Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 January 1906 — December’s Record Is Made Up. [ARTICLE]

December’s Record Is Made Up.

The month of December, 1905 let us off mighty easy, as compared with whjit the month usually does to us; and whi h is~'genefally“ _ ar plentv. This December was cert iqly among the most favorable experien ed - here for many years; though as compaied with December (the year bes >; e, it hid very little to brag of, except that last December g t to acting un pretty bad just before the curtain rung down, whereas the Decernjiffi passed continued its jgpoJf c- nduct to the end. Like all . other good Decembers of this region this one was very free from storms, of all kinds. - There were really only four stormy days in the month, barring once when there was a little skiff of snow, in the night. There was only-ls-13 inches of precipitation, including what came iu about six and a halt inches of snow,.,, and none of which stayed on the ground very long, and the month -with the ground practically bare, Sunshine was fieely on tap, during the month, and 15 of its days were recorded as wholly clear, and 4 as partly clear, and only 12 as cloudy. \ The warmest weather was 54 degrees, on the Bth, and the coldest, half a degree below zeep, on the 21th.