The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1912-03-26
March 4 Usually Marked by
Storms, Freezing Tempera-
tl-es and High Winds.

point the thermometer reached was 20
degrees, and the lowest was only 4
degrees above zero.
President Hayes was inaugurated on
March 5. 1877, the 4th being on a Sun
day. He had unusually good weather,
considering the general average. The
skies were cloudy in the morning, but
cleared off in the afternoon. Light
southwest winds prevailed. and the
temperature ranged from 80 to 3S.
President Garfield came into Office
in 1881 on a rainy day The down
pour started on March and contin-
ued to within an hour of noon on the
4th. Brisk northwest winds brought
drop In the temperature in the after
noon. the mercury falling from SO to
90
Grover Cleveland's first term began
in 1885 under balmy skies. There
were general south winds. and the
day was warm and pleasant The
minimum temperature was SO, while
the mercury at times rose as high as
IS.
President Harrison was inaugurated
In 1889 In the rain 1t was q raw,
disagreeable day, with the wind blow
ing from the north. There was let
up In the rain shortly after o'clock
in the morning, but it settled down
again at 8 o'clock and continued for
the remainder of the day. The tenn
perature ranged from 81 to A.
One of the Worst Days.
President Cleveland's second inau-
guration was signaIzed by one of the
worst days on record i'm Washington.
March 4, 1898, opened with light snow
which soon changed to a heavy fall
The wind blew from the northwest.
steadily increasing during the after
noon until it reached a velocity of
thirty-six miles per hour. The snow
stopped just before | o'clock in the
afternoon, but the temperature began
to go down and from a maximum of
80 dropped to "A. This freezing
weather. combined with the high
winds, caused intense suffering among
thousands of visitors.
President Mckinley began his first
term in 1897. March of that year
was clear day with fresh northerly
winds. which shifted to the southwark
In the evening. The temperature rang
ed from "a to Al. On his second inau-
guration day. in 1901. Washington was
sloppy town. although it was not par
ticularly cold. There had been a light
rain during the previous night, but it
ceased long enough to enable the cere-
monies to be held on the capitol steps.
| During the inaugural parade. however.
I it rained almost continuously, not a
downpour. but drizzle. The Their
moneter registered temperatures which
varied from SO to 81.
President Roosevelt was inaugurated
In 1905 Oh windy day. stiff blasts
/ coming out Of the northwest. There
/ was an hour of light rain between Z
and s O'Clock in the morning The tenn
perature varied from % to 4S.
The Taft Inauguration.
The Taft Inauguration in 1909 is of
!
! of people. They had been Informed
the day before by the weather bureau
| that warm clear day could be ex-
| pected. but seemingly out of nowhere
came ten inch snowfall. 1t began on
the night of the Sd and did not cease
until the afternoon of the 4th. In add
ton to the discomfort of a heavy blan-
ket of snow there were high winds and
low temperatures. the thermometer va
rying from 20 to 35.
The storm did so much damage to TEL.
egraph wires that it was many hours
before the country knew what had real.
ly happened in Washington. Thou
sands of elaborate descriptions of the
Inauguration ceremony were printed al
over the United States on the presump
ton that the program arranged had
been carried out. 1t was not known
until the next day that the Inaugural
ton arrangements had been knocked
into a cooked hat