17-year-old Helena Muffly wrote exactly 100 years ago today:
Wednesday, April 24, 1912: This afternoon was one of the howling kind. The wind certainly did rattle the windows of that old school house.
Her middle-aged granddaughter’s comments 100 years later:
I thought about calling this post—April Showers Bring May Flowers—but wanted to be sure that there had been showers.
Well—it didn’t rain on April 24, 1912 (so I had to come up with another post title). It was just a blustery, raw, spring day. A hundred years ago in nearby Williamsport, the low temperature was 28.9 degrees, the high was 66.9 degrees, and there was no precipitation.
(The forecast for today for Williamsport is–rain; low: 34 degrees, high: 54 degrees.)
An Aside–
I found the temperature information on the National Climatic Data Center website. Last January I explained how to find similar data for other towns and cities across the US. When I went back to the site to get materials for this post, I found that the process had changed, but that I could still find the data I wanted. I added a note to the end of that post which provides an update on the process.
How to Find the Temperature on Any Date in Any City in the US
A Hundred Years Ago 
I love the effort and energy you put in to researching your grandma’s world.
Thanks for the nice note. I really enjoy doing the research.
Thanks for the link to an interesting resource. I bookmarked it for future reference!
It’s interesting that she considered the schoolhouse to be old in 1912. I wonder if it really was real old then, or just old in kid terms?
Actually it really was old. According the The History of the McEwensville Schools by Thomas Kramm, the building was built in 1852. It was originally a private school called the McEwensville Academy. In 1872, the school became a public school. It’s amazing that the building is still standing.
I like the “wind rattled” banner. You chose well. 🙂
Thanks!
Great information to have – thanks!