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IDISTRICT ENJOYS MILDEST WEATHER IN SIXTY YEARSOfflciul Records at Marquette Indicate ^lilcle^t \Vralh(r in History of Weather BureauWKATIIKH TO ( ONTIM K MILD•'Ain't we gonna have wtow on Christmas? asks .1 ••lilnit*. Will Santa Claus have to postpone his trip from tla* north country with his favorite reindeer. 1 Humor and Iility.cn a ltd the rest trf them, because of the snowies* streets Sister Sue Inquires.Never seen the heat of it how the weather keeps up. t’an't remember of having a Christmas without some snow. tSrandpa declares.I can remember of having very little snow at this time of the year, but we have always had sleighing by Christina*. tSrandma remarks.Henry It. Patrick. Marquette weather observer, is unable to throw any light—or snow—on the situation.On the contrary he is of the opinion thut present weather conditions may continue for the next ten days, although he admits it is only a guess and that one man's guess is as good as the other’s.In studying daily weather charts compiled from reports from various government observation stations, especially tin we in western Alaska, where some storms originate. Mr. Patrick predicts that mild weather wilfc continue.“Ther is not a sign of a told wave coming from Alaska, he said yesterday. The coldest place in the United States Sunday and Monday was 'in New Mexico. Monday the temperature was fourteen above zero there.At present the storms are moving eastward through Canada, following the summer course. When the storm clouds will shift southward and cross the United States is more than I can tell, and |m*sildy more than any one can tell.During the first seventeen days of 1 tocemlier there was an excess of 122 degrees for the month, an average •if 7.48 degrees inch day. Last iffuith the teuqieraturc was lt;1.2 degrees almve normal. The highest temperature recorded during the present month was on Iiecemlier II when the mercury crept within two degrHw of the fifty mark, the lowest Is-iug 12 almve aero, three days later.In studying charts and re|mrts for the last thirty six years. Mr. Patrick found that the average temperature of from two to three degrees has followed after Decemlier 17 of each year The mean teni|ienture for the tirst seventeen days of this month is 32.48 degrees, almost ten degrees higher than for the entire month over a period of nearly half a century.Mr. Patrick received a letter a few days ago from a man who was attempting to settle a dispute between two old timers arguing ultout weather conditions.“ 'A' claims we iiud a fall and winter much the same as we are having now with no snow until alsuit three or four day Iwfore New Year's day.! the inquirer writes. Not a |wir-tiele of snow on Christmas Day. Wagons were being used ami dust flying In the streets, a’ does not remember wlutl year that was. lie thinks It might have lieen about ItkNI, a I though it might Is* some years ls*fore that. He has forgotten the date entirely. but swears there was no snow on Christmas day.*B‘ claims that there never was siteli a fall and winter as we an* having now in uII his sixty years residence iu Marquette and thut the Idea of a suowless Christmas day Is ridiculous, lie Is willing to wager everything he's got it never liapis'iicd. I.ook back to 1N80.In reply to the letter as to the nb-lSMo. and that since thut date each month has had a snow fall pm*eding Chritmns.The month of least snowfall was in 1 teeeiuber. 1N85, when 7.7 Inches were recorded. The next lowest record was iu 11118, when only N.N inches of snow fell in December. The greatest December snowfall was iu 1N08. when 5K.5 inches {tiled up on the ground.There has not been a year since INS.” when there was an entire absence of snow during November and Pocomlicr. This year the month of November with 1.8 inches of snow, and December with only a trace up to the close of the loth, has Iteen the |sriod of least snow fall. In INS.”. only one inch of snow was recorded In Novemlier and December of that year, to tin* twelfth day. had 4.2 Inches, milking o,2 inches. In 11ki2. November had 1.2 inches and December from tby first to the twelfth—hud11.8 inches.THE RIGHT COSTUME. O. K.Hubby—So you’re going to take part In the Christmas Eve entertain | nient. Whut part do you take?YVifey—I take the leading purt. I'm1 Christmas Eve herself.Largest Body of Fresh Water.Lake Superior is the largest body of fresh water in the world. Its length, east to west. Is about 400 miles, with a mean breadth of about eighty miles, so that Its area may he taken as about 31,500 square iniles. The maximum depth recorded Is 1,008 feet and the height of Its surface is about 0lt;I2 feet above the Atlantic. It receives upward of fifty rivers. The lake embosoms many lurge and well-wooded islands, the chief of which Is Isle Royal.Near the Year's End.Thp Inst orchids of the year bloom In September und October. They are the ladles' tresses, probably the most common of the orchid family In eastern North America, says Nature Magazine. All country dwellers know their stiff, upright, slightly twisted scapes and long denje whoris of small whlfe blossoms. The two most common are the nodding ladies' tresses And the slender ladles' tresses.All in the Point of View.On the occasion of her fiftieth birth- ! day, the mun.v friends and udmlrers I of Princess Patiliue Metternlch, one of i the celebrities of the court of Napoleon jIII. foregathered at Vienna to pay their j respects to her. While all w’ere com- I pllineuting her on her unimpaired ' health and \outhfulness, one somewhat tactless well-wisher remarked enthusiastically : After ull, what do fiftyyears amount to? 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Wakefield Advocate
Wakefield, Michigan, US
Sat, Dec 22, 1923
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