IT REALLY HAS BEEN COLD
submitted by Sally F. Nelson
| 1917-1918 - If a man makes the assertion that we have had some
cold weather in this vicinity during the present winter agree with him for
he is right. It has been cold. Since November 29, 1917, there
have been 40 days when the minimum average temperature has been eight degrees below zero. From November 15 to February 10th the average minimum temperature was twelve above and the average minimum for the month of January was five degrees above the cipher. It is pretty generally believed that
this winter has been the coldest the Kennebec Valley has ever witnessed;
that is to say the longest run of continued cold weather. The above
record is certainly bad enough but perhaps the actual records made by the thermometer would show that the temperatures have not been as low as
is supposed. Apropos of the cold weather in this vicinity. It has been some cold in the Northern part of the State; in the vicinity of Moosehead Lake. It is said that by actual measurement the ice on that famous body of water is three feet thick and six feet of snow covers it. If a man
were to snowshoe across the lake he would be about nine feet from the surface
of the water. Some winter say we. Copyright © 2004 by Abby Balderama Coordinator of the Canaan, Somerset County, MEGenWeb Project site ALL RIGHTS RESERVED |
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