Evening star., 1963-01-24
Century's Coolest Weather
In South; Atlanta 3 Below

century struck parts of Dixie
today. The Arctic air threatens
to give Miami, Fla, a taste of
freezing temperatures by to-
morrow morning.
Record lows accompanied
snow and ice in some regions,
curtailing traffic and forcing
some schools and business firms
TO close.
Louisville. KY, reported 1913
degrees below zero at 6:31 am,
the lowest temperature ever
recorded there. The previous
mark was 1875 below in 1884.
3 Below in Atlanta
Atlanta therm ON e ters
plunged to degrees below zero
shortly before dawn-the first
time this Southern city has
suffered sub-zero temperatures
since February 13, 1899, when
the mercury dropped to 8.5 be-
low. A zero reading was re-
corded January 6, 1924.
At Nashville, Tenn, a pre-
dawn reading of 1872 below zero
set q record. The previous low
for that city was is below on
January 26, 1910.
Temperatures plunged to Z
below at Asheville, N. c., an
all-time low, and Chattanooga.
Tenn, had the same reading,
which tied a January record
set in 1886.
Record for Tallahassee
AS the frigid blasts pushed
southwark, Tallahassee, in
Northwest Florida, registered
a record low of 81 for the date.
The Weather Bureau said the
mercury hit the teens in some
spots in Northern Florida.
Freezing g temperatures may
reach as far South as the
resort city of Miami by to-
morrow morning, the bureau
said.
Birmingham had a 2 below
zero, coolest in that Alabama
city since a 10-below reading
in February, 1899.
Some other overnight lows
included a Is at New Orleans,
on the Gulf Coast; 4 at Mon
roe, La; 2 at Tupelo and
Columbus, Miss; 5 at Colum-
bus, Ca; 29 at Jacksonville,
Fla. and IS at Pensacola, Fla.
Nine deaths have been at
tributed to the bitter Dixie
weather.
While the South was suffer-
ing, other sections of the Ma
tion also had record or near
record low temperatures.
Biting winds, snow, sleet,
rain and other cold miseries
caused widespread inconveni-
ences and hazards in various
sections.
21 Below in Ohio
Low early morning read
ings included 81 degrees below
zero in Akron and Canton.
Ohio. Subzero readings clung
to most Of the Midwest.
Not much relief was in sight
Immediately.
The rough weathe: was
blamed for scores Of teaths--
by exposure, in fires and in
traffic accidents on icy and
snow-slick highways. Countless
hundreds we're treated for
frostbite as temperatures in
many areas dropped to the
lowest levels in many years.
Some marks were near the min
imums Of this century.
Thousands of schools in the
South and Midwest were closed.
Some factories and business
firms shut down to conserve
heating gas. There we're mon
umental traffic jams in scores
of cities.
water pipes and faulty furnaces
were among the multitude of
other cold weather discom-
forts.
Arkansas was in the grip of
the severe cold belt with tenn
peratures ranging from the |
teens to below zero.
Record In Detroit
Detroit also set a record low
for both yesterday and today
with the coldest weather in the
Motor City in 20 years. 1t was
-12 late last night and -13
this morning. Pittsburgh's II
below was a record low for
the date. beating the old mark
Of Ill set in 1886. In Phila-
delphia, the mercury dropped