New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-08-21


aier In lie opsn lake above 45' or J and prob
sby does not sink below $50 4O The great body Of the
are cseou.nty warmed 10 cold weather and cooled Ssin
weather AZ the prevailing direction OF The vino poln
@S am Of the lake Is most extensively @ along the
eastern or Michigan shore The amount OF ths eT
trene weather in all p1r Of the state The region OF oon
try along the lake. however, for distance niahu v local
cSarsctSr Tie aop2 of fs influence and its importance
upon the agricultural economy of the state ihe
Exact statistics Of the climate have not eeea s.S 10 tSo
along the southern portion OF THIS De ~ yors and GER.
Grand Traverse Region The contrast Ia the oIol anu -
eral yesetaon however on the opposite shores Of ne ah
corresponds very considerable M oo bsow zorro AZ
Janesyic in Wisconsin it is 3O below az qnu ~
below Kalamazoo IS miles east Of e overest last
WbsG1 the mercury stood from 200 lower at Milwaukee
than Grand Haven immediately pGpoS consideration re-
liable statistics have been preserved ihis re-
S h of that name-a naygsbe OF Lake Michigan pro-
ecng southwark into the interior distance OF 50 miles anu
having mean breadth Of about 10 miles ms region mas
mean latitude Of about 49, with mean elevation above he
sea OF about 500 feet 1t lies in nearly the same atuee a
Nova Scotia the middle Of Maine. Northern Vermont ana
NewYork and ST. Paul Minnesota Having recently reported
At length upon the physical features Of this region shall refer
S 70 1eqs ecpcusons from the facts my possession
have directed spe6l attention 70 the winter climate since
rared as oxcrtng unayOrabe influences upon yge
table and and animal life have taken S9Ties ' tha
head OF Grand Traverse Bay aud compared then NV.
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and with other localities two or three degrees TURNER
of Traverse City are Manitowoo Wis., Ha1eTooo MIDI on
Johnsbury. VT Gardiner. Me-, and Montreal u y, Asiep
eseutaives of southern localities have chosen Anu
| AIbor Mich GAINESVILLE, WIS.,. aud Dubuque Iowa
OFT cootitudino localities will be observed tbat Nam
owoc located immediately the western shore OF Lake
Michigan and has Green Bay lying not over 80 es 70 iae
north IL necessarily experiences therefore, some
Of m Winter climate from the influence OF those large bodies OF
In this respect seems even to be more t
Milwaukee IS miles further SOUTH which has eoder
Green Bay uponbe Winter climate of Manowoe Hazewo0d
Montreal and ST. Johusbnry situated lnhd anu np! %
their parallels as unmOdifcd by large bodies Of water
The comparisons Instituted have been of three kinds l.
hscivS Decemi,sr January February and March. Be
tween the minina Of Che several MInry nohns NY
following is IN Of the results Of such
The adaptation OF Winter climate TO The safe Waterng Oh
fruit trees aud farming crops is not Indicated Dy he mean
temperature the Winter by the mean Temperature OF We
several months NeysIihees when ms CON ls1 SSD
that OF any Of the localities brought into comparison WIN u
Hazewood. 1919; st. Johnsbury, ess Gardiner 3t Mon
tTea 10 Ann AfboF. lio GAINESVILLE 2ioi Dubuque -. ~
In the month of January, Manitowoc is "a colder than
Traverse CITY; Hardwood 1850; St. Johnsbury 81; Gardiner
5o Montreal 1922 Ann AFbor So GAINESVILLE ll Dubuque
In the month of February ManitowOc 4: bali degree
warmer than Traverse Cyi Hardwood o,o colder 81
S SSaesTi9 y; D SSnq%y' g. A'"'' "
Tn he month Of March the mean Of the southern 10
caes begins to feel the influence OF occasional warm SOUTH
ery and south.weserly Winds while Traverse City is sun
envToned by the Winter temperatures prohed al 'ne ieo"
II the extremes of Winter such
frequent destruction Of tho delicate varieties OF irnt
tree On computing the aiaa Of the several places for the
cold mouths Of the year obtain the following esn In DE.
Traverse City; Of Lakewood 1879 lower q ST. Johnsbary
23o; of Gardiner 1872 Of Montreal 1872 OF Aun Arbof 10
In January Inc mean minimum Of yanlowoo is So below
that Of City; Of IazewoOd 1926 OF St. Johnsbary
Of f,s Tn,. IL: Of Dubuque %.
