February 12, 1899 – Record Cold In New York

7 Responses to February 12, 1899 – Record Cold In New York

1. suyts says:

   March 9, 2011 at 5:15 am

   Well, I just read congressional testimony that said extreme weather events are cause by CO2. And warming. And republicans. And bad guys. And polar bear haters.
   And, I like polar bears. Alot!!

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   • stevengoddard says:

     March 9, 2011 at 5:31 am

     It wasn’t hot enough then to be cold.

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     • suyts says:

       March 9, 2011 at 6:02 am

       lol, oh man, mind blowing! If it wasn’t generally hot then -10 wouldn’t be as cold as -10 is today. Today, -10 is way colder than -10 back then! Now I’m starting to see where Hansen is going with all of this……….dooohhuuuooood!

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     • Ivan says:

       March 9, 2011 at 10:39 am

       Not so sure about that … the 1890s was a decade of extreme warmcold:
       1890 – June
       “GREAT HEAT IN AMERICA HUNDREDS OF DEATHS FROM SUNSTROKE.”
       http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/44052819?

       1891 – June
       “INTENSE HEAT IN NEW YORK.”
       http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/39571687?

       1892 – July
       “HEAT IN AMERICA. DEATHS FROM SUNSTROKE. WORK SUSPENDED.”
       http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/48537955?

       1893 – England and Europe

       1894 – Sept
       “DESTRUCTIVE FOREST FIRES IN AMERICA. GREAT LOSS OF LIFE AND PROPERTY.”
       http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/3587788?

       1895 – Sept
       “PHENOMENAL HEAT IN AMERICA.”
       http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/34523625?

       1896 – Aug
       “INTENSE HEAT IN AMERICA. APPALLING DEATH-ROLL.”
       http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/9379575?

       1897 – July
       “HEAT IN AMERICA. THOUSANDS PROSTRATED. NUMEROUS DEATHS.”
       http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/9174702?

       1898 – Sept
       “HEAT IN NEW YORK. 170 DEATHS ON MONDAY.”
       http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/9850822?

       There is a matching “extreme cold” headline for each of the corresponding winters as well.

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2. Andy Weiss says:

   March 9, 2011 at 7:55 am

   That 1899 cold spell might have been the most severe/most widespread in American history, for example 0 (F) cold accompanied by snow in Augusta, GA, heavy snow in DC accompanied by single digit temps and winds up to 50 mph that left 15 foot snow drifts.

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3. Amino Acids in Meteorites says:

   March 9, 2011 at 8:23 am

   It must have been so hot in the world to make cold like this happen.

   /sarc

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4. Ivan says:

   March 9, 2011 at 9:26 am

   Go figure!
   A few months later we see this:
   “INTENSE HEAT.
   The heat wave, which during June laid people in New York and other parts of America prostrate, now prevails in England.”
   -July 1899
   http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/12746510?

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