The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1859-06-04
!Glinlatoiosy OF Iowa.

During the last forty years. IN pursu-
uncs os d regulation ef the War Depart
meat, meteorological observations have
been made by the surgeons of,Ithe U. ).
Aruy at the various military posts -
Having had no military station at this
point since the year 1885, at which time
meteorological obscfs ations ceased to be
noted at Fort Armstrong, we must de-
pend somewhat. upon the, tab|es of our
friend I. s. Paryln, Esq. of Muscatinc,
who has kept an accurate register Of the
temperature Of the climate for the last ten
years. ntI ~ #aA 2@ 9g 3@@3 aa5
The mean temperature at Muscatine is
3 &" lower than, at Davenport, a disurep-
ancy that cannot be accounted for salts
factorily Muscatine being 81 feet more
elevated than Fort Armstrong, where the
observations were made, may in part ac-
count for the difference in temperature,
Early in the history OF this country, it
was generally maintained that the elm :
ate Of the Mississippi valley was consid.
erably warmer than that of the Atlantic
States intheesane parallel, but of late
years the opinion appears to have chang
ed and to be reversed The records are
the correct data upon which to determine
tAiS5 question. On scoinparison Of these
it sppears taat s'while there is little DIFF
ference in the mean temperature for the
year between places, in the same latitude
in the Mississippi valley and on the At
lantic border, yctithe,e Is u perceptibie
tendency to extremes in the mean of the
seasons as W. 20 farther west" For IN
stance, the mean temperature Of Daven-
,,ort for the year is SOB, that Of West
Point. Y. Y, in, about the same latitude,
Is va', showing nopercepsibse difference;
yet the following is the table ot the tenn
peratures for the seasons at these two
points w.. q"
ni.spps.3 vss aa3, ,Sxs sas ~ - s14 e. e.,
By the above it will be seen that while
|. the spring and summer are cooleron the
Atlahtic Slope, the autumn and winter
sra raiider than with us, giving'to the
torner a decided prtFercnce, were thu
difference qppqsout enough = affect per,
ceptibly oue's feelings, This, -hosever,
| il no, the ease, as those winters of low
ten reratare experienced here are alto-
getller preferable aud affect the feelings
less, fromr the Stiffness Of the atmosphere,
than those nildsr oHes when high winds
are more apt to prevail. -, Ell, a.
T"Ofthcse prairie winds" says Mr.
Whitney in the report from which We
obtain our information, s'hovever' u1-
pleasant to those exposed to them in the
severity Of winter, are of the greatest
benefit to the general sanitary condition
of the State; siuge they prevent tic &C.
eulnlation Of the malaria which arises
fgola. the decomposition Of the rica veg
citation Of the prairics, as is proyed by
the marked difference ii the health Of
settlers On thc prairie and in the tiabor. !"
We are glad to hear something urged in
favor Of these prairie wiads, and those
who annually have. to experience their
effects think they should accomplish a
vast deal Of good to Offset the amount Of
| physical suffering they occasion, That
they are one of the causes of the prover-
| bal. hcal'hinpss Of the western prairles
we have no doubt and all prairie residents
! should De willing TO endure the little pri-
vatiou to which they are thus sabj acttd,
for the sake of the attending good In the
lesscning Of doctors bills, the aost sari
! ous attendants gqneral,y on the settlers
Of new country:
H. In regard 10 the distribution Of rain
| the ataiisties are rather imperfect, but
s.ii! enough is ascertained to prove that
the quantity falling within the limits OF
| Iowa is large, fully equal to that on the
| Atlantic coast ia the same latitude, and
that there is q rapid falling oft as we go
towards the north and west. For IN
stance, the total precipitation sor the
year at Muscatine, i II ,33 inches, while
ut For. Smelling it is only % .43, and the
observations at Fort Dodge STOW sirni-
lar decrease in wsssera direction. 9#s
The most marked feature developed BY
| the tables Of amount Of rain and snow
precipitatcd during the year, is the rela.
tive increase of the quantity falling in
spring ard summer, and a very consider.
able diminution In winter This candi
ton become more and more spparen. as
we advance westward from the Mississip
ri. 70 the settler from the Eastern
States, the elimination of snow in thu
winter season from TINT to which he has
been accustomed, is a feature practically
most felt. 1t is one that initiates very
materially against the production Of win
ter wheat, rendering uncertain an impor
tant crop that otherwise would be sure
still there are advantages in ascarcity .
snow In the winter season that fully of
set all the Disadvantages. -DassaPor
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