Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1873-03-25
Monthly Weather Review for
February, 1873.
STORMS,

h STORMS.
During this month ten differen
i storms have crossed portions of tn
e country east of the Rocky Noun
! tains. The paths of their centre
have, approximately, been trace
upon the War Department Wealth
!, er Maps, Signal Service, u. S. A.
: That of February Sd and At
passed over Nebraska, Iowa, Wis
consid and Michigan into Canada
, accompanied with rain, at place
heavy, from Texas to Iowa an,
eastward to the middle Atlanti
coast, but by generally light snov
or rain, thence northward owe
: New England and the Lakes, an,
by brisk and high winds over tn
Lake region, westerly winds bein!
most severe, thunderstorm repor
ted from Knoxville, 4th. Feb. 3
&, I and S-over Gulf and Soutl
Atlantic States and thence north
ward off the middle and east Allan
tic coasts and over Nova Scotia
accompanied by heavy rain to Mas
sachusetts, and by fresh and brisk
winds over Gulf coast, and hrisE
and high over Atlantic coast, east.
ernly to northernly winds most Sc,
we're. Feb. 6 and Eastward over
northern Minnesota and Lake Su-
perior into Canada, accompanied by
areas CT very light snow and brisk
and high winds over the Lake re-
gion, southwesternly to northwest
ernly being most severe. Feb. 8.
10 and ll-eastward from Dakota
over Minnesota, Wisconsin and
Michigan into Canada, accompanied
by generally light rain or snow
from Missouri, Tennessee and Vir-
ginia northward and northeast
ward, and by brisk and high winds,
southeasterly to southwesterly be-
ing most severe. Feb. II and ~
-northeastward over Southern
States and beyond middle Atlantic
coast, accompanied by heavy rain
from Kentucky to southern New
Jersey and southwark to Gulf, but
snow from Ohio to Lower Lakes
Connecticut, and by brisk to high
southerly to westerly winds over
western Gulf coast, brisk and high
southwesterly over South Atlantic
States, and brisk and high easterly
to northerly from Virginia to Mas
sachusetts, thunderstorm reported
from Knoxville, 18th storm very
severe from Cape Cod southwark.
Feb. Is, 16 aud l7-northeastward
from Texas over the Ohio valley, |
thence eastward over and beyond |
Atlantis coast, accompanied
by rain, generally heavy, from Iowa
to Connecticut and southwark to
Gulf, but areas of light rain and
snow thence northward to Maine
and the Lakes, and by brisk and |
high winds over western Gulf and
Atlantic coasts, severe thunder
storm reported from Memphis on
18th. Feb. II and lS-northeast-
ward from Dakota over Minnesota
and Lake Superior into Canada,
accomained by light rain and snow
and by brisk and high winds, fol-
lowed by low temperature. Feb.
20 and 21-one over the Southern
States, and thence northeast along
the coast, with fresh and brisk
southcrly winds over west Gulf,
vcering to high northcrly, brisk .
over south Atlantic coast,
and brisk and high northesterly to
northwes terly over middle and east
Atlantic coasts; other northeast
ward over Missouri, Illinois and |
into Canada with brisk
and high winds; the two accom-
panied by heavy rain over the
country east Of the Rocky Noun
tains, except snow from Iowa and |
eastward over the Lake
region and northern New England.
Feb. 2Gand 27-from Nebraska aud /
Missouri northeastward over Mich
igan into Canada, accompanied by |
brisk and high winds Mt the same |
time a diminished pressure from
Texas eastward over Gulf and !
South Atlantic States, and thence
off middle and east At
lantic coasts, with brisk and high |
winds; the two accompanied by
rain from Missouri to northern
Louisiana and eastward to Virginia
and south Atlantic coast, but by
snow thence northward over North
west, Lakes and southern New
Thirty-tbree Cautionary Signals
were displayed at the signal Ser
vice Stations on the Atlantice coast
and two on the Gulf.
RAINFALL.
AS compared with the means of
n number of years for tho month,
the rainfall returns from the Sig
nal Service Stations show def
cheney over the Lake region, North
west, Gulf States, southern Georgia
and South Carolina, New York and
northern New England, but an ex-
cess from the northern portions of
Alabama, Georgia and South Caro-
lima to Tennessee, south Indiana
and Ohio, Pennsylvania and south
ern New Jersey, being most mark
ed over Tennessee, also an excess
over Rhode Island and eastern
Massachusetts, and Connecticut.
TEMPERATURE.