Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 129, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 December 1909 — Hie Official Weather Record For Several Days Past [ARTICLE]

Hie Official Weather Record For Several Days Past

L. C. Klosterman, the official weather record keeper, who has his instruments at Ihe college; has been 111 for several days with the rheumatism, but the weather records have been kept by one of the students. The following is the official report for several days just past: Minimum Maximum Tuesday 8 above 30 above Wednesday. 8 below 30 above Thursday... 9 below 30 above Friday 9 below 32 above It was a brisk cold spell but with guite even temperature and people really seem to have enjoyed it. Kellner, the ice man, reported about 4 inches of ice the first day, but it has not increased very much and today is only 5 idches thick. Cooney has his ear to the ground and his eye on the weatherman and is ready to begin cutting whenever he k&s enough thickness.