Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1879-07-09
Wednesday, Jely 0, 1879.
Alpena as a Summer Resort.

Maine; Portland, Oregon; San
Francisco, California, and Wood.
Holl, Massachusetts,.
The mean temperature at Alpe
ma for June, 1874, shows it to be
on an equality, as place of sum
mer resort with the following places
Escanaba and Marquette, Mich,
gan; Portland, Maine; Portland
Oregon; San Francisco, California
aud Woods Holl, Massachusetts,.
Alpena for GOODNESS and salubrity
of the atmosphere, Judging from
its mean temperature for June,
1875, is on an equality with the
following named places: Bismark,
Dakota; Breckenridge, Minnesota
Escanaba and Marquette, Michi-
gan; San Francisco, California, and
Virginia City, Montana.
Alpena's mean temperature for
June, 1876, shows it to be on an
equality, as summer resort, with
Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory !;
Escanaba and Marquette, Michi-
gan; San Francisco, California, and
Thatcher's Island, Massachusetts,.
The mean temperature for June,
1877, shows Aipena to he on an
equality, for place of cool resort,
with the following places: Chey-
enne, Wyoming Territory; Mil
waukee, Wisconsin; Port Huron,
Michigan; Portland, Oregon; San
Francisco, and Thatcher's Island,
Massachusetts,.
Alpena's mean temperature for
June, 1878, as a summer resort, is
on an equality with Cheyenne,
Wyoming Territory; Duluth, Min
nesota; Escanaba and Marquette,
Michigan; Olympia, Washington
Territory; San Francisco, Califor-
mia ; Thatcher's Island, Massacbu-
sets.
WEATHER COMPARISONS FOR TIE
LAST SEVEN YEARS.
The mean temperature for June,
1879, was just about up to the
average. The mean temperature
for June, 1879, was 500, and the
average for seven years was 500.
The following shows the mean
temperature for June Of each year
from 1873 to 1879:
MEAN TEMPERATURE.
For June, 1873, is Coz degrees.
For June, 1874, IS Coz degrees.
For June, 1873, il 5s.7 degrees.
For June lS7G, is COS degrees.
For June, 1,77, is COS degrees.
For June, ISIS, is SIS degrees.
For June, 1879, is sos degrees.
The average for past seven years
was 59.S degrees. The maximum
or highest temperature for June
from 1873 to 1879, will be found in
the following table:
HIGHEST TEMPERATURE.
For June, 1873, is 81 degrees.
For June, 1874, is % degrees.
For June, ISIS, is % degrees.
For June, 1876, is 90 degrees
For June, 1877, is IS degrees.
For June, 1873, il IS degrees.
For June, ls79, is - degrees.
The average for past seven years
was 900 degrees. The minimum
or lowest temperature for June, .
from 1873 to 1879, is as follows:
LOWEST TEMPERATURE.
For June, 1873 il 81 degrees.
For June, 1874, is 3 degrees.
For June, 1875, is % degrees. ,
For June 1876 Is 30 degrees.
For June, 1877, is 81 degrees. :
For June, 1s5S, is sc degrees.
For June, 1879, is 81 degrees.
The average for past seven years
was 1871 degrees. The total amount ;
of rainfall for 1879 will he found
recorded in the following lines:
RAIN FALL.
For June, 1873 was sos inches.
For June, 1874 was 2.O5 inches. '
FOR June 1875, was i.1G inches. ,
For June, 1885, was 3.i7 inches.
For June, 1877, was 32j inches.
For June, 1873, was 47i inches.
For June, 1879, was 315 inches.
The average for past seven years .
was 3.l5 inches. The prevailing !.
of wind for the month of
June, from 1873 to 1879, was as '
follows:
PREVAILING WIND.
For June, 1879 was from the east. II
For June, 1874 was southeast
For June, 1873, was southeast.
For June, 1876, was southeast. I
Por June, 1877, was southeast.
For June, 1873, was southeast
For June, 1879. was northwest.
The average for past seven years
was from the southeast.
JAMES A. BARwICK, "
Serg't Sig. Corps, U. S. A. . !.
What the Review Man Saw in Alpena. =
The editor Of the Altoona Review, .