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Weather Event

Cold wave of 1899

Frigid temperatures were recorded in several cities.

The temperature fell to 31 degrees below zero in Buckhannon and 27 degrees below zero in Parkersburg. A Parkersburg newspaper wrote: “Plumbers were kept on the jump, for pipes without number were frozen up and bursted.”

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