Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 203, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 August 1920 — B-R-R—OVERCOATS APPEAR AS MERCURY DROPS [ARTICLE]

B-R-R—OVERCOATS APPEAR AS MERCURY DROPS

ftunday was unique as a cold August 22 and according to the Indianapolis office of the U. & weather bureau only twice in the history of the bureau has a marie lof an August 22 surpassed that of the one established Sunday. The thermometer at St. Joseph college 'recorded a maximum, of 73 degrees | for the ’day, while the Indianapolis bureau gave out 70 degrees as the highest mark reached in that city for the day. The minimum temperature for the twenty-four hours lending at seven o’clock this Mon!day morning was 47 degrees, a figure slightly below that given out at the state capitol. A maximum temperature of 99 degrees is recorded for the year 1897 by the Indianapolis bureau, which Is the coldest on record for the day. The report from St. Joseph college for Rensselaer and vicinity for the twenty-four hours from seven o’clock Saturday morning until seven o’clock Sunday morning shows a maximum of 80 degrees and a minimum at 49 degrees. Today, Monday, continues cool and farmers are fearful lest there be a still further drop which would injure thedr crops. There have been no reports of frosts in this locality. The present cold spell is attributed by the Indianapolis bureau as being due to the fact that Indiana is the center of a large area of high barometric pressure which is bringing cold weather from Canada. Manitoba, Canada, reported a temperature of 28 degrees Saturday.