Cold waves and frost in the United States ..

"The paper notes briefly the general distribution of the colder areas of the Northern Hemisphere, refers to general conditions that are associated with cold waves, and presents a chronological account of historical cold periods in the United States. It then summarises and classifies the more important cold waves and frosts that occurred from 1888 to 1902, inclusive, and presents 328 charts that exhibit the meteorological conditions that attended the principal cold waves of that period"--Letter of transmittal.