Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 February 1904 — February Starts Ia Celd. [ARTICLE]

February Starts Ia Celd.

Whatever February may have up its sleeve in the way of weather, nd man nor beast, whether it be Hicks or the ground-hog, knows That it it may have a whole and large assortment of mighty severe weather, is not at all unlikely Many a winter February is the coldest month of the year and no longer than two years.ayo it had as much below zero as both th< other winter months combined Now it star s in like it would repeat that performance. Thus the very first day of the month it gives us a temperature of 10 degrees below zero, that being the tempera ture at seven o’clock on Monday, morning. It took a big and rapid fall in temperature to reach that low mark, for at nine o’clock Sunday night it was still 15 degrees above,