The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-20
BRIEF SPELL IF COLD SEEN
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"Wednesday, First < %o Spring, Expected to Gring Normal Temperature :. Back to Birmingham
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Old Man Winter was evidently kid naped Sunday night and carried south without his baggage by the biting northwest winds which swung into Alabama and greeted citizens of Bir- mingham early Monday morning, sending the temperature scurrying down below freezing, with the mer- 15 and 20 degrees by Tuesday morn ing.
 The Old Man is expected to hurry back home Tuesday afternoon. how ever, according to Forecaster l.. c. Horton, who predicts temperatures above the freezing mark by Tues day afternoon. Wednesday, the first day of spring, is expected to usher the new season in with real spring weather. Fair and warmer is the forecast for Wednesday.
 killing Frosts Predicted.
 Killing frosts were predicted for the entire state Monday night and Tuesday morning, but the short stay of cold weather is expected to save fruit and garden truck. Spring planting may be slightly delayed by the cold weather's visit, farmers said.
 Readings at the Fountain Heights observatory Monday showed the mer- cury practically stationary at 27 and 2S degrees from 2 o'clock Monday afternoon to o'clock Monday night. Lower temperatures were expected to come fast late Monday night. The lowest reading at Birmingham Mon oay was "A degrees at 10 o'clock Mon day morning. A cutting wind from the northwest made the weather dis agreeable, snow flurries coming In- termittently
 Florence bore the brunt of the first cold weather Sunday night. Ac- cording to The Age-Herald's cores pendent. snow began falling at o'clock Monday morning, the tenn perature being driven down to 16 degrees above zero. Old residents said 1t was the coldest weather for this season since 1876. They recalled that a 10-inch snow fell March IS, 1878, and that the blizzard was fol- lowed by an early spring after very mild weather had preceded it.
 Huntsville reported the thernfo me = ter reading at 20 degrees at o'clock Monday morning. with snow inter- mittent. Fruit growers fear for their crops unless the temperature rises Tuesday.
 AnnistOn. Catches Cold.
 Anniston experiencq@ the worst blizzard of the winter Monday. the cold spell causing early gardeners anxiety, according to information from The AgeHerald bureau. Coal dealers reported brisk business Snow fell about 8 o'clock Monday morn ing.
 ' Grove Hill reported considerable damage done to gardens in southwest Alabama. Mobile expected the mer- cury to reach 26 degrees Tuesday morning. The lowest reading Monday morning was AZ. Heavy frost is pre- dicted for Tuesday morning. with serious damage to crops in pros- pect.
 Fear for the fruit crop in Walker county was expressed in dispatches from The Age Herald bureau at Jas per Monday night. Snow Hurries were reported all Monday morning.
 Fruit trees in full bloom in Coosa and Lee counties may be badly dam aged by the cold weather reported, according to The Age Herald bureau at Opelika and it's Goodwater cor respondent. Torrential rains visited Opelika by o'clock Monday after noon.
 Coosa county farmers have been unable to blow but little during the last two weeks because of frequent rains, according to reports from Goodwater.