In February the mean minimum Of Manowoc oT me years
at
90 lower; ST. Johnsby l' ower of Gardiner hgheri
Of Montreal go oweri OF Ann Aroor the Sa0ei Oh James
The mean minimum Of March lower for every OF the
| places compared with Traverse City
The favorable character of the climate Of Traverse City Is
ri ICED in still stronger light If we compare the extreme
oderac severity while on In the
Of TIE Winter, still likely within range OF hTe or
six years mercury sink 10 the destructive limit The
s1ycmt qimps Of Mauowoc compared With Traverse City
found be- IL the month Of DeceSesr 10, o"Sr OF Hale
wood 22' Of st. JohasbufS 49, oil Gardner s oil Mon
treal. 2Go OF Ann Arbor 81 OF JahesFie' H'i Oh Du'
In Jaorsry the ,r,re, iaiu Of Manitowoo g. lover
than at TraYerse City lakewood eS Of ST. JobnsbGy 26'
q GardlseT s Of Montreal i''i oil Ann Af0O' w.
In February tho rrcrs ,siuiu Of Man,owOc is 80 lower
than at City; OF Haz.ewood 1872 OF ST Johnsbl
@6' OF Gard9cr ~ Of Messltoa' 1873 q AHn A'OO' w :"
IA Febuay the es1s nizt7 Of Manitowoc is 10 lower
than OF Traverse City; OF HazeWocd 1926 Of 81 Johnsbury
G Of JsncsTS ., lower; Of Dubuque 9 over
II thus appears that undor point Of view the Winter
climate ofsTrsyerss City is materially miller than that u
other places in the same latitude either II Ia
materially mdcr than that of places 90 further Soatb The
does point which peach trees injured and
4 d S 6s the SsSs t and So @ Winter
extremes for ten years past during which peacn trees have
Ssn M S sr' nS or even M% IN
During the memorable cold spell OF New Years ltGi the
Thermometer reported to have slak az and James
Vile Wis TO below zero; Chicago to%9 below al Knla
mazoo Mich to 90 below at st. oAs TO - below and At
reached lac below aud Northpo the mouth Of the bay
the same and only ranged as 10" as zero on tw9 dereei
entire Norihest and destroyed damaged fruit trees
every State caused no damage whatever In the
Other comparisons less surprising than those which
have lust been made Aatn@na tross ere Pepeaed 20 re-
pears till the mercury reaches J The hTst killing irosis
n0sgnSt s' IS0s are Ssd s @ IL
November The first damaging NOS, escntea sst ls on ,oe
again. time the sank 10 2io at Am
AIbcr and at Bangor 10 Maine raw the forests Of
the Grand Traverse region s green While those OF the sonh
ern portion the State burned completely denuded
Snow falls in November or December before the eround sas
been materially aud lies without thswing until the fol
lowing April The soil consequently escapes freezing through
out the entire Winter so that root erol sS De et out WIN
digging and those ordinarily l in the ground propagate
themselves from year and become naiurazed In the
same manner the ubsrs Of dhlas remain in the earth With
implnity aud delicate greenhouse roses stand out With
greater security than in Alabama and Louisiana
The disappears about the 10th Of April aud the ice IN
the bay breaks about the same time by this time the
ia capable OF resisting subsequent tendency TO frost
No detrimental TO farm crops Is liable to occur later than
The facts which have thus disclosed touching the Winter
climate the Grand Traverse region well calculated 10
The equnziDg influence OF the lake IS much
greater than generally supposed and the whole belt Of
country bordering the east is affected by Its photograph
zeal position much ike the peninsula Of Florida Sweden and
the British Islands In the Grand Traverse region the body
water greatly augmented by the bay which reaches It's
"a miles into tho Interior Moreover the triangle
formed by Leangu County embraced by two large bodies
of water a unlike that OF other p0r
ton Of the North Western States.
There circumstance which affords the Grand Traverse
region greater Of protection than is experienced by
the 81 Joseph region. The most destructive winds in that
part country proceed from the south west and the
liar curvature Of the lake such that souhw winds srk
inc the Grand region must have ruyrsed nearly the
go. ahn Ia NAT fha