The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1921-01-21
Some 1920 Weather Facts.

1t was leap year, which gave US u
year Of 366 days.
Quake shakes Mexico on the night of
January 3. state of Vera Cruz suffer-
cd the most. Scores Of people were
KILLED.
January thaw came week Of the
l7.l4th.
The Kids were playing marbles on
Wednesday, January il.
Earthquake shock was felt in parts
of the state of Washington on the 23d.
First zero weather was reached Jan
uary %; Bigclow reported 2 below.
February I'd, Ground Hog day, dark
Fand gloomy with mist; he did not see
his shallow.
The first week of February was
cloudy. misty; frost out of the ground,
making roads almost impossible, and
the BigelUw-Mound City road was one
OF them.
1t was degrees below zero on Sun.
day. Feb. 10.
First snow came January 23--i.3
inches.
Ice went out Of the Missouri river,
Saturday, Feb. IA. The river closed
ny lCt ljtCs :, INV
March came in like a lamb--a mos {
beautiful day.
Severe March winds prevailed night
of March 3d and all Of the ith-a veri-
table blizzard, with 30-,legrce drop
in temperature and trace of snow.
Saturday night and Sunday morn
ing March g., temperature went down
To- 4 below zero. an extraordinary rec.
ord.
Robins came March ..
Severe tornado swept over fancy
, county, Mo, on the llth Several per.
sons killed and much property dam.
aged.
The first spring rain came March ! I
J Ito inches fell.
Great dust storm prevailed over the
county March 1919 with a thrty.mil,
!, gale.
Frost about out Of the ground lat
week Of March.
Firs, spring thunder storm came tho
night Of March -, with slight rain.
Aurora Borcalis appeared in North.
j west horizon early night of March -
There Was "A J'g-inch rainfall al
! l'igclOw afternoon or March "a. The
Bigclow-Mound city road IN very bad
condition.
On March -. tolnndocs swept owe,
Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Georgia nnd
! Alablinn, killing many people and mil
, , ll"ns IN property damaged.
March went out Ike lion. in IN,
form of u severe WIND storm.
III Heavy hail and rain storm al MOUND
city on March 81.
West bottoms from north of Fore.
/ City north under water in large area
from March rains last weeks Of Marcl
and early part Of April.
Heavy hail storm at Fotcscuc IN
,, March -.
April 81, u northwest blizzard. witt
snow and low temperature swcpt oyCl
our county, and Faster, the ith, foun,
the earth covered with Ga inches oi
snow. I'd, temperature - degrees, Sd
70 degrees; J.bth, IL. Faster wa,
bright and cIlspy, with low temper,
azure ~ and highest ~. on the 9th
l3'a inches Of snow fcll--total, ID
inches Faster week.
Sol Meyer came 10 town IN sleigh
Tuesday, April q.
The Missouri river was IL, feet
.""N' WV Nat'l stage Apfll tive
''I u,, ntnr tnr i'oon Inc.
mn'HVIom reported u thfcc.Inch rain
a, Hpr' H. anu ROAD To Mound City
Han fell Sunday, April 18th.
Treat tornado swept over parts of
hMi,,,n,s .. Alanama and Tennessee
Ni'lng lou people and causing millions
OF dollars in property loss On April 20
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