Salt Lake Telegram | 1933-05-25 | Page 4 | Science News

SCIENCE S C I EN C ENE NEWS YV S i W Yellowstone Yellow tone National park last winter ad added added add add- ed the record for low temperature in the United States to its other honors natural wonders The record 66 degrees zero Fahrenheit Fahrenheit Fahrenheit Fahren Fahren- heit was was set on February 9 9 but the data have had to be subjected to to the scrutiny of the weather bureau at Washington before the figure figure fig fig- ure could be accepted as official The previous previous previous pre pre- record 65 degrees below zero had been held since January 13 1888 1888 by a a station at old Fort Keough near Miles City Mont The new Yellowstone record was obtained by Ranger A. A T. T Bicknell at Riverside ra ranger ger station on an official th thermometer A second thermometer privately owned but apparently accurate agreed with the official reading The station has now been bce provided with a new new- official thermometer which will register temperatures temperatures tem tern as low lowas as 75 degrees below zero Fahrenheit