New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-19
weekly weather Chronicle.

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The readers of the daily newspapers en-
brace all classes of people. Some want to
know what the weather will be, others find
a satisfaction in reading the record of what
it has been. To crafty the latter class we
reproduce to-day the general summary for
the week ending Saturday, the fourteenth
| instant, as prepared at the office of the
chief signal officer, division of kilograms
and reports for the benefit Of commerce
and agriculture. 1t follows:
> Two areas Of diminished pressure have.
| during the past week, advanced eastwardly
| over the northern section of the country,
| accompanied by rain and snow and brisk
| to high winds. a small depression moved
| from the eastern Gulf nOrtheastward along
| the south Atlantic coast. An area OF high
! barometer has moved from the Northwest
| to the Gulf States. The mild weather
prevailing throughout the Southern States
| during the early part of the week has
| been succeeded by cold weather, with
rain and sleet, and a severe ''norther" on
| the Gulf
misunderstanding clear and pleasant
weather was reported from the Southern
States, and cool, partly cloudy weather
from the Middle States and New England
from the lake region and st. Lawrence val
lev, and clearing weather from the North
west, extending during the evening east
ward to Michigan.
Su1aaag-Threatenipg weather, with rain
and snow, prevailed over the lower lakt 8,
the Middle and Eastern States, and also in
the Ohio valley. Clear and mild weather
continued throughout the South Atlantic
and Gulf States. Rapidly falling tempera-
lures were experienced in the Northwest,
extending by midnight to the lower lakes,
Western Pennsylvania, Virginia and Ten
nessee, with high northwesterly winds.
Monday-High barometers and clear, cold
weather were reported from the Northwest
and thence to Michigan, Kentucky and Mis-
souri, Cold, brisk and high northwesterly
winds swept the lower lake region, the
Middle States and New England, with con-
siderable snow over this section north of
Pennsylvania. NOrtherly winds, with fall
ing temperatures and clear weather in the
Southern States east of the Mississippi, and
cloudy weather, with rain, in Texas.
IlteSGuY-Cold cloudy and threatening |
weather, with occasional snow, prevailed |
from Minnesota to. Missouri and Tennessee, |
and thence eastward and northeastward |
over the Lake region and western portions |
of the Middle States to Northern New Eng |
land and the st. Lawrence valley. Gener- |
ally clear, cold weather from Nirgini4 to |
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high northwestery~ winds. Cold north
easterIy winds, with rain and sleet in the
Gulf States. extending during the evening
to the South Atlantic coast; heavy rains
on the Western Gulf, followed by a severe
'norther" At midnight west wind was
blowing eighty-four miles an hour on Mount
Washington, with the temperature 70
be OW zero.
WednesdaY-C Continued rains were re-
ported from the South Atlantic States and
Gulf coasts, and occasional snow fell in
Georgia and the Carolinas. Cold, partly
cloudy weather over the entire county
from Virginia to Kansas and nOTthw arc,
with light snow from Western Missouri
noctheastward to Southern Visor n. The
'norther ragged all day on the Texas coast.
IHlTSdGY-CIear and clearing weather,
with cold northwesterly and northerly
winds prevailed in the Gulf and South At
antic States. The "nOrther" abated on the
Texas coast but was felt quite severely in
Florida. Cold, cloudy and threatening
weather over the Northwest, the lake region
IND New England, with rain, sleet and
now on the East Atlantic coast, followed
" clearing weather at night. Cold, clear
r but slightly cloudy weather from south
IN New York to Virginia, and thence to
indiana and Tennessee.
FTiday-Cloudy weather, with occasional
now and brisk to high winds, continued I
rom Minnesota and Wisconsin eastward :
yer the Lake region to northern New Eng
and and the st. Lawrence valley. Else
there over the entire country from the a
locky Mountains eastward clear, cool
feather prevailed.
.Satutday-In the morning an area Of
loud, with occasional light snow, covered
ew York and New England, extending
renee westward over the lakes to the t
pper Missouri valley, with rising barome- Q
RS and falling temperatures in Minnesota. q
lear, cool weather continued from Penn Il
,lyania westward to Iowa, and thence a
to the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. Fl
During the past week but little rain or r.
row has been reported from Michigan to W
entucky, and thence westward to Mis- q
uri, Nebraska and Eastern Minnesota. X
snow has fallen from lakes ~
uron and Ontario to the st. Lawrence
llley and Northern New England, and
ANY rains on the Gulf and south Atlantic L.
asts. The following stations show the q
rgcst total amounts of rain and melted II
ow: Portland, Maine, l inch; New NJ
rleans LOB; Savannah LA; jacksonville, St
orida, 30; Montreal 1.21; Galveston l. 88, u
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