San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-28
d vegetables have suffered some

and vegetables nave suffered soihc
what.
Cattle ranges are not expected to
suffer heavily aud cattle will get
through the cold spell without great
loss, according to ranchers.
At . o'clock Sunday, the thermom-
eter in San Antonio stood at "a de-
grees and had dropped TO freezing at
3 o'clock. Sleet set in shortly after .
o'clock and by midnight the thermom-
eter stood at % degrees. At 4 o'clock
it was at 20 degrees where it stayed
about even until s o'clock when ii
dipped to 10 and then came back up
to % at 10 O'Clock when the sun peep
ed from behind the clouds at intervals.
COLD IN 1918.
Snow which fell during the early
hours of the morning, added 10 the
sleet amounted TO .9S of an inch.
1t was the coolest weather San An
tonic has experienced since January
II, 1918, when it dropped TO II de-
grees. The record cold weather is 4
degrees, February II, 1899.
Brownsville had its first SNOWFALL
fight of history Monday morning when
the Austin High School band members
there on tour, pelted each other in
the downtown streets, where the Their
mometer lowered at 26 degrees Mon
day.
The snow blanket covers practical
ly all of the state.
San Antonio is in the path of a
severe cold and blizzard which swept
down over the Rocky Mountains
bringing near zero weather to the
TRANSFORMATIONS line. The center of
the high pressure area is over Okla
homa the local weather office an
nounced Monday.
What damage has been done in San
Antonio by the dip in the tempera-
ture is unknown. beyond the usual
radiator and water pipe freezing which
yearly takes its toll.
SNOW GENERAL.
All Texas stations reported below
freezing temperatures Monday and
snow and sleet were general although
in light amounts over the state.
Vegetables were injured by the snow
and 'sleet which hit unpicked fruit
and ruined a large part of it. But
the damage is not expected to be
great.
After freeze warnings were given
the Valley Sunday afternoon and
night, many farmers had smudge fires
burning TO protect their trees.
Harlingen had snow and sleet, low
eriDg the temperature to "a degrees.
McAllen and Mission both had 80 &C.
gree weather and "a little sleet, al
though not as. much as the lat
ter.
sLEET IN VALLEY.
Sleet throughout the, night prevailed
at San Benito, but little damage is
expected. Kennedy was covered with
snow and sleet, it is raining Mon
day and the thermometer is at the 80
degree level.
Floresvillc and Pearsall reported
even colder weather than other points.
AT the former. the temperature was IS
degrees AZ $ q. M, and Pearsall re-
ported 16 degrees at 6 a. m. Sleet
and snow fell at both places at inter
walls during the night.
Telephone lines between Floresville
and San Antonio were down Monday
morning. Z
The coolest weather was reported
at ANA rillo, where the mercury
dropped TO 10 degrees. Galveston
suffered least at rs degrees, although
it was sleeting there Monday forenoon.
Twenty degrees above zero and half
an inch of snow was Loekhart'e por-
ton Sunday night with the flakes stil
falling Monday morning.
HOUSTON COLD.
AT Waco the temperature was IS
degrees and the county agent expressed
belief that fall grain crops had been
damaged. Wichita Falls reported Jack
Frost sitting in every corner and
plucking the record icy plum for
the season at il degrees.
Houston awoke 10 q thin mantle Of
snow and 20 degrees while Austin
recorded IL degrees and half inch Of
snow. Taylor reported % degrees
Pampassas, Il; Georgetown. Is: San
Marcos. freezing, snow, sleet: Pflugers-
vile, - degrees and one inch of snow.
Temperatures over the country az
Z O'Clock Monday morning were
Atlanta, Ga, @ degrees; Birmingham,
s: Calgary, s: Chicago. zero: Dallas,
IS; Del Rio, 20; Des Moines. 2 below
Dodge City, 2; Fl Paso. 30; Huron,
:. D., s below; jacksonville. "a Little
Rock. s; Louisville. .: Macon. Ga.
y: Mobile, IS; Memphis. s.: Nash
vile. A; New Orleans. "a: New York,