The rivers continued lovt during September. In t,lict Missis-
sippi the highest stages were recorded fro~n the 1st t.0 4tll7 at culverts, ;i.nd sevei-;il miles of' r a i l r o d t.riwk between Corpus
Cllrist,i a,ntl LiIru(lo. (.)ll on(t seotioll of tile T ~~~~-M
At h';tsh\-ille, Tennessee, tlie Cumberlaiid river \viis closed to navigiltion oll i,,ccollnt lo\Tr-wat,er during t,he mhole montli.
The lligllest and lowest stages of \vatel. observe(l at the sig- llal Service st;Ltions during &)ept,oml)er, 18m, iLre sllo\rll ill tlie
IIIGEI TIDES.
Portspouth, North Carolina, 11th.-Very liigli tide; is1:iiicl
Sloop Point, North Cm'olin?, Stli to lltli, 13tl1, l!ltli, 20th. Cape Lookout, h'ortli C:iroIin:i, l l t l i , 20t81i, 21st.
subnierged orit? foot. High tide also on the 9th iuid 10th.
.. i $;a St~tioiin. -.-- .
- - I h t c . llciglrl. I J i 1 1 8 .. I l i ~i K l i t . ! 22%
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INDICATIONS.
Tlic tletiiiled coiiii~~irison of tlie tri -cInily indiciitions for Sep-
2 R
Arkoiim8 :
Little Iluck, Ark* 30 o
~
27,iR : 4 8 I I '
............................... , ............ 18 J o 23 , Port Smith, Ark ...........................
I I
.............................. I6 0 29, 30 I
J.ecwn wort 11, 21 0 I ' I 211239241 4
SuintIIniii V ~I I I I ........................................
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14 6 4 ' 2' 3 15,30 ' I 6 rAn GronNu, '!ti" r~ o I I I 1 20 : I 0
oui,l1tpr, rmw ................................. ... .........I 21 1 0 . 10 22 . 3 3 Unwriport. I i n v i i .......................................... 1 5 o . I .? 4 1%23 . 2 o
Keokiik, h w a ............................................. 14 6 , 3 3 Y 26, 27 2 z
............................. I 2 0 0 2 2 9 ,3 0 i 1
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1 I
verifications to be 87.61 per cent. Tlie percenta,ges for the
fonr e1erneiit.s are: wc?:1.t,her7 87.iO; direction of' the wind, a .1 3 ;
teinperaturc, 8i.43 j l)iirometei*, 90.31; per wnt. By geograplii-
ca1 districts they are : Jhr New Englniid, 8'7.50; middle Atlaii-
tic sta,tes, d!).38; south Atlilnt,i(: states, 85.89; eastern Gulf,
86.43; western Gi~lf, 88.50; lo\^?^ Iitkes, 87.99; iipper lakes,
84.85 j ollio villleY :~l d TeIlIIeHHe(?, j 11PI)or MisXifiSiI)I)i
va,lley, 87.89; Missollri \-;llley, 85.1:j; 11orCIi P;l(:ific, 86-54;
SEPTEMBER, 1883. MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW. 21.5
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montllly raliges itre: Eastport, Mitilie, 3O.4; 8:in Fraucisco, ,
California, 30.3 ; and 50 a t Jncksonville, Florida, Se\v Loiltlon,
Connecticut, imd Provincetown, Mnsmchnsetts.
'li,mpet.ntut.e of Wnfer f o r September. 1888.
Polo, Illinois, 011 the 9th and 10tli.
Sitillt Vincent, Minnesota, 13th.
011 tlle 15tl1, a display mas reported by rillmerous stations iu
I Jlontana; the limits of obscrvntioli extellding eastward to Da- kotit, IVestIVilrd to Vrnsliington Territory, :tiid southward to
A t IIelen:i, ?donf:ina, it ww observed ut 9 p. m, as a diff~lse light, which gnidually extended ilnd incre:wd in brillinllcy 1uitil n complete corona \vas formed. The display ended a t
'Cl~ll,~,l I u1 111 # I = 5 I Clieyeiiiie, Wyomiug.
I \' ~.I ~E u 5: E
I I ~W C I I,.ct 1111,1 2 % _I 5
dq21h, = - -
I ill bott~ini
-'r \TI(]>.
A t l ~n t k City h'uw Jc*r~ii). .....................
