Putnam patriot., 1911-01-20
January Weather Record.

Miss Ellen u. Lafned al Thompson
refie - the January weather for Pc
Rod Of flfts years as foiioss.
Mean temperature, 1862 1901 - 3 de
gtees. by decades, lsb2 ISL, - 9;
ise2-ls7l. - >. is72 1851. 1.7 lss2-
ISL. 80; 1867 1901, 81. Coldesi Jan
uars, 1857. with mean of los degrees,
~afmesl January, isse, With II mean
Of 81. Absolute maximum reading,
10 des tees, IN 1876. absolue minimum,
- btsns Ia Isl.
January Is our coolest menth by
several degfeez aud les Inclined 10 ex.
coed is average Eight OF the fifty
Januafies have fallen below mean Of
81 degrees TX have exceeded "a de.
grees. About one third have failed Ia
mark zero aud three declined 10 reach
~ degrees In ls7b the highest point
WIS = degTces. mote than balanced BY
tie 20 Of the following yeaf
The cold January Of ls51 was very
remarkable No special Warnings hef.
aided IL advent. There were no omi.
nous planetary eonjunetions. The
moons aspect and changes mefe pro.
pilluus. The Farmers Almanac"
fofetold nothing more serious than
'snspping cold weather, but tiue for
the season Prophetic instinct MS
however, maniirsi, ~ Swapping @as
The peculiar chafaeiefistie OF this per.
vasive January The number Of fair
days were equal to the average, hul a.
the air sotteued, slight hare brought
fiuff.cs Of sHoa aud ffeshening @lHd,
and down ieli tie mercury. sixteen
mornings marked ut of below Eefa,
the lowest ls,iel reached being = b.
loW on the ssrd The highest point
n CACHED ON Tie terrible 18Th VAS 10 ee-
low aero. Ny aeufes were beaten hS
an observer in nanielson who eh IRON
leled IA below aero on the Gath. Ros-
t0n reported. Il below on the 18th ana
= degrees eeloN GA the 24th he
AsFtAsNA WIN Hah4 Hf#AR - AAAt Atatt
With thus eNiremy eala on the 18Th ami
10Th eame girat snowfall, 81 a lower
Temperature ia this section Than lhal
accompanying the historic blizzard al
isss. II act equal III amount 81 saes
II n tl8nls some consolation 10
have lhe assurance that only eaes IN
hetl century such prolonged seventy
has ese5 e'eea * pefieaeed.
Eight oiHeF Jsnnsfses have averaged
eelem - dsgfgss. 81 witch the lowest
@ss thai al lNSs, With record ot lei
.iesleos-the faeAth of the eola eeHipSe.
fele Ma \ dtssx fseaole month. tes
fair dass, many storms 1t snow and
fstn. on seeea days The mercury
slood below tero-one le DEGREES bs-
loss, and oae Il oelew TAsfa GA my
list. January, lssS. As more Frmark-
able gef uniform lowaess, than for ex.
tvmes Bel~exn the III and the sslh,
| The thermometer did not mark shove
y degfe~s. lis maximum Mas % de
kftt~ S&& kttS krt Stka ~ minimum
helo~. Eleven days OF snos soft
brought little sleixhiag, yst On the
Whole IL Mas = ialf speelmen III aur
coliet Jssasries. Minses storms will
t< reviewed la detail In special ssasy.
80 | will only refer 10 seine January
specimens especially Noteworthy. la
Jsaasrs. isoe, SNOW storms, sunday,
The sth. aud sunday. the issh. %
sssaesed travel all over Ne~ Englsnsi.
with large smeaas OF badly aEsfted
snow. The stufns wxrc Femsrkses
similar Ia character. No church srtis
sounded On this hilltop iot l~e saeers
sisc Sundays aud sefsiccs ~efe very
geaess ats omitted. rhrsr storms COW.
esed ali Nee England with = sre.s
d<pth Of seliiiy psckrd snow. FURNISH.
Tag excellent sieixhing tili into April