The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-18
THE GLORIOUS () WINTER
CLIMATE OF CALIFORNIA

parsons between the winter climates
of California and Florida, and the
St. Petersburg Independent of this
State, answers by reproducing the
following from California papers:
The San Jose Evening News Of
Dec. 80 says:
lice on Streets, and Little Boys
are Able to Skate for Block. -
Today was generally pronounced the
coolest day of the season. And &C
cording 20 the United States wealth
er bureau, there will be no let up
for some time. Clear and cold to-
night, with killing frost tomorrow,
is the prediction. There were icicles
this morning on many tanks. On
some of the streets in San Jose ice
formed to such an extent that boys
found it possible to skate for nearly
a block. Especially on North San
Pedro street, between San Fernando
and Post streets, the ice was quite
I w HtIt luC WdtCh "o6oh hoN
passed ice formed, and soon there
was a veritable sheet of thin ice for
a whole block"
Whoopee! Ugh! Nobody ever saw
boys skating on the streets of st.
Petersburg-or anywhere else in
Florida.
The very next day this same San
Jose Mercury Herald, in which the
street car company's advertisement
appears, says:
Yesterday Was Coolest Day in
City's History-Many Water Pipes
Burst During the Night from Freez-
inc. Yesterday was the coolest
morning San Jose has experienced
since the establishment of a weather
bureau here II years ago. The
thermometer dropped to 22.S de-
grees at O'Clock yesterday morn
ing. There is an unofficial record
of a temperature of Is degrees In
the COS, but whether this is anthem
tic or not is disputed. If not the
coolest day in the history of the city,
yesterday was next to the coolest.
Yesterday afternoon there was a
slight recovery in the tempature;
the highest registered was 40 de-
grees. The coolest periods on rec
ord since the establishment of the
weather bureau here were Feb. 3
1910, and Jan. 7, 1914. On both OF
these dates the temperature dropped
to 25 degrees. Southern California
did not get the effects of the colo
spell as much as expected. There was
heavy rain there until late Thurs
day and the wet ground prevented
heavy frost. Conditions are ia
vorablc for slightly warmer weathe
today. "A slight rainfall ushered IL
the new year, with prospects TO
more today"
Deliehtful summer weather that
Fine for orchards" too, wasn't it
And four days later this same Sa
!. Jose Mercury Herald says:
:. San Jose and Rest of State Del
uged--Creeks Hereabouts Bankfu
as Three Inches of Rain Fall; Man
: in Peril, Oakland-Parts of Chic
:. Flooded-Ships on Coast Stop Ira
fic-School Dismissed-The severes
wind and rain storm of many veal
- struck California Sunday morning
The storm center entered on tn
coast about Eureka and yesterda
was working in northeast dire
ton with the storm center on TT
Columbia river In Oakland rs me-
women and children narrowly escape
he death in a sudden midnight fiood
Seven schools were closed on accoul
of the storm. The Key Route tut
ir mel was flooded, making thousands
~ lferry-users late to their desks In So
co Francisco. Incessant rain has bee
re falling at San Jose since noon SUI
of day and at 5 p. m. yesterday u
Is total rainfall measured at the 60
in eminent gauge in the city hall pa
-l2.97 inches, making a total for Il
DIS season of S.37 as against 5.s7 Ia
year and a nominal Of $50. II
no wind Sunday night blew in viole
gusts. The highest velocity for al
N. one minute was Sc miles an hour
III Incessant rain and storm fre
d. Sunday noon to Tuesday Tor longer
nd and suffering everywhere. Nothi
90 like that in Florida!
to And the Pasadena Daily News
as Dec 80 says:
Oranges and Snow are Mixed
Citrus Trees in Altadena Hs
Blanket of White as the Storm Lo
ers-Fiye Inches on Ground at I
of Mt. Wilson and More Falling,
Pasadena reveled in snow today.
the first time since 1902 snow
within the city limits. 1t snow
hard as far down as the busin
section. There was a sleigh
with bells; a dozen SNOWFALL bait
took place on the downtown stree
a fey plate glass windows and W
- shields were shattered and VIII
:. army of photographers, b