Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-06-18
coast accompanied by heavy rains and high

coast accompanied Of heaVy rains and high
winds.
". May s, 9 and 10.-Appeared first in
Kansas and moved eastward over Missouri,
and thence raridly northeastwArd over II
linois, Indiana and Michigan and southern
Lake Huron into Canada Heavy rains
fell in northern Illinois and eastern Iowa,
and belt of lighter rains and brisk winds,
from four hundred to eight hundred miles
in width, attended its progress.
V. May 10, IL and 12.-Like Ill. this
storm seemed to develop among tbs noun
tains of North Carolina, passing northeast
ward over Virginia, eastward over Chesa-
peake Bay, and again nOrtheastwArd along
the coast to New Brunswick.
VI. May II and 13.-Traveled from
Minnesota very rapidly eastward over the
Lakes, St. Lawrence valley and northern
New EnglAnd and Nova Scotia, causing
light rains and high winds throughout its
course.
VII. May Is, IA and 15.--From the
plains of Kansas and Indian Territory this
stOrm-centre moved eastward over southern
Missouri soUthssstwsrd into Alabama, and
then again eastward OIL the coast, rapidly
diminishing in intensity after crossing the
Mississippi. Considerable rain fell in all
the Southern States, except Texas, but DO
dangerous winds were reported.
VIII. May Is, 10 and 20.-DeYelopiDg
in the southwestern plains this depression
Travelled rather slowly northeastwsrd from
the Indian Territory over Lakes Michigan
and Huron into Canada, attended by rain
belts and fresh to brisk winds throughout
the Lake region and western and north
WESTERN sections of the country.
TX. May II to 24.-From Montana this
disturbances moved slowly eastward Vero
Dakota crossing, " th somewhat increased
velocity, Minnesota, Nhe upper Lakes, the
st. Lawrence valley, Maine and Nova SEQ
tia, causing, by its slow progress, several
days of cloudy and rainy weather over the
entire northern portion Of the country. 1t
was during its passage over the Northwest
that the terrible and destructive tornado
swept through Iowa.
Y. Two depressi0ns, one slowly descend
ing from the upper Missouri valley, he
other moving northward over Kansas and
Nebraska seemed 20 unite in Southern Da-
kota to form this stoTm-centre. From Da-
kota it moved southeastIard iuto Iowa,
northeastward to Lake Superior, and thence
nearly due G st over the ST. Lawrence val
ley, Maine and New Brunswick. Its rain
belts reached nearly the whole country east
of the Mississippi, and brisk winds, in
creasing occasionally to high, were expert
enced throughout the northern sections.
TEMPERATURE.
The temp natures for the last month were
generally lower than for NAV, 1872, the
chief exceptions being Key West, OswegO
and Grand Haven. As compared with the
mean May temperatures Of a series ofyears,
the themometris figures for May, 1878,
show excess Of warmth over northern
Lake Michigan, northern Michigan, Lake
Huron, southern Ohio, Kentucky, Tennes-
see and eastern Massachusetts,, but def
cheney of temperature in Kansas, Missouri,
Iowa, Minnesota, Wiscon in, IndiAna, Hi
noies and the Gulf States, Florida and
southeastern Georgia, aud generally through
the Atlantic States and the lower Lake re-
gion. The regions of minimum rain fall
and themometric maxima nearly CORES
pond.
RAINFALL.
As compared with the near May rain
falls the rainfall returns Of last May show
deficiencies in the northern and western
parts of Lske Superior, Lake Michigan and
in the entire country stretching from the
st. Lawrence valley to Maine, and thence
oTer the lower Lakes, western New York
and western Pennsylvania, West Virginia,
Ohio, central Indiana and southeastern Il
linois. Excess Of rain occurred 10 Iowa,
Missouri, eastern Kansas, east Tennessee
and also along the Atlantic seabosrd, ex-
cept near Portland, Me-, and Savannah, Ga,
and very great excess from zoo 70 l45S
over the Cuff States.
RIVERS.
The River reports for the month show .
slight decline in the Red and Missouri rivers
from the beginning to the middle Of the
month, after which a decided rise occurs
until The end. The Arkansas rose slowly
at Little Rock until the 23d, after which it
slowly. The Mississippi has al
ternately risen and fallen; at St. Paul the
water was seven feet lover on the 18Th
than OF the 31st, at which dates, respect
lively, it was lowest and highest; atSt. Lou
IS the lowest and highest extremes occur
red, respectively, on the Sd and 31st, tie
being six feet and three inches.
At Cairo the river was lowest on the 18th
ank highest on the 10Th, the extreme beiIg
about thirteen feet. At Memphis the dit
ference between the highest and lowest wa
.er for the mon'h has been about nine feet,
having been the highest on the ed and
owest on the 18th. A very rapid rise oc-
cured on the Cumberland at Nashville from
he 1st TO the 4th, after which the water
gradually subsidized until the 21st, rising
lgain until the 9th aud then again falling
until the 31st.
The Ohio was affected by great swell
Which travelled from Pittsburg on The An
@ EvausVlls on he I4tb; since then il has
allen almost uniDierruptedly. The differ
nee between the highest and lowest water
las been fifteen feet at PittsbuTg, ninsteen
eet ct Marietta, tWentY-three at Cincin-
lati, seven and Oue-bali at Louisville and
ixteen and One-hOlf at Evansville.
The indications are that the Missouri and
IS tributaries will continue TO rise.