Glimpses of the Past

September 27, 1888

            The southern part of the county had its first frost of the season on Thursday night of this last week, about three weeks later than that which killed vegetation in this part of the county.

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September 29, 1895

            Sunday night occurred the first genuine white frost of the season. Everybody was prepared for the visit, and none regretted it coming. It is seldom that killing frosts do not occur in this section before the first of October.

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September 23, 1903

            We had frosts last Friday and Saturday nights and again last night. They did considerable damage to many fields of corn, if not preventing the crop from maturing, the stocks for fodder were more or less injured. The tobacco crop was generally in the shed and out of the way of frost.

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October 3, 1912

            Killing frosts came last Sunday and Monday.

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September 29, 1920

            First killing frost last night, Sept. 29.

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September 24, 1932

            To date there has not been a killing frost in Trempealeau County, but here at Whitehall on Saturday morning, Sept. 24, a white blanket appeared in places. This has been a remarkable season as this section of Wisconsin seldom escapes frost in early September. It is fortunate for farmers, however, that frost did not come early this year as the corn crop matured unusually late.

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September 25, 1942

            According to an old adage, frost will not occur within a six-month period after the first thunderstorm of spring. Thunder was first heard here March 15, and duly recorded at the Swenson and DeBow barbershop. The old adage held true this year, as the Trempealeau Valley did not have its first killing frost until last Friday, Sept. 25. Since then, hard frosts have continued, and snow fell on Saturday, one of the earliest snow storms on record.

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