The Washington herald., 1921-06-12

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TIME United States is situated in the temperate
zone where one might expect to hnd all wea'h-
er conditions eauable but some of the extremes
officially recorded by the weather bureau might cause
one 10 wonder whether not our country Is not near
the north pole or the torrid zone
The highest temperature ever recorded in the
United States was at Greenland Ranch, California on
the 10th Of July, 1915 when the mercury went up 10
I34 degrees in the shade This place, needless to say
was given lis name in jest Temperatures OF ITO de-
grees are frequently registered in parts OF Texas New
Mexico. Arizona and southern California, during the
summer months
Even Gar north in Montana and the Dskotas
there is hardly a that does not bring a hot
wave that sends the thermometer up the 100 de-
gree mark -
The lowest temperature ever officially recorded IN
ths country was at Saeo, Mont on January H. 1910
,b.n The thermometer took slide down the tube to
6s degrees below zero Temperatures OF from 10 to 20
or 10 degrees below zero quite commonplace in all
our northern states during the winter months. Even
sane az our most southern cities have experienced as
sonishnriy low temperature Atlanta, ga, recorded
minimum Of below on February II, 1899 On the same
date minimum Of IL above was noted AZ JACKSON
yile FIa famous warm spot New Orleans s't-
uaed on the sunny Gulf coast experienced much suner
ing when the mark Of above was reached on this
day This was winter Of remarkable severity through
out the United States
OOME terrible billiards have swept over the plains
of our western states. A blizzard. lasting from
January II to IS 1888. covering North and South
Dakota Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa and Minnesota, was
probably the most known in the history OF
that region This storm descended suddenly IRON
westerH Canada. following very mild day, and with
out Soy warning whatsoever. Several hundred lives
were lost and thousands OF cattle perished The wind
blew At the rate Of 60 miles hour during most OF
the stor driving before ii thick hne cutting. blind
ing snow with temperature tumbling rapidly to 20
degrees below zero At Helena. Mont, the tempera-
ture fell 90 degrees in four and one-half hours At
Crete. Neb. It dropped IS degrees in the space OF IL
minutes The Arctic regions could hardly produce
storm Of much more severity than this one.
The worst eastern blizzard probably that of
February IL IL and IS I8oo The most unusual fea-
ture Of this storm that il occurred in region
where mild winters the rule and severe snow storms
seldom take place. The states Of Delaware Virginia,
Maryland West Virginia North Carolina and the Dis
trict Of Columbia principally affected. AT Wash
ington the extremely low temperature of IS degrees
below zero was registered, and at the end Of the
storm there were than two feet of snow the
ground with drifts in exposed places high feet
The southern tip of Florida and southern Cali
forna are the only sections of the United States where
snow has never been known to fall. There have been
slight furres far south Punta Rassa, Fla, only
100 miles north Of Key West This remarkable snow
fall took place December II. 1876. However. snow
lies the ground south of the 33rd parallel of
latitude, which passes through the central part Of
Georgia Alabama. Mississippi Texas and southern New
Mexico and Arizona
II might be thought that snow never falls in this
country in late spring and summer, but fall does, as
official records bear witness At Colebrook N. H. on
J,,v n Is8, a furry lasted IS minutes. At Lynch-
burg va there was fall on June H. 1887. At Fred.
ericksburg, Va there was furry on June ?, 1907.
As recently az May g. 1921, snow fell in GreenIie,
Ala point so far south that snow at any time is a
,,ri,v On IuIy n 1888 Il showed quite heavily in