LOUISA COUNTY, IOWA

PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM
LOUISA COUNTY, IOWA
1889 EDITION

Submitted by Sharon Elijah, April 12, 2014

HISTORICAL SECTION

Pg 619

         WEATHER STATISTICS. For the following table showing the coldest weather since 1856, from observation taken at the same place and at the same time each year, we are indebted to Col. Garner:

Feb. 3, 1856, 31 degrees below zero;
Feb. 7, 1858, 20 below;
Dec. 6, 1859, 10 below;
Dec. 22, 1860, 18 below;
Feb. 2, 1861, 20 below;
Feb. 5, 1862, 20 below;
Feb. 2, 1863, 14 below;
Jan. 1, 1864, 24 below;
Jan. 26, 1865, 12 below;
Feb. 15, 1866, 18 below;
Jan. 28, 1867, 13 below;
Feb. 10, 1868, 24 below;
Feb. 23, 1869, 8 below;
Feb. 20, 1870, 6 below;
Feb. 9, 1871, 4 below;
Jan. 31, 1872, 8 below;
Jan. 29, 1873, 27 below;
Jan. 15, 1874, 12 below;
Jan. 14, 1875, 20 below;
Jan. 29, 1876, zero;
Jan. 8, 1877, 10 below;
Jan. 7, 1878, 6 below;
Jan. 2, 1879, 20 below.

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