The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1935-01-10
1894 DRlEST YEAR
With 1853 INCHES
OF RAIN RECORDED
Heat Record of 100 Degrees Set
July 81; September Was
WetteSt Month

The amount of precipitation in
Redwood Falls and vicinity during
1884 total 1853 inches, which accord
ding to N. B. Ander son, weather OBJ
server, is very dry year and indi-
Gates that something is rotten in
the kingdom of Pluvius". Either pro-
hibition has engulfed the country,
high tariff walls have been created
or the world depression has extended
upward causing unemployment am
ong rainmakers and a consequent
curtailment in production.
The lack of moisture which caused
destruction of crops and even kept
the grass from growing on the lawns
was the outstanding feature of the
1884 weather history although the
heat record was broken.
The 1853 inches of precipitation
recorded during the past year re-
presents the lowest total in the re-
cords which Mr.. Andersen has kept
since he resumed his weather obser-
wing in 1925, after number of years
absence Although further records are
not available, he believes that tn
1884 low mark would be unbeaten
back many years beyond 1925. The
normal amount of moisture for one
year according to Mr.. Andersen, is
27 and some fractions inches, the 1884
precipitation falling to the foot of
the class with 10 inches below aver
age. The 1888 precipitation totaled
22.36.
The mercury descended into below
zero depths on - days last year, six
in January, eight in February and
five in December. The coolest temper
allure was II degrees below register
ed December 26, the day following a
blizzard in which Christmas vacation
ers were stranded and stalled on the
highways and outlying towns. The
longest coolest snap occurred when
the thermometer read in the minuses
from February % to 81, reaching 10
below February 26. The precipitation
for January was "a of an inch and
in February 6.
March's total moisture amounted
to $50 while April, with the reputa-
ton of being a rainy month, was off
form and registered below March
with .S5 inches.
May was unusually warm with the
temperature ascending over 100 de-
grees on six days, the high mark be-
ing attained May 81 with lot. The
mercury crossed the 80 mark on Is
other. days, with rain falling to a
total of 81 of an inch.
June had the distinction of being
the first month to exceed an inch in
moisture, rain pouring down June
and 8, the only two days the heavens
opened up during the month, to the
| tune of 3.S7 inches. The highest tenn
perature recorded was 104 June 81.
AS is the custom, the seventh
month copied the prize for the high
est temperature, when the city swell
tered in 100 in the shade July Fl and
%. A "deluge" of "a inches of mois-
ture fell. August went by peacefully
with comfortable temperatures and
LAG inches of rain.
September took the blue ribbon for
being the wettest month with a score
of 4.16 inches but October had the
highest single day record with 1.55
inches October 20. November's pre-
cipitation totaled 81 with snow fall.
ing on the q. Moderate temperatures
prevailed. DEFENDERS precipitation
struggled to so.
Closing his recapitulation Of 1934s
weather log, Mr.. Andersen, expressed
his wish for wet (rainy) new year.