The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-11-13

- ihe past Inonth was ., most remarkabl
81 one ana has had no equal in The records .
t-s 'h!s station. The high Temperatures In tn
INST nall OF the month, followed in the latte
. part 10y the continued cold weather and TN
az severe irosts, were extremes that are seldom
u, found in this section of the country in on,
=, month. The mild weather of the latter par
- of september and the first fifteen DAYS a
Ie October began to de velop IA second growth q
- iruit ard veg tabes, which was suddenly
trnInsted by the change IA the weather ON
tue 18th. Itls very probable that this :, cond
How Of sap in the fruit trees suddenly fol.
e lowed by freezing weather, may have de-
y siructive elect ON the fruit crop OF the .nsu.
ing year.
- PRFS-UBE
| In the first half OF The month tie rome.
i ter Changed but little and very slowly, keep.
| ing very near the mean. In the latter part
=, the changes were very rapid, areas of high
and low barometer succeeding each other
A., every few days. The most notcea bic of
these were the high area of the 2Bi, when
the btrOmeIer al this station reached max
imum height of 20 Gle, the highest
reading ever recorded here In October.
Inc mean of the month was $1,000. The DC.
toDer average IS 81 OjS. The lowest reading
was - 5i3 On the IG.h.
TEMPERATURE
1t was the wsTme>t October ever recorded
at this station. The mean of the month was
Ga, being seven degrees above the same
month of 1875 and eight degrees above the
October average. The October average for "a
| years, as observed al Fort Lsavenworth, is |
| is given a. So. |
| The highest temperature was 81 5. on the |
Lon
| been greater extremes observed ia previous
| octobers, but the daily means were never as
great as during the first fifteen days of lat
| month. Tue greatest daily range was 81 5,
on the 9Th; the least 5 on the Srd and 18th.
The greatest daily mean 80 on the oh
least daily mean Az, on the 5oIh.
HUMIDITY.
The mean of the month was 6is per cent
about three per cent. above the October ay-
ersge. The daily means of the first half of
the month were high and the Latter part low
RAINFALL.
The total precipitation of the month was
1 % inches, being a fraction over douhIs the
October average. The rain all fell In the FIRST
part of the month. From the 10Th TO the
close of the month none fell. The greatest
October rIiufaiI ever recorded NJ this station
was 50 inches in 1871 the east y lnche.::in
1876.
Prevailing direction OF the month, south:
total movement, 5O.i1; highest velocity, 2o
miles, from The south, at T.. NJ, 9Th. OF 2I7
observations of the winds direction It was
observed blowing from the north, 70 times; |
north vest, 81 Times; west, times; south
west, times; south, 90 times; southeast, 81
times; east, q times; northeast, 3 times; ard
calm times.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Number OF clear days, l.; fair days, l5
cloudy day :, and days On wnlchrain feII,a
Polar DanCs were obSt on The 2lst and |
3Olh.
The first hoaI frost occurred on the 23rd.
The following notes, made by Prof. Hawn,
OF This city. who has gwen considerable of |
his attention 20 the solution of me;eorologi- |
cal questions, are included herein as being o, ]
interest al present.
InOtice by the press rcpor that a numbe I
of embryo msleorOlOgi-ls IN different Sec c
tons OF Tie country, EIe predict ng "A severe ,
winter and using rs Il bts'. Tor their concIu-
siuns jhe mud weather Of tie past month
While Ihei- conclusions may he applicable !
Ia the different sections III which Iney are I,
located, Iney cannot, 10y any mt ans, be used :
a. a guide Tor the section IN which Leaven- | +.
worth Is located. 1 have observed, and II .
has seldom iHied Ia tEis section, mat the
PREVAILING Wind of the We, preceding and |
tine NesS following the auJumnHt equinox
Will lie the prevailing wind until aI,er the
winter solsIice. TIE prevailing direction
this year WAS south, anu TINS will give Us | =.
warm wind ANA mild weather until the latter
part OF December
The meteOrIc conditions of October Iss7, | n
were almost Identical! with those OF the pat .