Angun&, Ceorgiu. ............................... : Ilul ti mort., >l 11 r y I un d ........ ISlock Inliiud, llliodu Iaiun
I ~O ~I ~I I , nlunmclliiaottn.. .... lstlitirlo SCW York ............ tkilur Geya, Florida ......... ~:hnrieatori. ?)uuth CuruIi~~u $Iilrugv, 1 liinoia .................................. (!l ~l n c o t c ~i ~u c , Virginiu ..................... ..I
l:levolund. OlliO ................................. ..I
Ijetroit, ~i c ~i i g n n ........ ............ ...........I Ilalnwnre Uronkwutctr, 1)oluwurt~ ....... .., Uuluth, n l i n ~~c a ~t a ............................. ! Euntport, Jluinc .................................. Eacunabu, Jllcl~lgni~ ............................ Gulvonton, Toxnn ................................. I
(Irnnd Haven. Nicliigun ...... Indiunol~i, l'oxua .................. .Iuckaonvllle, Fliiridu ........... Key Want, Florldu .............................. Mack lnnw (:I t y , M iahlgiin ................. Fort Mucon Burtli Curolinu ................. urqnotte kllclligUI1 ......................... :%I1 wiiu k& \Vinconnln.. ................... lolille, Alirlinmu ................................. New Huvon, Cdnnactlcnt ..................... : Ncw LOll,lOll Conllecticllt ................... 1 New York Cliy ..................................... orfolk, Vlrginlu ......................... .....;
r ousucola. Ylorlda .......................... ;
Portland Naino .................................. ~'ort~aiid' Oregon ................................ I I'rovlnceiown, Nuenueliunettn ........ HuuduHky Ol~io. ........................... Sundy Hobk, Now Jc!rauy ..................... Nan I.'rnnci~cii, Clnlifur~~l~i ....................
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SmitIivllli*, Scmtlr Curulinu ................... I
\vilnll;lgtoll, . Y or111 Curulina .................
Aipetlu niichigm ................................
Wuvu~~n~rli, (h r g i i i ............................
Toledo Ohio .........................................
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'/SO obnerviitionn trtkm from 6 t h to %th, i1rl:~uNive.
X No ubnervntlona tukan from lfitlr to 23d, inrluaive.
I~lstrurllellt broken.
I ~~r t r u n ~e ~r t brokel~.
ATMOSPEERIC ELECTltIClTY.
I
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0
70.7 : 05.7 I
85.0
66.5 62.8 ;
75.0 ,
69.:
2:6
67.7 79.0 70.5 I 70.0
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72.2
50.9 I
64.0 85.0
71.6
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84.0 I 88.8
64.7
82.5
58.0 I
64.4
59.3 1
Ss.0 1
2:: 70.6 I 75.1 ~q.7 1 57.8 61.6
64.0 70.0 69.4 !
61.5
81.3
83.3 ,
73.7 79.6
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0
64.5 47.3 74.0 66.0
58.9
Q.5
78.5 72.1 58.0
64.0
h .8
58.8
65.3 50. I
48.5 53.0 j2.0
57.1 73.6 79.0 83.0
54.3 69.0 49.0 56.0 79.5 61.4 63.0 63.8
66.9 77.1 51.5 56.3 59.0
57.3 63.5 58.2
75.8 9.4 60.3
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57.0
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18.4 , ! 11.0
I 9.0 :
I 7.6 I ' 2.3 !
: 12.3
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10.6 '
i 9.5 I 9.7
I 15.0 i
9.7 '
6.9 ,
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11.0
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14.5 12.9
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, 2.4 I
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52.8
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61.5
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89.3 57.0 78.2
76.5 x2.y
54.2
53.9 56.9
77.9 60. I
61.1 63.1
70.5 77.2 59.2 61.2
60.8
61.2
64.3 62.1
74.8 72.4
2:;
53.3
72.8
60.6 72.1
'3.40 1). m.
The display of' the lGtli W L ~ observed a t scttttering stations
from the north Pacific coast to the lake region.
At Fait O:iub~-, Washington Territory, it w w observed a t
i.45 1,. in., consisting of tlireo dark-red slender columns,
gratlnally dearmsing in brilliancy iiutil 9 p. m., when they
disa ppe;iretl. At, Fort Milgiiiiiis, IIotltaIiii, the nuroral beiinln extended to
tlie zeiiitll.
,\lilw:iukec, Wisconsiii, 1 G t 11 : :tt 7.30 p. in. an auroral liglit of
pile striiw color covered tlw ilortheI*u sky with beams extend-
ing to iin altitude of' Go. Alnrquuttc, Micliig;ui, lGtlr : a brilliant iillrora was observed
here ;it 7.10 1'. in., aoa8inting of lunii~ioos waves of light
Jhooting 111) from ~\~e r ~- ])art of the ~iorthorn sky, formiug a
perfect coroiia, which coiitiriued :I few 1uinute8, when i t spread
over tlie sky. The colors were varied and very beautifill. The display elided at 9.20 1). m. Other anroral displays were reported by the following
stations :
18tli.-Fort Buford, I h k o t a j Saint Vincent, Ninnewota j and
Holhn, Kansm
91st .-Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
222~1 .--Fort Totten, Dakota.
BY[~.--Cliaiiibersburg, Pennsylvania.
34th .--Fort Buford, Bisinwck, and Alexandria, Dakota;
ant1 Wil liesberre, Pennsyl van i A.
