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Show THE WEATHER THE PAST WEEK Climatic conditions in tin- cliy for the past week have been extraordinary. extraordi-nary. Including a phenomenal demonstration dem-onstration of an electrical storm In the winter time Wednesday and Thursday niphts the atmosphere was filled with electricity and. while the now fell thick and fast, sharp peals of thunder were heard and bright Hashes oi lightning seen. It was a phenomenon rarely witnessed The temperature during the week ranged from SO to 40 degrees above zero, the mercury being near the 0 mark most of the time. Thursday night and up to Friday noon the temperature varied from 86 to 1" decrees, since which time the mean temperature has heen about 15 degrees above zero three points above freezing. At the time of the electrical storms Wednesday and Thursday nights, the temperature was S degrees de-grees above the freezing point and the snow that fell was wet, almost approaching rain During the week the nnoW has thawed and the city street force has been kept busv removing re-moving ice from the culverts and gutters. |