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Excerpt from Climatological Data National Summary, 1956, Vol. 7 The month was abnormally cold, dry, in most sections east of the Rockies. The main exception was in New England where temperatures and precipitation averaged well above normal and the month was among the cloudiest Januaries on record. Many stations east of the Rockies reported near record dryness. The deficiency was most serious in the lower Great Plains where small grains and pastures urgently needed more moisture, even though rains late in the month were decidedly beneficial. Sault Ste. Marie. Mich.. Reported 50 percent of possible sunshine. The sunniest January on record there. And Jacksonville, Fla.. Reported 73 percent which equaled its previous record. Frequent frosts and freezes during the first half of the month damaged tender truck in Florida. During the third week an influx of Arctic Air reduced temperatures to subzero levels in north -central areas and ushered in blizzard conditions ih the Dakotas on the 16th. Temperature. - West of the Continental Divide temperatures averaged as much as 10° above normal, and Tucson. Ariz.. Experienced the warmest January since 1867. Grand Junction. Colo.. Also had its warmest January. Above-normal temperatures per sisted until the last few days of the month, but no unusual extremes were recorded. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.