Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1873-05-20
Lake region where it was partly

Lake region where it was partl.
snow.
April 7, 8, Q and 10-over Texas
Arkansas, Illinois and Lake Mich
igan into Canada, sending out
branch over the Ohio valley, mid
die Atlantic coast and TO the soutl
of New England; both accompani
ed by brisk and high winds; alst
by rain, generally heavy, from Tex
as to Minnesota and eastward t.
the-Atlantic coast, except that i
was partly snow over the Upper
Lakes and Northwest; it was fol
lowed by severe "norther" in Tex
as on the Sth.
April 10, IL, II and l3-over the
Northwest, and developed into two
one passing over the lower lakes
/ into Canada, accompanied by brisk
and occasionally high winds and by
rain or snow from Missouri and
Kentucky to the Lakes the other
over the Ohio valley and middle
Atlantic coast, and thence slowly
northeastward, preceded 10y severe
northeasterly gales, rain, sleet and
snow from Chesapeake Bay to No
va Scotia, New Brunswick and the
Lower st. Lawrence valley.
April Is, II, ID, Is, II, Is and
19-rastward over Wyoming, Neb-
rasla and Kansas TO Iowa aud Mis-
souri, then diminishing in intensi-
ty and breaking up into, and send
ing out to the eastward over the
Lower Lakes, several minor dis
turbances, and another to the mid
de Atlantic coast, moving thence
very slowly on. the IL, Is and 10
along the New England coast to
Nova Scotia and New Brunswick
as quite a severe storm; it was ac-
MED by rain, gel,r ! y heavy,
over the entire country eat of the
Roc'Iy Mountains, except that it
pas partly snow over northern New
England, the Lake region and the
Northwest; on the II, Ii, II and
ID it was felt as very severe storm
81 rain, sleet and snow in Wyom-
ing, Dakota, Ntbra>kl and Min
nesota, on the afternoon and night
of the 18th and mo mig Of the | til
as very severe 81 o Their in Tx
as; east of the Mi SIS iIpi nulre =
Gus minor disturbances were left,
producing light rain or snow.
April u, -, and 23-southeast-
ward over Dakota, the lower Mis-
souri, and lower Ohio valleys and
beyond the Carolinas attended by
'resh to very brisk winds, and by
treas of generally light rain or
NOW from Missouri, Tennessee and
North Carolina to Minnesota, the
Lakes and Massachusetts, and fol-
owed by a severe "norther" in In
liam territory on the End, ana in
Texas on the 23d and 24th.
April -, % and 29-ovcr Indian
Territory to Kentucky, then APP
parently developing into and disap-
pearing to the eastward as several
minor disturbances /; accompanied
by fresh and brisk winds and rain
from the interior Of the Gulf States
to the Lakes and Massachusetts,,
which was generally heavy over the
and along the Atlantic
coast.
RAINFALL.
The returns for the month from
the Signal Service Stations show
that there has been an excess Of
rain and snow over southern New
E x and, the Lower Lake r gion,
{ ON Indiana and southern Michi-
g IN to Kansas, Iowa and southern
Minnesota, and over central Ala
bama and southeastern Georgia,
varying from 0.65 inch to 800 inch
es, being greatest in Illinois and
Missouri. Elsewhere east of the
Rocky Mountains there has been y
deficiency of from 0.07 inch to 3.S7
inches, been most marked in the
Western Gulf States.
TEMPERATURE.
During the month the weather
has been generally colder than us
Uai east OF the Rocky Mountains,
and colder than April OF last year
at the Rocky Mountain stations and
eastward. The mean temperature
for the month, taken from the Sig
nal Service reports, and compared
with that for n number of years at
the same stations, or others close
hy, is lower from Kansas and Mis-
souri, to Minnesota, Il to s. in
the Middle States and Lake region
80 to - =, in New England and
ily III Kentucky to the Gulf OBS to
81, while in the South Atlantic
States it varies q little above and
below.
The same, compared with
that of last year, is lower at the
Rocky Mountain stations - to
t. thence eastward 0.5- to Il
the difference being greatest over
the Northwest and the Middle
States.