Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 February 1911 — January Was a Freak Mouth, Viewed From Weather Standpoint [ARTICLE]

January Was a Freak Mouth, Viewed From Weather Standpoint

January waJ considerably warmer than the average temperature for the month during the last forty years, according to the monthly meteorological summary issued Thursday by the Indianapolis station of the weather bureau. The report for the month shows the mean temperature to have been 33 degrees as compared with 28.2 degrees, which, is the normal for the month, the excess being 4.8 degrees. The coldest day of the winter was recoded Jan. 3, however, when the mercury reached 3 degrees above zero. The highest temperature was recorded Jan. 11, when 60 degrees was reached. The total precipitation for the month was 2.98 inches, this being .17 above the average. A snowfall of six' inches is shown for the month. The prevailing direction of the wind was south, the total movement being 8,710 miles with an average hourly velocity of 11.7 miles. The maximum velocity was recorded 8, when a western reached fifty-four miles an hour. There were four clear days, seven partly clear and twenty cloudy days during the month. Fog was reported on- six during the month and thunderstorms Jan. 1, 27 and 29. In Rensselaer the lowest point reached was 11 degrees below zero.