Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 March 1900 — Remarks About the Winter. [ARTICLE]

Remarks About the Winter.

Though there is time for several weeks of more winter and a whole lot of bad weather, yet this seuson, but as the winter months proper are now at an end, it may hot be amiss to briefly recall some of the main features of the winter, as it has been experienced in this region. For one thing, though there has been a good deal of cold weather, yet it has certainly been much warmer than the average winter. Another fact has been the great number of very sadden and very violent changes. It is probably safe to say the whole gamut of atmospheric changes been gone through with more times, aud in shorter order, than any other winter on record. Another unusual feature has been *the remarkable absence of snow. From the big bad snow storm the second week in November to the bigger and worse one the last day of February, there have been only a few light snows, during the whole winter. Another remarkable feature has been the great pumber of cloudy days, and the few days of sunshiue.