The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-02-03
ALMANAC A POOR PROPHET.
What 1t Predicted for January, and
What We Really Got,

What 1t Predicted for January, and
What We Really Got.
Those pinning their faith TO the prog
nostications appearing in the almanac
may be interested to know Just what kind
of weather Brattleboro enjoyed during the
month of January. While weather proph-
cts will dispose OF the matter by saying
that the month was mild il will be found
interesting to compare whn we really got
with what the almanac makers promised
Following is a record OF the weather iof
January and what the almanac prophesied ,
Jan. !, clear weather wns ""Nmised but
the weather man dealt out clouds, rain
and snow; I'd, almanac predicted wind and
snow but what we really got was a coating
of ice over everything out of doors; ID,
almanac offered no objection TO fair wealth
er but the weather that Brattleboro drew
included temperature OF 45 degrees
above zero at noon with rain at midnight;
4th, the cold storm which the almanac
promised ON this day was slight furry
OF snow shortly before daylight and a fall
in the mercury TO 10 degrees above zero;
9TH, the almanac offered no suggestion for
this date and the weather man put the
temperature down to 10 degrees below
zero; 9Th, the almanac said windy, but
the record shows that II was one OF the
finest winter days this season. The TEN.
perature was a triile too low for snow and
there was sunshine from sunrise 10 sunset.
The almanac made no guess for Jan Z,
but the weather was quite mild with the
temperature down TO the freezing point.
The almanac said rain at sea level for the
Sth, and we did get little rain that even
ing but the sun shone all day The al.
manac said snow on the heights for Jan.
., but il was one OF the midest winter
days ever recorded in Brattleboro, with
sunshine all day. At . o'clock in the even
ing high wind prevailed
The almanac man said II would be cold
Jan. 10 and let II go at that. The day
opened with sunshine and II began thaw-
ing soon after the sun got above the hori.
zon. 1t was one of the warmest days of
the winter. The 1lth was mild and a fog
prevailed all day. This was the first time
the almanac scored in the month The
prognostication was more mild and so
il proved, and some more than that, too.
The almanac had the 10Th down for
stormy" and there was fog and drizzle
OF rain all day. 1t was also foggy on the
18th and thawed all day The almanac
hit the mark by predicting mild wealth
er on that date. The 18th was labeled as
stormy by the almanac and it did rain
about two hours in the forenoon. The
rest of the day it thawed and was ex-
tremely mild From the 14th to the 18th,
inclusive, the almanac man was silent. He
didn't make even a guess, but the two
last named days were the best OF the
month The 18th was cool and cloudy,
and the 10th and 18th were days of sun
shine with the temperature sufficiently
tinged with the chill of winter to make
ideal weather-sort OF Virginia winter
weather. The almanac maker made anoth-
er bad guess on the 18th, He said that
it would be warm for the season but the
record made by The Reformers depart
ment OF weather statistics shows that 1t
was cold day and that bleak wind pre-
vailed all day. The almanac said snow for
the 10Th but clouds were the best that
Brattleboro could do.
The almanac man was silent again on
the Goth and Dist. On the Goth the sun
shone all day and the weather was de-
cidedly mild. The temperature took a sud
den fall the 2lst and though it did not go
low il hung around the freezing point all
day 1t was cloudy and dark all day. The
almanac said wind and snow for the I'D
and 23d but the weather man made joke
of the almanac maker again. The 22d was
warm for the season and the temperature
was almost up to the thawing point, The
23d was extremely warm for the season.
The almanac put down temperate" for
the Oath which was a good guess as the
record shows that it was warm and bright
that day. 1t was mild with temperature
up to the thawing point the 25th, but the
almanac made no guess on that date. The
almanac hit the mark again on the 10Th
by calling for "changeable' weather
which came in the shape OF about one inch
of snow, moist air, with the temperature
barely down to freezing. The almanac did
not offer any predictions for the next
three days, 81, 2S and 20, 1t rained all
day and night the 9th with the tempera-
ture about two degrees above freezing 1t
was cooler the 2Sth, the mercury being
down around the freezing mark all day.
The Doth dawned with freezing tempera-
ture which prevailed until nearly noon.
The sun shone until o'clock when it be-
gan to snow and about ! u inches fell.
The almanac made bad guess on the
Both with "cold and foggy." Though there
were several brisk snow squalls during
the morning the sun shone all day and it
was clear and cold in the afternoon with
a high wind after sunset The prognostl-
cation was practically the reverse OF what
came in the shape of weather. The al
manac also made another miss on the last
day of the month when it had "wind and
snow" down. The day was clear and cold
with sunshine nearly all day.