy weather.
Before today the coolest December 2e
on record was recorded in 1887 when the
mercury stood at the mark degrees
above zero. Even 1892, which was a
bad year for weather records, did not
approach today's record.
Ihe SymnaStlc stunts put on by the
thermometer between and $50 o'clock
this morning left the weather men
pretty much up in the air as to what to
expect for the remainder of the day.
The forecast is for partly cloudy wealth
er and rising temperature tonight and
Thursday.
At the gas office it was stated today
that no trouble was being experienced.
There were loads of gas this morn
ing. according to the gas man. and no
difficulty was anticipated.
At O'Clock today the temperature
had risen to 9 degrees above zero and
in the sheltered spots. where the sun
shone the snow was thawing slightly.
But the temperature was not higher
than degrees where the wind pre-
vailed. The wind is blowing only
miles an hour from the north and the
lack of wind helps in this case as with
a high wind the cold would be felt more
keenly.
Tonight will not be as cold. accord
ing to the weather man. as was last
night and tomorrow will be a little
warmer than today.
Following are the hourly tempera-