Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1919-09-16
JUDGE COODLOE'S DIARY
ON WEATHER IN 1894

Judge John D. Goodloe has
given the Daily Register copy |
of the weather diary he kept
along in 1894 when the winter
was so severe. What he says
about the weather then will be OF
interest to many. He writes as
follows:
From about the last of May, 1894
to the LIST day Of December 1894, there
was a scarcity Of rain fall, in this
vicinity, and the summer of 1894, was
unusually warm. Precipitation from
January to December was 10 inches
less than the normal. A good rain
fall on Dec. LIST and the weather
continued fair, and dry until Christ
mas. Wednesday morning, Dec. 26th
it began to snow, and within the next
SO hours the ground was heavily COW
cred. Friday 18th the thermometer
went to zero, and Monday and Tues
day following l filled my new ice
house, with ice Az to inches thick
The weather after moderated and the
snow melted without rain, and was
gone in week leaving the GROUND
soft and muddy, soon after it turned
cold again, and very cold wave
struck this section. Cold rains anC
sleet prevailed until the 28th day OF
the month. That morning the grounC
being frozen, another big snow con.
menced falling and continued until
it was seven inches deep. Another
fell on top of this accompanied by a
severe cold wave which swept the
whole country and reached the climax
on the 18th of February the themo-
meter reaching degrees below zero,
Friday IL below, Saturday below,
the high wind continued. The wealth
er then moderated for only few
days. On the 18th the thermometer
was ID degree below. Up to this
time we had "a SHOWS. Thursday
the 18th the sun shone brilliantly all
day and was the prettiest day of the
season. The pure wilderness of the
snow in the beaten road and every
where being most remarkable. The
next morning however the thermo-
meter dropped to degrees and the
next morning to zero. Saturday and
Sunday the 18th and 10th of February
were bright, the thermometer reach
ing the melting point, but receding al
night ten or twelve degrees. Mon
day morning February 18th showing
very rapidly until very heavy
mantle covered the earth for three
entire weeks My cattle have actual
ly fattened but my ewes have lost
more than half, probably so lambs up
to this time. From the Rocks east
ward, over the Atlantic and Europe
the weather has been extremely
severe causing disaser on sea and
land. The thermometer was reported
ed at 65 below zero in Ontario and the
zero line reaching in southern Texas
and Atlanta, Ga; snow at Corpus
Christi in Mexico, at Mobile and all
over northern Florida, with eight
inches at New Orleans. On the 18th
a light fall of snow in the afternoon;
down again to ID below on Wednes-
day. The thaw then was sufficient to
make a crust on the snow which
breaks through and makes walking on
the beaten paths very bad. On
Thursday the 21st l went to Rich
mond and during the day spots of
ground became visible through the
snow, but on Monday February 25th
when I again went to Richmond to
take my daughter to school there
was still left a good deal of snow in
places, many drifts from two to
three feet deep,were still filled across
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