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Climate Change?

  • Writer: Lawrence Lore
    Lawrence Lore
  • Jan 30, 2023
  • 1 min read

Weather for Sumner in January 1889: Highest temperature was 58 on the 16th and the lowest 20 above on the 28th. The average for the month was 34, being 7 above the average for the past three years. It rained on 13 days, the precipitation being 3.2 inches. The total snow fall was 6 ¼ inches.





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