Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1879-03-05

FOR February, 1873, 10 degrees
The average lowest temperature
for February, for the past seven
years, was 10 below zero; the Feb
ru y tpast ~ y much be-
low the average, the lowest being
% below.
| LOWEST TEMPERATURE.
For 'bruary, 1873, 20 below zero.
For February. 1874, below zero.
For February, 1875, 26 below zero
For February, 1876, II below zero
! For February, 1871, above zero.
For February, 1878, above zero.
For February, 1879, % below zero
The winds are about equally di-
vided between the west and north
west, as the following will show:
PHEvNLISo WIND.
For February, 1873 west.
! For February, 1874, west.
For February, 1875, wet.
For February, 1876, northwest.
For February, 1877, northwest.
For February, 1873, northwest.
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The average amount of snow fall
for the past seven years was about
II inches, but the February Just
past has given us the enormous
amount Of 80 inches of snow on
the level, and at least 30 inches of
that was lying upon the ground at
the end of the month.
SNOW FALL.
For February, 1873 inches.
For February, 1874, inches.
For February, 1878, II inches.
For February, 1876, 20 inches.
For February, 1877, inches.
For February, 1878, 20 inches.
For February, 1879, 30 inches.
The snowfall of 1873 was partly
rain. The above shows that Feb
ruary, 'lS76, 1878 and 1879, were
noted for their heavy precipitations
of moisture in the shape of snow,
while February, 1873, 1874, 1875
and 1877 we're noted for their small
amount of snow fall.
There has been more wind dur
ing the past February than there
has been since 1876, when a total
velocity during the month was
S,541 miles.
TOTAL VELOCITY OF WIND.
For February, 1873, 1875 m lies
For February, 1874, 5,7O3 miles.
For February, Is ), 6,Sg7 miles.
For February, 1876, s,5lO miles.
For February, 1871, 8 1876 miles.
For February, 1878, SIP miles,
For February, 1879, 5,so5 miles.
The highest or maximum veloci-
ty of wind per hour during the
month of February, from 1874 to
1879, is given below:
HIGHEST VELOCITY OF WIND.
For February, 1874, 30 miles per hour.
For February, 1875 IS miles per hour.
For February, 1879, 30 miles per hour.
For February, 1877, 81 miles per hour.
For February, 1878, 27 miles per hour
For February, 1879, rs milas per hour.
The following shows the compar-
ison of the mean temperature at
AlpeDa with other places, which
are supposed to be more mild in
their winter climate than we are in
this isolated winter district.
The mean temperature at Al
pena for February, 1873, is ahead
of La Crosse. Wis, st. PauI, Mimi,
Fort Sully, d. t., Virginia City,
Montana, Duluth, Mimi, and Es-
canada, Mich, and compares favor.
ably with Burlington, Vt, Milwau-
kee, Wis, and Portland, Maine.
The mean temperature at Alpena
for February, 1874, goes ahead of
Burlington, Vt, st. Paul, Mimi,
YaDkton, d. IT,, and Virginia City
Montana, compares favorably with
Albany, N. Y, Cheyenne, w. r.,
Cornine, Utah, EaStport, Maine,
Fort Benton, Montana, La Crosse,
Wis. and Omaha Nebraska.
The mean temperature at Alpena
for 1873, which was an exceedingly
cold winter all over the northwest.
goes ahead of st. Paul, Mimi, and
Yankton, ID. t., and compares fav-
orably with Dubuque, Iowa, La
Crosse and Milwaukee, Wis, and
Port Huron, Michigan.
The mean temperature at Alpena
or February, 1876, goes ahead of
st. Paul, MINI, Yankton, d. r.,
and Escanaba, Mich,
md Fort Sully, d. IT,, and com
'ares favorably with Burlington, |
IT., and Eastport, Maine.
The mean temperature at Alpena 4
or February, 1877, goes ahead of +
Gastport, Maine, and Escanaba. /
Mich, and compares favorably e
With Albany N. Y. Boston Mass, p
Buffalo, N. Y, Burlington, VT,
Iheyenne, w. H., Cleveland, Ohio. "
Detroit, Mich, Erie, Penn, Grand
Iaven, Mich, Milwaukee, Wis. 4
awpnrf II Dspauo NJ v n, | !.