Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 December 1901 — Terrible Tumble in Temperature. [ARTICLE]

Terrible Tumble in Temperature.

It is seldom, even in this region of sudden and violent changes of temperature, that a greater ohange has taken place in the same length of time, as Friday and Saturday. Friday at 11 a. m. the U. S- thermometer registered 52 degrees above zero. Last Saturday morning at 6 o’olock, the same instrument showed 1 degree below zero, whioh was a fall of 53 degrees in 20 hours. The meroury still kept the downward path aud at 9 a. m, was IJjelow, which was the lowest reached. At one p. m. it had risen to one below, whioh was the highest, zero weather thus lasting all day. This is far the ooldest weather of the present winter, the lowest heretofore being 13 above zero, on Nov. 11th. The snow fall which succeeded the rain, was about 3 inches.