Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 58, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 March 1904 — Coldest Winter on Record. [ARTICLE]

Coldest Winter on Record.

W. T. Blythe, of Indianapolis head of the U. 8. Weather Bnrean for Indiana, has prepared statistics for Indiana relating to the ooldeet and the hottest days, the coldest and hottest months and the ooldeet and hottest years, and the months and years with the least and the most precipitation, covering a period of thirty-two years. According to these data, the warmest month in the last thirtytwo years was July of 1901, with a mean temperature of 82, aud the ooldeet mouth was January of 1893 with a mean temperature of 17.9. The mean annual temperature is 52.8 The coldest winter, consisting of December. January and February, was in 1903 04, through this city has just passed, with a mean of 23 8, butthe winter of 1884-85 was very dose, with a mean temperature of 242. The mildest winter was in 188990, with a mean of 41. The warmest summers, June, July and August, were tuose of 1874 and 1901, with mean temperatures in each of 76.9. The coolest summer was in 1889, with a mean of 71.1. The highest temperature recorded was 106, on July 22, 1901, and the lowest was 25 below zero, on January 5, 1884. The wettest year was 1876, with a total, precipitation of 56 71 indies and the dryast was 1901, with a total of 30.33 inches. The greatest monthly precipitation was 13.12 inohes, in July, 1875, and the least waa_.2B inohes, in of 1892. The mean annual precipitation is 41.9 inohes. In addition to this, the data oover the mean, maximum and tuinimam temperatures of each mouth during the last thirty-two years aud the total precipitation during eaoh month of the same period. These will be published in the next monthly climate and crop report of the weather bureau.