25th .--Eilstl)ort, Maine; Point Judith, Bhode Island ; Clere-
land, Ohio ; Alpc~itt, Escanaba, and Traverse City, Michigan ;
Polo and Riley, Illinois; Dnbuque, Iowa; Wentmorth and
Fort Totton. Dakota.
2Gth.--El;canaba, Micliirran : Toledo. Ohio : Wentworth.
AURORAS.
the nights of the 15th ~i i t l 16th were tlie most exteutiive1.v ob-
sei*vetI. Dulutli. Minriesota, 3d : an nnrord display was observed
Itere fironi 8.30 to 11.301). ui. It2 coiisisted of pale yellow light, I wit11 ]u~ninous be:lins, ro;icliilig a11 altitlltlo of tram t)vellty to 24t,h, 28th, 29th, 30th.
thirty degrees above the horizon. I
visible here from 8 p. 111. to midnight. I
pearing as a pale green light ;ind later tissuniiiig the folml of' R I
clonble arch. i 39th.
&stport, Ifaine, 2d : A brilliitnt HUrOrit, of 1 ~1 ~ ~~1 1 0 ~ color, 1
was observed from 7.30 1). In. to initlnight.
ap~ie~red between 7.50 and 8.20 1). 111. I This display mas also noted i L t Tr;tverse City and L;iusing, I 3!)th, 30th.
Michigan j Emb;irxxss. Wiscon.rin, aiid :it Gardiner, Maine. i 3lackin:tw city, Michigall, 3tl: a brilliflnt auroriil display
wa6 observed :It 8.25 1). m., extending across the heareris from 127th, 2St11, 29th.
c?ast to west. The displn~- lkded iiway at 9.50 1). m., arid re- I :ippe;tred at 10.10 1). m., finally clisnpponring at 11.20 1). m.
On the 4th a fhiiit disp1:iy was obserred at numerous points i from Dakota onstward to Miclligan.
faint display at Cambritlge, Massildiusetts. ,
On the 5th ikii auroral display miis quite generally observed I 19th. in New Xngl;lu(l:l11c] tllelakoregion ; i t wmobserved aYfar~Ust- I
Wmcl aq northern Dakota; the most southerly station report- I
30th.
139th.
I 1):~liot:i j and Saint George%, Dela~vare. '
A I I ~o ~~;L ~ tlisplii~s were, frequent duriIlg the ~nont 11. Tliose of' THUNDER-STORMS.
Tliiintler-storms wcre reported in the various districts on the
Nerc ~n~Za~~d.-12th, 1 ith, 18th, 24tl1, 27th to 30th.
Middle AtZaJic &tate.r.-2d, M i , 5th, 12tl1, 15th, 17th, 18th,
Soiitli AtZaiatic stntes.--.')d, 4th, 5th; loth, 13th to XOth, 23d,
Florida ])eni?~?tla.--lst to 4th, Gth, 'ith, Sth, 17tl1, l s t h , 20th,
Easteru Cft~lf.-4th, l2tl1, 13ti1, 15t11, l G t l i , 17th, 20th, 22d,
Fester)a Guu.-2d to Sth. lbtlr, 15th, lGth, 30th, 29t11, 30th.
2k~tmssee.--2d to 5th, Oth, lGth, 15th to 231, 30th.
Ohio waZley.-2tl, 3d, 4th, 'ith, Sth, lGth, 19th to 24tl1, 28th,
Lower Znkes.--Sd, 4tl1, lGth, 20th to 24tl1, 29th, 30th.
Upper Zakes.-lst, 4tl1, Gth, 7th, !)th, 15tl1, lGtli, 20th to 24th,
Upper Miueixslppi aqlley.-lst, 2d, 4th to Sth, loth, 13th,
Missouri walley.-lst, 5th, 6th, 7th, loth, 12th to 15th, 18th,
Nortlrern slope.-lst, 3d, 4th, 5th, 7th, 9tb, l l t h , 12th, 13th,
Middle Ylope.-lst to gth, 12th to 15th, 17th, 18th, %Rt, 30th.
Soutlicrn slope.4th, bth, 8th: I l t h , 13th, lGth, 19th, 29th,
Sodhem plntem.-Gtli to Qth, l l t l i , 18th, 19tb, 2?th, 28th,
The viirious displays I i i ~~o heen reported, a$ fol1ov~s : I fbllowiiig dates :
Saint Vinccnt, Minnmota, 2d : A fhiiit :iuror;iI light its 24t11, 27th, 30th.
E&joa~lih, Micliigaii, 2d : A~irorit limn 9 to 11 1). ~i i ., first ill)- I Blst, 25th, 29th.
Faint streamers
I lBtli, l G t l l , Wth, Y2d, 33d, 34th, Bth, 30th.
It was also observed QR , 19th, Wth, 23d, 2!)th, 30th.
lng i t Wits Moorestown, Now Jersey.
Johnson, Nebraska, oii the 8th. Weutworth, Dakota, on the 5th.