New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-27
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Tho readers of daily newspapers embrace
all classes Of people. Some want to know
what the weather will be while others find
satisfaction in reading the record of what it
has been. To crafty the latter class we re-
produce to-day the general summary for
the week ending Saturday, the twenty first
instant, as prepared at the Office of the
chief signal officer, division of kilograms, for
Che benefit of commerce and agriculture
| 1t follows:
The cold weather of the early part of the
week in the Southern States has been sue
ceeded by several days of milder, but
cloudy and rainy weather Cold weather
| has generally continued over the northern
section Of the country, and very low tenn
peratures have been reported from the
Northwest.
SGturday-An area Of diminished press
urc, which in the morning was central in
Iowa, moved rapidly nOrtheasl ward over
Lake Michigan into Canada, accompanied
by threatening weather, light snow and
high winds, and followed by rapidly rising
barometers and falling temperatures in the
Northwest, extending by midnight to Wis
COBsin and Missouri. Clear weather was
reported from the Atlantic States; cloudy
weather and occasional light rain in the
afternoon and evening from Kontueky and
Southern Illinois southwark to the Gulf
Sttttddy-Clear cold weather prevailed in
the Northwest, and clearing weather with
falling temperatures thence eastward over
the Lakes, the Middle and Eastern States
Cloudy weather in the Southern States,
vii rain areas from Texas to Tennessee. |
The depression in Canada moved eastward |
over the lower St Lawrence valley and |
British Provinces, accompanied generally |
by snow and high winds, but by heavy |
rains in Nova Scotia.
Mondag-mild, cloudy and rainy weather
was reported from the South Atlantic ard |
Gulf States, except Southern Georgia ana
Florida, and colder weather, with rain ard
snow, from Tennessee the Ohio valley, the
Middle and Eastern States. Clear, cold
weather from the Northwest and upper
lako region, which extended during The
evening to Ohio and Kentucky.
IWesd0y-Rain continued in the Southern
States, except along the Gulf from Louis
lana to Florida, and thence to the coast of
cloudiness and mild temperature we're ex-
Cold, partly cloudy weather
1redomlnated over the entire northern SEQ
ion Of the country, with very low tempera-
5ureE in Dakota. The afternoon map pre-
jcuts difference of 93o of temperature
between Lake City, Florida, and Pembius, |
dakota distant from each other in direct
lne, about 100 miles,, where the readings
II the thermometer were respectively 75o
md 1872
WcdncSday-Heavy rains were reported
rom the Gulf, and cloudy and rainy {
Weather generally thence to Virginia and
low Jersey, Snow prevailed from Lake ]
huron to Ohio and eastward to the st. Law
ence valley and New England. Clear, cold
veather from Wisconsin, to Missouri and
rthwestWard, the temperature in the y
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Thursday Threatening weather and I
savy rains continued in the Southern =
tates. Cloudy weather prevailed in the
fiddle and Eastern States and over the n
WOE lake region, followed at night by rain
nd snow. Cold, cloudy weather, with oc- E
GsiOnal snow, from Nebraska and Missouri a
Michigan and Ohio. Continued clear and 3
sry cold weather in Minnesota and Da- q
,ta. "
H'tday-An extensive and in many places
lite severe storm of rain and snow pre- fl
ailed IN the Middle States, New England | s
I'd Canada, generally clearing. in the 6;
tier section during the evening. Cloudy
Id rainy weather in the Southern States
st OF the Mississippi, and clear aud clear
z weather, with lower temperatures,
ence westward to Texas Clearing wealth
, with failing temperatures and occasional q
rht snow from Michigan and Ohio to Mis- NJ
uri and Nebraska, and continued very n,
Id weather in Minnesota and Dakota. "a
morning map shows cool &c
caring weather in the Middle and Eastern So
ates, and from the OHIO valley southwark ii,
the Gulf continued cloudiness in the r.
nth Atlantic States. Partly cloudy ar
'ather, with low temperatures and occa- mr.
nal light snow, from the upper lakes to fo
ssouri and Nebraska. ur
During the past week but little rain or b
1w has fallen over'the country from Min ~
sofa to Nebraska and thence westward AZ
the Rocky Mountains. Heavy and pro
oted rains have prevailed in the South
/ States, extending thence over the Mid 10
and Eastern States as rain and snow. Or
Q largest total amounts Of rain and melted 20 ="
Nv have been reported from the follow Nj
stations Mobile 2.2l inches; Memphis ST.
3; New York 248; Kingston, Canada, Go
6; Montgomery 269; New Orleans 3 II;
toxvilIe 3.8!; Shreveport sos, and Vicks er
re- J51. The returns from the last two 20
ti0ns are still incomplete, IN