Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 June 1917 — COLDEST MAY IN 46 YEARS [ARTICLE]

COLDEST MAY IN 46 YEARS

Indianapolis, June 2. —The month ended Thursday was the coldest May since the local weather bureau 1 was established, forty-six years ago, ai?cording to statistics completed by J. H. Armington, meteorologist at the bureau. The average temperature for the month was 56 degrees above zero, which was eight-tenths of a degree colder than the average of May, 1907, which was the next coldest May on record. Only six days were above normal, and only three of them were more than 10 degrees above the average temperature, while sixteen days were 10 degrees or more below normal. There were seventeen cloudy days, whereas the average is ten, and only six clear days were reported. ’’ \ p, Rainfall for the month was the only thing that was any way near the average, and this was .58 inch below normal, 3.36 inches being recorded,, most of which fell during the latter part of the month.