Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 January 1907 — Month Was Muddy, Mild and Muggy [ARTICLE]

Month Was Muddy, Mild and Muggy

December, 1906, was one of the mildest months of that fiame for many years. There was comparatively little cold weather and the lowes 1 . point reached was 10 degrees above zero. Every previous December for at least six years has hail some much colder weather. It was a rainy month also, having four inches or precipitation. It was not much wetter than December, 1903, which bad 3.76 inches. The warmest weather was 58 degrees, and that also broke the six year record Sunshine was a scarce article dur ing the month, and 18 days were wholly cloudy, seven partly cloudy and only six recorded as clear. And probably there was not a single day during the whole month when there was uninterrupted bright sunshine all day. No other December iu the six was so sparing of the blessed sunshine, but that of 1902 was nearly so. This December also had the least amount of snow fall of any ot the six, being only li inches. The other six Decembers, ranged from 2 3-4 inches in 1901, to 16 inches in 1902. No ice thick enough for packing formed during the month and there was skating only a small part of the time.