month, anu II Was folio we'd by winter That | a
for mildness hat no equal In tnis section, Ii
before or sine. The main tenn peIature OF line N
month was D. extremes 80 and rs
Z" There were twenty two days without a
cloud, and for twenty days the winds were q
sOutheriy. The inst general frost occurred r
on the Seth. Up Ia this time the msrKet WAS :,
supplied with melons. cucumb-rs, green
while the lawns OF the city We're flied with m
dshiias and other delicate 1o.ers. The last
frost OF The spring occurred on May 9th, Civ.
ing l.6 days without frost. Tuis was al
little longer than the present yesr- Y
This immunity tIom frost Is principally !.
due to our 81 stem of winds and the absence e
OF direct oceanic Influences.
''Tnere is, however, n great difference in | .
the temperature bet y cen the day aud nights .
The great fall oil tbs mercury a; night Is not
the result of sn iBIiGN OF polar currents or =
dItion peculiarly favorable to he rad alton OF u
heat from the surface of the earth.
ION such nights We have cloud.ss skies.
dry atmosphere, and not wind enough to
proGu the least iefT1c.lon Ia the ascending
heat.
..The beginning of autumn is alsD gener. r
III,
TOR the hreat source of our mo SiuIe and rain u
has measursby become ex ,Gstei CT Is again j
locked up in the embrace of al Arctic s,
winter. :
"Then the dry continual winds pass over b
extensive plains whose surface retains por- p
lions of the accumulated heat of the sum- / a,
mer- These, with a ciC uclsss sun, impart 10 =
the atmosphere a genial temporal ure that ~
prevails TO the close of autumn, and Is sUme- y
times practiced through portion of the v
winter.
"Iu the first part of o tober 1867, a severe g
and extensive snow-storm swept over The y
Northern and Eastern States and in Its gen. !.
eral characteristics was almost identical with =.
the one that passed over the same sections !,
the latter part of last month. Following ~
hat snow-stofm WAS a very cold wave that u
penetrated far into the Southern States. On -
october IO.h heavy frosI occurred at Nash u
Vile, Tenn, while a; Leavenwortn. three de. =,
grees iaither north, the mean temperature OF -
The same night was that OF summer heat. y
ar iedid not free Re here until Is days after. ?
November 1861, WAS exceedingly mild. and .
was characterized by its clear sky and smoky =
atmosphere. Mean temperature. 40. High
est, SO on the IN, and lowest. on the Soth.
1.-The mesn temperature Of December 1851
was 80 s. Maximum 6i'. Minimum Is7.
January, ls6S, was also mild. Mean tenn
persture 70 degrees. Highest S. on the 9TH
And lowest IL below zero on The 18th. The | q
weather OF February ls6S was but a repetition =
pleasant, and there was not day but that a
Dut door work could have been conducted r,
with comfort. While our winter was mild :,
and pleasant. in the northern and easter N u
portions OF this country and In Europe the h
winter was an unusually severe one. The 9
scope OF country exempted from the rigor of .
mis- winter extended along TIE Rocky Moan. Z
aims from New Mexico TO Helena, Montans, b.
east on q general line including jefferson :,
City, No., and south to Arkansas. 1t Il my !"
pinion that there are periods when q dis. c;
fIinct meteorological system prevails over 70
This section unaffected by direct oceanic In .,
huences for. a. the period just mentioned =
.oove, all the important changes that occur q
red here could be traced over this area and q
we're N fiected with great fidelity, differing In n.
1egree only.
II Il impossible at present to predict what
fleet on the next fruit crop the mild weather IL
d the past month win have produced. Ny N
Observations, covering q period Of many -
Tears, have been that the peach crop 10 more "
offen killed in the bloom than by the sever pl
~ OF winter weather. There are adverse in A
1uen noes bearing on the apple crop OF this -
'ection that - chargeabie 10 either mild or | n
naru winter weather. Several problems "
present themselves to me In this relation A.
hat am endeAvorins 70 solve. -
The following table gives the mean baron. u
ter, temperature and humidity, total rain. =
AL. maximum and minimum mperatures Z.
md highsst and lowest barometer for 0eeoorl =