Figures Show That Maximum and Mean Temperatures Have Been Higher in Previous Years.

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45 DEGREES ABOVE ZERO IS HIGH POINT REACHED

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Number of Clear Days, 14.

–Precipitation 135 Inches,

While Snowfall Is 6 Inches.

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During the past month the remark was often heard that January was one of the warmest Januarys on record. This is a mistake, as January was not unusually warm, when compared with other Januarys. The mean temperature was 15.90 degrees above zero. This is somewhat low, when other Januarys are considered, and is not so much higher than the ordinary January. The lowest mean temperature recorded in January during the last ten years was in 1918, when it was 8.06 degrees above zero. That was one of the coldest Januarys experienced in the Northwest for years. The thermometer for days did not rise above the zero point.

Warmest in Ten Years

The highest mean temperature in the preceding ten years was in 1923 when it was 23.77 degrees. The mean temperatures for the past ten years as recorded by Alex. L. Henle, local voluntary weather observer, follow: 1917, 10.53 degrees; 1918, 8.06; 1919, 23.20; 1920, 10.29; 1921,22.35; 1922, 14.14; 1923, 23.77; 1924,10.42; 1925, 13.48; 1926,15.90.

High Points in Januarys

The maximum temperature for the past month was 45 on the 3rd. This is considered warm for January, but a there have been higher temperatures recorded during previous Januarys. The highest point in the past ten years recorded in January was in 1921, when it was 53 above zero. The high points in January during the last ten years, follow: 1917, 40 degrees; 1918, 38; 1919, 50; 1920, 42;1921,53;1922,43;1923, 49; 1924, 47; 1925, 43 and 1926, 45.

Other Weather Data

The low point reached during the n past month was 25 degrees below zero on the 22nd. This was not exceptionally low. The greatest daily range of temperature was 48 degrees. The precipitation was 135, and the snowfall 6 inches. The number of days, when precipitation fell was 6. The clear days numbered 14, while there were 8 partly cloudy and 9 cloudy days recorded. The prevailing direction of the wind was north.

Brown County Journal,

Feb. 12, 1926

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