Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 73, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 March 1919 — PAST WINTER ONE OF MILDEST EVER KNOWN. [ARTICLE]

PAST WINTER ONE OF MILDEST EVER KNOWN.

There was more sunshine and less "snow throughout the United States during the wifiter just passed than ever before in the memory of the present generation. In only one section of the country—the plateau re-gion—-was the weather severe. Snow falling 'in November in the plateau region remained throughout the winter. Everywhere else, reports to the weather bureau show precipitation was so light and temperature so high that snow stayed on the ground in only a few isolated instances more than a day or two. During the past Winter the combination of light snow precipitation and high temperatures over virtually the entire country were from five to ten degrees above normal. Frequent warm rains and absence of severe cold snaps also helped crops. Only in some districts of the northwest was there any damage worth recording due to freezing and thawing and insufflcientsnowcovering The ice crop seems to be the only one that has suffered because of the mildness of the weather. Experts of the weather bureau say there is bound to be cohsiderable shortage of natural ice for consumers during the coming summer. • » ,