The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-01-21
DISTRICT HAS FUTURE AS
DAIRY AND FRUIT COUNTRY
WEATHER OBSERVER COWDRlCk
SAYS CLIMATIC CONDITIONS
ARE FAVORABLE.

That the copper country has the
natural advantages 10 make ii sue
cessful dairyng and fruit raising dis
lrict is the opinion Of Weather OBJ
server II. 3. Cowdrick Who has writ
ten the following on the copper coun-
try climate:
At the request of the Copper Coun-
try Commercial club Weather Obscrv-
or II. b. Cowdrick has written the fol-
lowing article on the climate of the
copper country:
The purpose OF this article is to
give few facts i'm relation TO the eli
mate Of this peninsula, comprising the
counties of Houghton and Keweenaw;
the figures given will apply particu-
larly TO Houghton, at which place a
continuous record has been kept by
the weather bureau since August 1900
but in general way they will give a
good indication of the climate of the
entire copper country. 1t vii! be seen
( that this portion of the state of Mich
gan is capable of becoming a dairying
/ and fruit raising country.
Huuchton is situated i'm latitude ~
north and longitude SS-3i west: the
! town is built on the hillside to the
south Of Portage Lake, the water of
which is Coz feet above mean tide
|lcEal at New York. The distance both
cast and west To Lake superior from
! lIoughtOu is almost the same, and il
IS situated about midway of north
east and southwest line running
thruugh tho Kcwccnaw peninsula.
The climate is much mildcr than
might hc supposed by one who Judged
entirely hl the latitude. The summer
! climate is perfect from comparison OF
official Ggurcs, from conversation with
men who have lived in other sections
lol the United States, ana from per-
soual experience extending from ore
gon To- Florida.
! ! am convinced that from the first
of May until the end of October there
is no other place in America which
should prefer as residence There
is large number of clear days dur
m2 the summer months, the precipi'
|
form % showers of short duration
The night is always cool. even though
the day has been hot; there are NJ
drawn out periods of searching wealth
or Ina thirteen years there have beef
but thirty three days when maxim
um temperature OF 80 degrees or abov
has been recorded, while at Spokane
Wash. for example, there is fecor'
of thirty seven days in ten years Wit
"a maNmum temperature of 30 degree
or above. There are no dangerou
winds at any season of the year Tn
highest velocity in the history OF IN
station is but 40 miles per hour, an
] in about half of the year velocity q
40 miles has not been reached. IN
/ winters are cold. but pleasant, the al
, is dry and invigorating. When sho'
comes, some time in November OF III
early part of December. 1t comes
r stay: there are no thaws, no mud an
slush. but dry, clean snow underfot
s at AN times. When the snow goes
! the spring it leaves rapidly ana III
, gravelly character of the SOIL take
r care of all surplus water. 1he lo"e'
! temperature ever recorded al the s'a
ton was 2S degrees. Fahrenheit peio
, zero, or so degrees, Fahrenheit peio
4 freezing. i'm 1912; and in eight out
fourteen years a minimum Oh ~ "
,grees. Fahrenheit, below zero, was ~
x reached. Minimum temperatures low
or than the record for Houghton are
. frequent occurrence ms far soutn
. | Missnnri Ind Kansas. even az Nul'