Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-03-20
athIy Weather ReView-Febr
1873.
STORMS.

STORMS.
During this month ten different storms
have crossed portions of the country east
of the Rocky Mountains. The paths Of
their centres have, approximately, been
traced upon the War Department Weather
Maps, Signal Service, U. S. A.
That of February and 4, passed over
Nebraska, Iowa, Wisconsin and Michigan
into Canada, accompanied by rain, at places
heavy, from Texas to iowa and eastward to
the middle Atlantic coast, but by generally
light snow or rain, thence northward over
New England and the Lakes, and by brisk
and high winds over the Lake region, west
erlY winds being most severe, thunder
storm reported from Knoxville, 4th. Feb.
5, 8, 7, and s, over Gulf and South Allan
tic States, and thence northeastward off the
middle and east Atlantic coast and over
Nova Scotia, accompanied by heavy rain to
Massachusetts, and by fresh and brisk
winds over Gulf coast, and brisk and high
over ATLANTIC coast easteriy to northerly
winds most severe. Feb. q and 7, eastward
over nothern Minnesota and Lake Superior
into Canada, accompanied by areas of very
| light snow and brisk and high winds over
| the Lake region, southwesterly to moth
westerly being most severe. Feb. 8, 10 and
| II, eastward from Dakota ever Minnesota,
| Wisconsin and Michigan into Canada, &C
companied by generally light rain or snow
| from Missouri, Tennessee and Virginia
northward and northeastward, and by brisk
and high winds, southeasterly to south
westerly being most severe. Feb. IL
| and y, northeastWard over South
ern 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 and Connecticut, aud by brisk
to high southerly to westerly winds over
western Gulf coast, brisk and high south
westerly over South Atlantic States, and
| brisk and high easterly to northerly from
| Virginia to Massachusetts,, thunderstorm
reported from Knoxville, 18th; storm very
severe from Cape Cod southwark. Feb. Is,
16 and II, northeastward from Texas over
the Ohio valley, thence eastward over and
beyond middle Atlantic coast, accompanied
by rain, generally heavy, from Iowa to Con-
necticut 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 IS, northeastWerd from Oako-
ia over Minnasota and Lake Superior into
Canada, accompanied by light rain and
mow and by brisk and high winds, follow
&c by low temperature. Feb. 20 and 81,
one aver the Southern States, and thence
northeast along the coas', with fresh and
brisk southerly winds over west Gulf, veer-
ing to high northerly, brisk southerly over
south Atlantic coast, and brisk and high
northeastly to northwesterly over middle
and east Atlantic coasts; other northeast
ward oyer Missouri, Illinois and Michigan
into Canada with brisk and high winds; the
two accompanied by heavy rain over the
country east of the Rocky Mountains,
except snow from Iowa and Minnesota east
ward over the Lake region and northern
New England. Feb. 20 and q, from Ne
braska and Missouri northeastward over
Michigan into Canada, accompanied by
brisk and high winds; at the same time 9
diminished pressure from Texas eastward
over Gulf and South Atlantic States, and
thence northeast off middle and east Allan.
tic coasts, with brisk and high winds, the
two accompanied by rain from Missouri
to northern Louisiana and eastward tt
Virginia and south Atlantic coast, but by
snow thence northward over Northwest,
Lakes and southern New England.
Thirty-three Cautionary Signals were
) displayed at the Signal Service Stations OF
the Atlantic coast and two on the Gulf.
RAINFALL,
As compared with the means of mum
Der of years for the month, the rainfall re-
turns from the Signal Service Stations
. show deficiency over the lake region
,, Northwest, Gulf States, Southern Georgia,
and South Carolina, New York and North
ern New England, but an excess from th'
Northern portions of Alabama, Georgia
and South Carolina to Tennessee, Southern
Indiana and Ohio, Pennsylvania and South
ern New Jersey, being most marked ovel
Tennessee, also an excess over Rhode Is
land and Eastern Massachusetts and Con
necticut.
TEMPERATURES.
From the mean temperature for tn
! month, taken from the Signal Service re
! ports and compared with that for numbe
; of years at the same stations, or close by,
> is observed that the former has been some
. what higher over the Gulf States, eastern
: portions of Kentucky and Tennessee an
! southern portions of Ohio and Indiana, b.
! from to 4 degrees, but otherwise east
, tue Rocky Mountains lower by from to
degrees, being principally over New YORK
Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota.