The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-06-11

to exceed Is inches. In the year 1885, snow fell
ON the 9th, 18th, and 26th of February, whose
depths respectively 5, 2.5, and 20 inches
amounting in all, for that year, to > inches; ~
1889, on the Both and 3lst of December there iell
inches in the city, but IL in the vicinity IN Ioau,
the chief amount was on the LIST OF February, go
inches In l84l, on the LIST Of january, SO inches.
The whole amount in 1885 was inches; IN 1889,
70 inches; in 1910, SIS; and in lS42, % inches.
The winter of 643 quite an anomaly In this re-
gion No less than 40 inches OF snow were meas
ured at different times Inc nrst great TALL was on
! January 7th about So hours after the first earth
quake. It's depth was Ia inches. This storm be-
Gan with heavy rain, which, after several hours
| continuance, converted into snow, and this
lasted IL hours Had it not melted as it fell, (Which
it did for hours) 1t is probable the depth would
have been Is inches, as il actually was further
south. This storm did not extend much in latitude,
and was not felt in East Tennessee. Ii seems to
have been Intimately connected with the earthquake.
The second storm was on the 7th of February, and
the snow was inches deep. The third on the
2Sth inches; the fourth March 4th, of inches;
the fifth the 18th, of Is inches; and the sixth on
the 18th, of nch-amounting in all to AZ inches.
The usual average for the whole year is about 5
inches An ordinary fall of snow seldom lies longer
than one or two days. During the winter of 1874
there not suffciency of snow to cover the
| ground. pE
On the LIST of May, ls4l, the surface of the earth
for many miles around sprinkled over with
what was at first supposed 10 be white frost.
The minimum temperature of the preceding night
was 80; the sky was clear, and the wind ;. w.
| The thermometer during the day TO 49, and
yet much of the appearance Of the frost remained.
Having been induced, from this circumstance to ex-
| anime the substance with a microscope, it resembed
white glass finely pulverized. This phenomenon
| was introduced by very remarkable weather. On
the 18th day of April, the wind was s. E: until late
in the evening. Thermometer varying from
40 to SO; barometer from 29.425 to 90. 496. This
was succeeded by a thunder storm from s. w. by
| w. (wind S. until a. m. of the 29th, with one
inch of rain. The 29th was cloudy throughout.
Thermometer falling from Sc in the morning to AZ
| at m, wind becoming west and increasing in vi
olence, (6or7.) The barometer rose from % 44,
at a. M, to 29.397, at 9p. April 30 was clear,
| wind w. and N. W., but less violent (4;) barom-
eer rising little, and thermometer from 46 to 63.
On the next morning MAY y was the deposit,
which was probably the pollen of flowers. The
high wind which preceded, was evidently loaded
with very minute particles, that caused much pain
to the eyes of those who were exposed to their in
fuence, though at that time invisible. On the llth
of April, lS43, d similar deposit was seen, but it
had yelowish appearance, and was mistaken for
| sulphur Some Of this matter was collected, and
upon examination proved also to be the pollen Of
flowers. The weather preceding this last appear
ance similar to that in the former case but less
strongly marked. The respective relations of these
showers the time of the Towering of trees differed
Goth Of March, l841 and not until the goth of April
l843; one, IS days before the other, 8 days after
| the deposit.
But the most remarkable meteorological phenom-
enon Witnessed in this section of the country,
was the shower of flesh, which occurred near Leba-
anon, in Wilson county, about 80 miles distant from
Nashville, on the 18th of August, l641 This sub
stance was strewed upon the ground, fences, &C.,
through an extent of at least half mile in length
ahd several yards in breadth. Many respectable
1 4 IL. e -
number brought few fragments to the city, that
they might be examined by the Professor of Chem
istry in the University. Upon trial, DR.. Troost
satisfied that they consisted of muscle and fat. The
appearance and smell were precisely such as to con-
vince any person that 1t was animal matter in pu-
trd state. Nor is there any difficulty in accounting
for the fact Many instances have occurred similar
| to that at Lebanon. friend in this city, accu-
rate and interchangeable observer of the weather,
| sures me that, in the summer of 1888, he saw a
whirling wind, originating beneath small and sta
tionary cloud, which bore upward, in curve, many
light bodies from the earth and deposited them in the
cloud, from which they afterwards precipitaed
with the rain. In the same manner, the broken
flesh of animals in decaying state. could easily be
transferred to the cloud to be again discharged in
its progress. The story of its having been scattered
by the negroes through such an extent and with so
much care as to keep the boundary lines parallel is
| not very probable.
The whole number of fogs within the last three
years was LAG. of these, II were in January, 2 in
March, Bin April, 10 in May Gin June, Is in July,
20 in August, 26 in September, 80 in October, 8 in
November, and ii in December. The mean height
of the dew point in each month, determined from
numerous observations during the last three years,
is follows: January, I'll; February, $3.50;
March, 43 l6; April so SO; May, Sc 60; June, ga ID;
July, 6672; August, 6253; September, 573s; Octo-
Der, 1902; November, SO; and December, &c, 81.
The yearly mean is 47.44 The average minimum
| temperature of the nights, in the same period, is
4s.025--showing difference of about lis degree
only. The monthly means are also nearly equal.
The average minimum of the nights in January is
39O8; February, 3l74; March, $50; April, 50.59;
May, 5s.0l June, 65.9s; July, 6903; August,
Is So; September, SO 81; October, lit; Novem-
Der, 1922; and December, 3l.45. The highest
dew point observed was TO- The highest minimum
temperature during any night was 80. This has
been seen but once II has also been once at 10,
and twice at 70, but rarely as high as 76. The
| summer nights are, for the most part, pleasantly
cool after o'clock; and, in the country, morning
fires are quite agreeable.
| The annual mean temperature, deduced from OBJ
servations extending through space Of years, is
57653l4; the mean of winter, 3S.73s6; spring,
5SS747; summer, 76.5942; and autumn, 57,l550.
The monthly means for January, 37.7; Febru-
airy, 4O4; March, AZ 5; April, 804 May, 67.7;
June, 1885, July, 1871; August, 76.4 September,
70 0; October, $40; November, 44.5 and Decem-
Der, 382. The month of June has been more uni
form than any Other, having varied only 4.99o de-
grees in years. while March has been the most ir-
regular, and has exhibited variation of 25 sos de-
grees The extremes in the latter occurred in the
years lS42 and 1643 March, l843, was the coolest
month Of the year. The mean winter range is 60. S;
the mean summer range, 1886. The thermometer
has never been seen during the winter above III but
it has been as low as 10 below that the ex
treme variation for the winter is IS degrees. The
summer extreme range is from SO to AZ, and there
fore equals 81 degrees. The extreme of heat (99)
occurred in the summer Of 1929, and that Of cold
| (-lS) on the Goth of January, lS32-making the
extreme annual range 1T degrees. The river was
| frozen over in 1882 to be crossed in wagons
with safety. 1t is said 10 have been, or two former
4 years. SO much frozen to bear persons on foot
j Some of the coolest weather experienced here has
approached from the South, commencing day later
than at New Orleans, and two days earlier than in
| Boston.
The mean height Of the barometer for the last
three years was 297l6l9; while the mean tempera-