100 Years Ago

摘要

The exceptionally mild character of the present winter is being maintained until its close, and for a persistent continuance of warm days in January and February it surpasses all previous records. At Greenwich the thermometer in the screen was above 50° for eighteen consecutive days from January 29 to February 15. Previous records since 1841 have no longer period than eleven days, in the months of January and February combined, with the thermometer continuously above 50°, and there are only four such periods …