BOSTON IS HIT BY COLD SPELL

When yesterday morning the thermometer on the Geographical Institute of Exploration registered 14 degrees below zero, Greater Boston was experiencing one of its severest cold spells in years.

Blue Hills Observatory reported a temperature of 19 degrees below yesterday morning, the second lowest reading in 58 years of records. The all-time low was on February 9, 1934. With the continuing cold there is a good chance that this record may be broken during the current wave.

Dr. Charles Franklin Brooks, professor of Meteorology and Director of Blue Hills Observatory, announced last night that the sudden wave of sub-zero weather was caused by a movement of extremely cold air from the Arctic region. The great amount of snow coupled with this movement has driven all warm air from the region.