Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 254, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 October 1911 — Winter Will Come Soon Predicts Chicago Forecaster. [ARTICLE]

Winter Will Come Soon Predicts Chicago Forecaster.

An early and severe winter is looked for by Professor Henry J. Cor, weather forecaster at Chicago. •• “A killing frost is due this week, if the averages recorded by the weather bureau are maintained,” said Professor Cox. “The average date for a killing frost is October 15. Last year the first frost came September 2, and the heavy one October 29. "If nature chooses to equalize things, this winter will be severe. “This is no forecast,” Professor Cox warned, "but a sort of prophecy, based on the past. Nature mast cpnj c.ft an excess during the presen; ydar of 1,214 degrees of heat over the normal; she oust dry out an excess of vlnd, for the year has* had'abnormal weather from January 1 to the present” The records of the local bureau show: / That July was the hottest month cn record. That September wjis the rainiest month in 15 years. That the highest winds ever known to average through September swept

this section with an average of ILS miles an hour. That it rained 20 days in September. » That the sun was visible pnly 15’ days during the month.