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

TO exceed 10 inches. In the year 1000, sno" ieh
ON the 9th, 18th, and 26th of February, whose
depths were respectively 5, 2.5, and 20 inches
amounting in all, for that year, TO inches, III
1889 on the Goth and 3lst of December, there ieli
inches in the city, but IL in the vicinity; ln ioav
the chief amount on the LIST OF reoruary, go
inches. In le4l, on the LIST OF January % neo
The whole amount in 1885 was inches IN 1883,
y inches; in lS40 35; and IN lo42 20 inches
The winter of lS43 was quite an anomaly In this re-
gon No less than 43 inches OF snow were meas
red at different times. Inc nrst great TALL was on
January 7th about 60 hours after the first earth
Quake Its depth was IA inches. This storm be-
can with heavy ran which, after several hours
Continuance, was converted into snow. and this
lasted 10 hours. Had it not melted as fell, (Which
il did for hours, IT is probable the depth would
have been ID inches, as il actually 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
26th, inches the fourth March 4th, of inches;
the fifth on the 10th, of Is inches; and the sixth on
the 18th, of inch--amounting in all to 43 inches
The usual average for the whole year Is about
inches An ordinary fall of snow seldom lies longer
than one or two days. During the winter of 1874
there was not a suficiency of snow to cover the
ground. 4E
On the LIST of May, ls4l, the surface of the earth
for many miles around sprinked over with
what was at first supposed to be a white frost
The minimum temperature of the preceding night
was 80; the sky was clear and the wind D. w.
The thermometer rose during the day to 70, and
yet much of the appearance of the frost remained
Having been induced, from this circumstance, to ex-
anime the substance with microscope, 1t resembled
white glass finely puverized. This phenomenon
was introduced by very remarkable weather. On
the 2Sth day of April, the wind was s. Z. until late
in the evening. Thermometer varying from
40 to So; barometer from 29.425 to 90. 1876. This
was succeeded by thunder storm from s. w. by
w. (wind 81 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 p M, wind becoming west and increasing IN Vi
olence, &c ~ The barometer rose from % l44,
at a. M, TO 90. 397 at p. April 30 was clear
wind W. and N. W., but less violent (40 barom-
eter rising little, and thermometer from 46 to g.
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 18th
of April, l843, d similar deposit was seen, but it
had yellowish appearance, and was mistaken for
sulphur Some of this matter 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
much. The peach trees were in full bloom on the
Goth of March, l64l and not until the goth of April,
ls43; one, IS days before, the other, 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, lS4l This sub
stance was strewed upon the ground, fences, &C.,
through extent of at least half mile in length
aid several yards in breadth. Many respectable
witnesses have testified to this fact, and of the
| MI oh faw fraD In he eli "
they might be examined by the Professor Of Chem
istry in The University. Upon trial, DIR. Troost
satisfied that they consisted of muscle and fat. The
! appearance and smell were precisely such to con-
vince any person that it was animal matter in a pu-
trid state Nor is there any difficulty in accounting
for the fact Many instances have occurred similar
to that at Lebanon A friend in this city, an accu-
rate and interchangeable observer Of the weather, as
sures me that, in the summer of 1898, he saw a
whirng wind, originating beneath small and sta
tonary cloud, which bore upward, in a curve, many
light bodies from the earth and deposited them in the
cloud from which they afterwards precipitated
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 extent, and with SO
much to keep the boundary lines parallel, is
| not very probable.
The whole number of fogs within the last three
] years lag. OF these, II were in January, 2 in
/ y y 4,
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, 32.ll; February, $3.50;
March, 43 l6; April SO. 49, May SIS 60; June, Ga ID;
July 66.72; August, 1853; September, 1913; Octo-
Der, 1902; November, 3.96; and December, 3087.
The yearly mean is 47.44. The average minimum
temperature of the nights, in the same period, is
48.925~-showng difference of about LIS degree
only. The monthly means are also nearly equal.
The average minimum of the nights in January is
3008; February, 3174; March, 80. 80; April, $3.50;
May, 5s0l; June, 6596; July, 69.03; August,
IS. SO; September, SO 81; October, 4577; Novem-
Der, 1922; and December, BIAS. The highest
dew point observed was 76. The highest minimum
temperature during any night was 90. This has
been seen but once. 1t has also been at 10,
and twice at 70, but rarely as high as 76 The
summer nights are, for the most part, pleasantly
cool after q 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
| 57.S53l4; the mean of winter, 3S.7366; spring,
5s.s747; summer, 76.5942; and autumn, 57,1550.
The monthly means are: for January, 37.7; Febru-
ary, 4O.4 March, AZ S; April 804; May, 67.7;
June, 1873; July, 1871; August, 1854; September,
| 70 o. October, $40; November, 44.5; and Decem,-
Der, 382. The month of June has been more uni
form than any other, having varied only 1895 de-
grees in years; while March has been the most r-
regular and has exhibited variation of 25 sos de-
grees. The extremes in the latter occurred in the
years lS42 and I843: March, 1843, was the coolest
month of the year. The mean winter range is 69.5;
the mean summer range, 43.66. The thermometer
has never been seen during the winter above III but
| it has been as low as 10 below that the ex-
IRENE variation for the winter is IS degrees. The
summer extreme range is from 80 to az, and there
fore equals 81 degrees. The extreme of heat (99)
occurred in the summer Of 1929, and that of cold
| (-l6) on the 26th of January, lS32-making the
extreme annual range III degrees The river was
frozen over in 1889, to be crossed in wagons
with safety 1t is said 10 have been or two former
years, SO much frozen as to bear persons on foot.
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
al.